Rich Hill (college)

Richard B. Hill

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.
• School California Lutheran College

• Born ~1962

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Biographical information

Rich Hill has been a college coach for over 20 years.

Hill was undrafted out of college. Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals, he went 17 for 82 with 4 walks, 2 doubles and a triple as a backup for the 1985 Savannah Cardinals. He was named head coach of California Lutheran University, a role he held from 1988-1993, going 194-74. He took the team to the 1992 Division III College World Series (finishing second) and 1993 Division III College World Series. He was named Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 1992 and 1993. He also was head coach of the Chatham A's from 1990-1993, winning the Cape Cod League title in 1992. He was honored as the Cape Cod League Manager of the Year.

Hill coached the University of San Francisco from 1994-1998. He moved to the University of San Diego in 1999 and went 382-261-3 in his first 21 years there. In 2003, he earned his 500th career coaching win. He set the school record of 44 wins in 2008 and was named West Coast Conference Coach of the Year; he also won that honor in 2007. After 23 years Hill was hired to be head coach at University of Hawai'i at Manoa for 2022.

Sources: USD bio, 1986 Baseball America Statistics Report

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1988	California Lutheran University	20-23	13-11
1989	California Lutheran University	31-18	16-8	NAIA District Tournaments
1990	California Lutheran University	35-16		NAIA District Tournaments / NAIA Area Tournaments
1991	California Lutheran University	32-8
1992	California Lutheran University	43-6	20-1	Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
1993	California Lutheran University	32-9	19-2	Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
1994	University of San Francisco	22-33	9-21
1995	University of San Francisco	24-35	11-17
1996	University of San Francisco	30-25	15-13
1997	University of San Francisco	29-27	17-11
1998	University of San Francisco	34-24	18-12
1999	University of San Diego	28-27-1	13-16-1
2000	University of San Diego	34-27-1	14-16
2001	University of San Diego	35-21	20-10
2002	University of San Diego	39-23	18-12	CWS Regionals
2003	University of San Diego	32-30	18-12	CWS Regionals
2004	University of San Diego	35-21	19-11
2005	University of San Diego	30-27-1	16-14
2006	University of San Diego	33-25	13-8	CWS Regionals
2007	University of San Diego	43-18	18-3	CWS Regionals
2008	University of San Diego	44-17	16-5	CWS Regionals
2009	University of San Diego	29-25	11-10
2010	University of San Diego	37-21	19-2	CWS Regionals
2011	University of San Diego	22-31	11-10
2012	University of San Diego	40-17	15-9	CWS Regionals
2013	University of San Diego	37-25	15-9	CWS Regionals
2014	University of San Diego	34-20	16-11
2015	University of San Diego	33-22	19-8
2016	University of San Diego	27-29	13-14
2017	University of San Diego	35-18-1	18-9
2018	University of San Diego	23-32	12-15
2019	University of San Diego	32-21	14-13
2020	University of San Diego	11-4	0-0
2021	University of San Diego	33-12	19-8
2022	University of Hawai'i at Manoa	28-24	19-11
2023	University of Hawai'i at Manoa	29-20	18-12