Pat Hill

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Pat Hill

Title Head Coach
College Fresno State
Sport Football
Team record 85-55
Born December 17, 1951 (1951-12-17) (age 56)
Place of birth Flag of the United States Los Angeles, California
Career highlights
Overall 85-55
Coaching stats
College Football DataWarehouse
Playing career
1970-73 UC-Riverside
Position Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997-Present Fresno State

Pat Hill (born December 17, 1951) is a college football coach. He is currently the head coach at Fresno State.

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[edit] Early positions

A 1973 graduate of and offensive lineman for the University of California, Riverside, Hill was the offensive line coach at Los Angeles Valley College from 1974 to 1976. In 1977, he became the offensive line coach at the University of Utah, where he would stay through 1980. This was followed by short stints at UNLV in 1981 and 1982, and a one-year stay in the Canadian Football League with the Calgary Stampeders in 1983. After an assistant coaching job at Fresno State, Hill went on to become the offensive coordinator at the University of Arizona from 1990 to 1991. He then went to coach in the National Football League with the Cleveland Browns (under Bill Belichick) and the Baltimore Ravens, where he served as the tight ends and offensive line coach for both teams.

[edit] Fresno State

Hill took on the head coaching job at Fresno State in 1997, where he had previously served as the offensive line coach from 1984 to 1989. Coming into the 2005 season, Hill had compiled a 64-38 win-loss record, including a 44-19 Western Athletic Conference mark, one WAC title, and a 10-8 record against BCS teams, the most by any non-BCS conference team. His teams have become known for their "Play anybody, anytime, anywhere" attitude[1].

Also under Hill's leadership, Fresno State has greatly improved the academic performance of its football players. During Hill's tenure the team has produced (as of 2005) 65 Academic All-WAC players, compared to a total of nine in the entire history of the program before Hill's arrival. In 1999, senior cornerback Payton Williams became the first Fresno State football player to achieve Academic All-American status. In each of the last two years, the Bulldog football program has produced two of the most decorated students on the Fresno State campus. In 2006, lineman Kevin Cooper was awarded the President's Medal as the top graduating student at Fresno State. Last spring, Bulldog kicker Clint Stitser was a finalist for the President's Medal after winning the Dean's Medal for the Craig School of Business as its top graduate. Both young men graduated with perfect 4.0 GPAs. Under Pat Hill, Fresno State's football program has been a model of consistency.

From reaching a bowl game in eight of the last nine seasons to being on national television as much as any team this decade, the Bulldog program is regularly recognized for its success. Under his leadership, Fresno State has climbed to national high ranking of No. 8 while annually taking on one of the most aggressive non-conference schedules of any program in the nation.

That success transcends to the classroom, where once again the Fresno State team has posted a very strong Academic Progress Rate score. Fresno State's APR score ranks fourth in the western United States among public institutions, and second among California public schools. Hill said the APR scores are just one example of how the Academic Gameplan program that Associate Head Coach John Baxter instituted continues to work.

"We want to continue to have strong APR scores," said Hill. "We want to continue to produce players who will be great representative of Bulldog football and Fresno State. We are very proud of those who have come through our program."

[edit] Coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl Coaches# AP°
Fresno State Bulldogs (Western Athletic Conference) (1997 — present)
1997 Fresno State 6-6 5-3
1998 Fresno State 5-6 5-3
1999 Fresno State 8-5 5-2 T-1st L Las Vegas
2000 Fresno State 7-5 6-2 3rd L Silicon Valley
2001 Fresno State 11-3 6-2 T-2nd L Silicon Valley
2002 Fresno State 9-5 6-2 3rd W Silicon Valley
2003 Fresno State 9-5 6-2 T-2nd W Silicon Valley
2004 Fresno State 9-3 5-3 T-3rd W MPC Computers 22 22
2005 Fresno State 8-5 6-2 T-3rd L Liberty
2006 Fresno State 4-8 4-4 5th
2007 Fresno State 9-4 6-2 3rd W Humanitarian
Fresno State: 85-55 60-27
Total:
      National Championship         Conference Title         Conference Division Title
#Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season.
°Rankings from final AP Poll of the season.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Player Bio: Pat Hill :: Football

[edit] External links

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