| Fred Hill | |
| Birth Date: | 15 July 1934 |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1953–1956 |
| Player Team2: | Upsala |
| Player Sport3: | Basketball |
| Player Years4: | 1953–1957 |
| Player Team4: | Upsala |
| Player Sport5: | Baseball |
| Player Years6: | 1954–1957 |
| Player Team6: | Upsala |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1959–1965 |
| Coach Team2: | Clifford Scott HS (NJ) (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1966–1969 |
| Coach Team3: | Clifford Scott HS (NJ) |
| Coach Years4: | 1970–1975 |
| Coach Team4: | Pequannock Township HS (NJ) |
| Coach Years5: | 1976–1982 |
| Coach Team5: | Montclair State |
| Coach Sport6: | Baseball |
| Coach Years7: | 1966–1970 |
| Coach Team7: | Clifford Scott HS (NJ) |
| Coach Years8: | 1977–1983 |
| Coach Team8: | Montclair State |
| Coach Years9: | 1984–2013 |
| Coach Team9: | Rutgers |
| Coach Years10: | 2015–2016 |
| Coach Team10: | Caldwell (assistant) |
| Coach Years11: | 2017–2019 |
| Coach Team11: | Kean (assistant) |
| Overall Record: | 52–16–4 (college football) 1,089–749–9 (college baseball) 57–30–3 (high school football) |
| Tournament Record: | Football 1–1 (NCAA D-III playoffs) Baseball 9–16 (NCAA Division I) |
| Championships: | Football 4 NJSAC (1978–1979, 1981–1982) Baseball 3 NJSAC 5 A-10 tournament 8 A-10 regular season 4 Big East regular season 3 Big East tournament |
| Awards: | Baseball 3× ABCA East Region Coach of the Year 1998 Big East Coach of the Year 3× A-10 Coach of the Year 1983 NCAA Division III Coach of the Year |
Fred Hill Sr. (July 15, 1934 – March 2, 2019) was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head baseball coach at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he served from 1984 through 2013. His teams earned 13 NCAA Division I baseball tournament bids at the school. Hill was also a head baseball and football coach for the Montclair State University Red Hawks in Upper Montclair, New Jersey. He compiled an overall college baseball coaching record of 1,089–749–9.
In seven seasons as football head coach he compiled a record of 52–16–4, including four New Jersey State Athletic Conference titles. He also led them to the school's first 10-win season in 1981. As the Red Hawks' baseball coach, Hill went 148–91–1 in seven seasons. For his highly successful coaching efforts he was inducted into the Montclair State University Hall of Fame. His jersey number was also just the third to ever be retired at MSU, joining Sam Mills and Carol Blazejowski.
Hill served as the Rutgers Scarlet Knights head baseball coach, a position that he held since from the 1984 through 2013 seasons. He recorded a record of 941–658–7 at Rutgers alone and sent 72 different players in 30 years to professional baseball careers. When Hill announced his retirement prior to the start of the 2014 NCAA baseball season, his 1,089 career wins ranked him 11th in college baseball history. He was named the A-10 Coach of the Year three times and Big East Coach of the Year once.
Hill was hired as an assistant coach of the Caldwell University Cougars baseball program in 2015, a position he stayed in for two seasons.
In 2017, Hill joined Kean University's baseball staff as an assistant coach.
Hill's son, Fred Hill, was the Scarlet Knights men's basketball head coach. His brother is Brian Hill, a former assistant coach with the NBA's Detroit Pistons. He resided in Verona with his wife Evelyn of more than 50 years. He had 6 children (Nancy, Linda, Tracey, Karen, Jimmy and, Fred); Hill also had 12 grandchildren (Jessica, Danielle, Steven, Brian, James, Natalie, Andrew, Caroline, Nicholas, Alexandra, Giselle, and Giancarlo). Fred Hill, Sr. attended Clifford Scott High School in East Orange, NJ. He also attended Upsala College and graduated in 1957. Fred Hill, Jr. attended Verona High School. Hill died on March 2 at the age of 84.[1]
Below is a table of Hill's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]