Samuel Houston Hill (November 20, 1898 – March 14, 1978) was an American football and basketball coach.[1][2]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 20, 1898 Ludlow, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | March 14, 1978 (aged 79) Clearwater, Florida, U.S. |
| 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 | 20–29–5 (football) |
Early life
editHill was born in Ludlow, Illinois. He was the youngest of six children born to Harriet and William Hill.
Coaching career
editWichita State
editHill 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 to 1924 and again from 1928 to 1929, compiling a record of 14–4–5. This ranks him ninth at Wichita State in terms of total wins and 14th at Wichita State in terms of winning percentage. Fairmount College became the Municipal University of Wichita in 1926. [3]
Wesleyan
editHill also served as the head football coach at Wesleyan University from 1925 to 1926, compiling a record of 5–10.[4]
Later life and death
editHill was later director of labor relations for the truck division of General Motors. He moved from Royal Oak, Michigan to retire in Clearwater, Florida, where he lived for 12 years before dying on March 14, 1978.[5]
Head coaching record
editFootball
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmount Wheatshockers (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1923–1924) | |||||||||
| 1923 | Fairmount | 2–4–2 | 2–2–2 | T–8th | |||||
| 1924 | Fairmount | 6–2–1 | 5–2–1 | 4th | |||||
| Wesleyan Methodists (Independent) (1925–1926) | |||||||||
| 1925 | Wesleyan | 2–5 | |||||||
| 1926 | Wesleyan | 3–5 | |||||||
| Wesleyan: | 5–10 | ||||||||
| Rollins Tars (Independent) (1927) | |||||||||
| 1927 | Rollins | 1–5 | |||||||
| Rollins: | 1–5 | ||||||||
| Wichita Shockers (Central Intercollegiate Conference) (1928–1929) | |||||||||
| 1928 | Wichita | 3–5 | 2–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1929 | Wichita | 3–3–2 | 2–2–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| Fairmount/Wichita: | 14–14–5 | 11–10–5 | |||||||
| Total: | 20–29–5 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ National Association of Basketball Coaches of the United States; American Football Coaches Association (1925). Athletic Journal. Vol. 6. Athletic Journal Publishing Company. ISSN 0004-6655. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
- ^ 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 July 3, 2015.
- ^ "Wichita St. Coaching Records". cfbdatawarehouse.com. Archived from the original on September 29, 2012. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
- ^ "All-Time Coaching Records". Wesleyan University. Archived from the original on June 1, 2010. Retrieved June 14, 2010.
- ^ "Hill, Samuel H." Tampa Bay Times. St. Petersburg, Florida. March 18, 1978. p. 29. Retrieved March 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com
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