Sam H. Hill

Sam H. Hill
Sport(s) Football, basketball
Biographical details
Born (1898-11-20)November 20, 1898
Ludlow, Illinois
Died March 14, 1978(1978-03-14) (aged 79)
Clearwater, Florida
Alma mater University of Illinois[1]
Playing career
Football
1922 Illinois
Position(s) Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1923–1924 Fairmount
1925–1926 Wesleyan
1927 Rollins
1928–1929 Wichita
Basketball
1923–1925 Fairmount
Head coaching record
Overall 19–24–5 (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. 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.
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