Pat Hill

College coach infobox


Name = Pat Hill
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Birthplace =flagicon|USA Los Angeles, California
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Sport = Football
College = Fresno State
Title = Head Coach
CurrentRecord = 85-55
OverallRecord = 85-55
Awards =
Championships =
CFbDWID = 1070
Player = Y
Years = 1970-73
Team = UC-Riverside
Position = Center
Coach = Y
CoachYears = 1997-Present
CoachTeams = Fresno State
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Pat Hill (born December 17, 1951) is a college football coach. He is currently the head coach at Fresno State.

Early positions

Pat Hill attended Rim of the World High School in Lake Arrowhead, California, graduating in 1970. 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.

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 [ [http://gobulldogs.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/hill_pat00.html Player Bio: Pat Hill :: Football ] ] .

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."

Coaching record

CFB Yearly Record Subhead
name=Fresno State Bulldogs
conf=Western Athletic Conference
startyear=1997
endyear=CFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 1997
name = Fresno State
overall = 6-6
conference = 5-3
confstanding = CFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 1998
name = Fresno State
overall = 5-6
conference = 5-3
confstanding = CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
year = 1999
name = Fresno State
overall = 8-5
conference = 5-2
confstanding = T-1st
bowlname = Las Vegas
bowloutcome = LCFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 2000
name = Fresno State
overall = 7-5
conference = 6-2
confstanding = 3rd
bowlname = Silicon Valley
bowloutcome = LCFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 2001
name = Fresno State
overall = 11-3
conference = 6-2
confstanding = T-2nd
bowlname = Silicon Valley
bowloutcome = LCFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 2002
name = Fresno State
overall = 9-5
conference = 6-2
confstanding = 3rd
bowlname = Silicon Valley
bowloutcome = WCFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 2003
name = Fresno State
overall = 9-5
conference = 6-2
confstanding = T-2nd
bowlname = Silicon Valley
bowloutcome = WCFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 2004
name = Fresno State
overall = 9-3
conference = 5-3
confstanding = T-3rd
bowlname = MPC Computers
bowloutcome = W
ranking = 22
ranking2 = 22CFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 2005
name = Fresno State
overall = 8-5
conference = 6-2
confstanding = T-3rd
bowlname = Liberty
bowloutcome = LCFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 2006
name = Fresno State
overall = 4-8
conference = 4-4
confstanding = 5thCFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 2007
name = Fresno State
overall = 9-4
conference = 6-2
confstanding = 3rd
bowlname = Humanitarian
bowloutcome = WCFB Yearly Record Subtotal
name=Fresno State
overall=85-55
confrecord=60-27CFB Yearly Record End
overall =
bcs = no
poll = two

References

External links

* [http://gobulldogs.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/hill_pat00.html Biography] at GoBulldogs.com