Hill Denson

Hill Denson

• Schools Mississippi College, University of Southern Mississippi

Biographical Information

Hill Denson has won over 1,000 games as a college coach.

Denson coached for Callaway High School, Manhattan High School and Chamberlain-Hunt Military Academy. He was later assistant coach at Vanderbilt University and did promotions for the Nashville Sounds. He was head coach at the University of Southern Mississippi from 1984-1997, being named Metro Conference Coach of the Year twice and setting a school record with 42 wins in 1990. He coached Bill Selby and Kevin Young while there. Denson interviewed for the head job at University of Memphis in June 2000 before the job ultimately went to Dave Anderson.

Denson then became head coach of Belhaven University in 2001. He announced he would retire at the end of the 2019 season. His record to that point was 1,284-869-2. He took the team to the 2010 NAIA College World Series.

Source: Belhaven bio

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1984	University of Southern Mississippi	13-36-2	1-11	Metro
1985	University of Southern Mississippi	28-41	5-12	Metro
1986	University of Southern Mississippi	31-30	6-15	Metro
1987	University of Southern Mississippi	37-25	7-11	Metro
1988	University of Southern Mississippi	36-26	9-6	Metro
1989	University of Southern Mississippi	36-26	8-7	Metro
1990	University of Southern Mississippi	42-25	16-5	Metro / CWS Regionals
1991	University of Southern Mississippi	42-24	15-6	Metro / CWS Regionals
1992	University of Southern Mississippi	31-28	9-9	Metro
1993	University of Southern Mississippi	33-26	11-6	Metro
1994	University of Southern Mississippi	37-24	11-7	Metro
1995	University of Southern Mississippi	36-24	11-7	Metro
1996	University of Southern Mississippi	32-28	14-10	C-USA
1997	University of Southern Mississippi	34-23	16-10	C-USA
2001	Belhaven University	21-37
2002	Belhaven University	27-30
2003	Belhaven University	31-30
2004	Belhaven University	28-35		NAIA CWS Opening Round
2005	Belhaven University	35-24
2006	Belhaven University	41-21		NAIA CWS Opening Round
2007	Belhaven University	44-17		NAIA CWS Opening Round
2008	Belhaven University	41-17		NAIA CWS Opening Round
2009	Belhaven University	43-20		NAIA CWS Opening Round
2010	Belhaven University	44-17		NAIA CWS Opening Round / NAIA CWS
2011	Belhaven University	45-18	11-7	NAIA CWS Opening Round
2012	Belhaven University	32-24	14-16
2013	Belhaven University	37-21	18-12
2014	Belhaven University	42-21	17-13	NAIA CWS Opening Round
2015	Belhaven University	33-24	11-18
2016	Belhaven University	20-18	10-11
2017	Belhaven University	26-14	14-10
2018	Belhaven University	12-27	7-16
2019	Belhaven University	11-29	3-18