Fred Hill (college)

Fred Hill Jr.

• School Upsala College
• High School Clifford Scott High School

• Born July 15, 1934
• Died March 2, 2019 in Cedar Grove, NJ USA

Biography

Fred Hill Jr. was the long-time coach of the Rutgers University Scarlet Knights baseball team. He managed at Montclair State University from 1977-1983, taking Montclair to the 1983 Division III College World Series before taking over at Rutgers in 1984. He also coached the football team at Montclair State. He won his 900th career game in 2007. Hill retired in February 2014. Under his tenure, Rutgers produced a number of professional players. Major leaguers Eric Young, David DeJesus, Jay Bergmann, Angel Echevarria, Bob MacDonald, Darrin Winston, and Pete Zoccolillo all played under Hill at Rutgers.

Hill was an assistant coach at Caldwell University in 2015-2016 and Kean University in 2017.

Fred Hill's son, Fred Hill, is the head coach of the Rutgers University basketball team and his brother Brian Hill was the head coach of the NBA's Orlando Magic.

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1977	Montclair State College	17-12	9-3
1978	Montclair State College	21-12	8-1	Division III Regionals
1979	Montclair State College	17-15	8-2
1980	Montclair State College	19-14	5-5
1981	Montclair State College	18-10	6-4
1982	Montclair State College	25-14-1	8-2	Division III Regionals
1983	Montclair State College	31-14-1	10-2	Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
1984	Rutgers University	13-21	4-7
1985	Rutgers University	25-15	6-6
1986	Rutgers University	28-18	9-2	Atlantic-10 / CWS Regionals
1987	Rutgers University	36-14-1	11-4-1	Atlantic-10
1988	Rutgers University	38-21-1	14-2	Atlantic-10 / CWS Regionals
1989	Rutgers University	34-19	14-2	Atlantic-10
1990	Rutgers University	37-19	14-2	Atlantic-10 / CWS Regionals
1991	Rutgers University	33-24-2	11-5	Atlantic-10 / CWS Regionals
1992	Rutgers University	32-17	14-2	Atlantic-10
1993	Rutgers University	38-17	14-6	Atlantic-10 / CWS Regionals
1994	Rutgers University	28-19	15-4	Atlantic-10
1995	Rutgers University	28-29	13-11	Atlantic-10
1996	Rutgers University	32-21-1	15-7	Big East
1997	Rutgers University	28-24	13-11	Big East
1998	Rutgers University	33-16	17-3	Big East / CWS Regionals
1999	Rutgers University	37-21	19-7	Big East / CWS Regionals
2000	Rutgers University	40-18	18-5	Big East / CWS Regionals
2001	Rutgers University	42-17	18-8	Big East / CWS Regionals
2002	Rutgers University	35-22	15-11	Big East
2003	Rutgers University	37-22	19-6	Big East / CWS Regionals
2004	Rutgers University	30-23	13-11
2005	Rutgers University	32-21	12-12
2006	Rutgers University	29-28-1	13-14	Big East
2007	Rutgers University	42-21	20-7	Big East / CWS Regionals
2008	Rutgers University	23-29-1	11-16
2009	Rutgers University	22-31	8-19
2010	Rutgers University	30-26	15-12	Big East
2011	Rutgers University	20-30	11-16
2012	Rutgers University	31-25	16-11	Big East
2013	Rutgers University	28-30	14-10	Big East