Mike Hill | |
Current Title: | Athletic director |
Current Team: | Charlotte |
Current Conference: | American Athletic Conference |
Birth Date: | September 26, 1968 |
Birth Place: | Clemson, South Carolina, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1990) |
Admin Years1: | 1988–1990 |
Admin Team1: | North Carolina (sports information student asst.) |
Admin Years2: | 1990–1992 |
Admin Team2: | Ball State (marketing coordinator) |
Admin Years3: | 1993–1996 |
Admin Team3: | Blockbuster Bowl (asst. AD) |
Admin Years4: | 1993–1996 |
Admin Team4: | Florida Gators (marketing coordinator) |
Admin Years5: | 1996–2000 |
Admin Team5: | Florida (director of marketing and promotions) |
Admin Years6: | 2000–2002 |
Admin Team6: | Florida (asst. AD for marketing) |
Admin Years7: | 2002–2005 |
Admin Team7: | Florida (asst. AD for external affairs) |
Admin Years8: | 2005–2010 |
Admin Team8: | Florida (assoc. AD for external affairs) |
Admin Years9: | 2010–2012 |
Admin Team9: | Florida (senior assoc. AD for external affairs) |
Admin Years10: | 2012–2018 |
Admin Team10: | Florida (executive assoc. AD for external affairs) |
Admin Years11: | 2018–present |
Admin Team11: | Charlotte |
Mike Hill is an American university sports administrator. He is the athletic director at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Before arriving in Charlotte, Hill was a member of the University of Florida athletics department for 25 years, where he started as a marketing coordinator in 1993 and eventually moved on to become the executive associate athletics director for external affairs. While at Florida, Hill was part of a search team that hired coaches such as Billy Donovan, Mike White and Jim McElwain.[1]
On February 28, 2018, Hill was named the athletics director at Charlotte,[2] replacing Judy Rose, who had served at the post since 1990 before announcing her retirement in January 2018. Hill officially began on March 15, 2018. Hill's contract terms were extended after the successful 2019 football season.[3]
On October 21, 2021 Hill presided over Charlotte joining 5 other Conference USA teams in moving to the American Athletic Conference, joining former Metro Conference and C-USA rivals there.[4]