Sam H. Hill

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Jweiss11 (talk | contribs) at 04:18, 31 July 2018 (cleanup infobox). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Sam H. Hill
Biographical details
Born(1898-11-20)November 20, 1898
Ludlow, Illinois
DiedMarch 14, 1978(1978-03-14) (aged 79)
Clearwater, Florida
Alma materUniversity of Illinois[1]
Playing career
Football
1922Illinois
Position(s)Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1923–1924Fairmount
1925–1926Wesleyan
1927Rollins
1928–1929Wichita
Basketball
1923–1925Fairmount
Head coaching record
Overall19–24–5 (football, excluding Rollins)

Samuel Houston Hill (November 20, 1898 – March 14, 1978) was an American football and basketball coach.[2]

Coaching career

Wichita State

Hill was the 14th head football coach for Fairmont College and the University of Wichita (now Wichita State University) located in Wichita, Kansas and he held that position for four seasons, from 1923 until 1924 and again from 1928 until 1929. Fairmount College became the Municipal University of Wichita in 1926. His overall coaching record at Fairmount & Wichita was 14 wins, 14 losses, and 5 ties. This ranks him ninth at Wichita State in terms of total wins and 14th at Wichita State in terms of winning percentage. [3]

Wesleyan

Hill also served as the head football coach at Wesleyan University from 1925 to 1926, compiling a record of 5 wins and 10 losses at that institution.[4]

References

  1. ^ National Association of Basketball Coaches of the United States; American Football Coaches Association (1925). Athletic Journal. Vol. 6. Athletic Journal Publishing Company. ISSN 0004-6655. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  2. ^ Arbogast, K.H. (1982). The house of Hill: the story of the Hills and other allied families--Covington, Hammond, Coleman, Florence, Galbreath, Gilliland, Kinnear, Sharp, Shawhan, Hamilton, Yoakum, McKinley, Litten, Whiteside, Gulick, Wilson, Schleich, Davis, Hott, Trump, Porter, Graham, Cardiff, Wittich, and others. Fish Graphics. Retrieved 2015-07-03.
  3. ^ "Wichita St. Coaching Records". cfbdatawarehouse.com. Retrieved 2015-07-03.
  4. ^ "ALL-TIME COACHING RECORDS". Wesleyan University. Archived from the original on June 1, 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-14. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sam_H._Hill&oldid=852756724"