FRED HILL

Amassing a 1,089-749-9 record over 37 years at the collegiate level, former Rutgers baseball head coach Fred Hill is a legend in the coaching circles. The veteran mentor retired after the 2013 season at Rutgers, where his teams went 941-658-7 (.588) in 30 seasons. He earned 11 NCAA Regional appearances, 12 regular season conference championships and eight conference tournament titles during his tenure with the Scarlet Knights.

Hill began at Rutgers in 1984 and built the team into a northeast baseball power. Rutgers won eight straight Atlantic 10 regular season titles starting in 1986 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament five times in that stretch. When Rutgers joined the Big East, Hill continued that success and became the second-winningest coach in conference history with 267 victories over 19 seasons. Rutgers won both the regular season and tournament titles in 1998 as Hill was named Coach of the Year. That started a stretch of five NCAA berths in six years that included hosting an NCAA Regional in 2000, a rarity for a northeast school.

From 1977-83, Hill led Montclair State to a 148-91-2 record, three NCAA Tournament appearances and a berth to the 1983 Div. III World Series. Hill was also the football coach at Montclair State and went 55-13-4 in seven years, winning five NJAC titles.

During his career, Hill sent 72 players to professional baseball and developed 20 All-Americans. Current Major Leaguers, Todd Frazier of the Cincinnati Reds and David DeJesus of the Tampa Bay Rays played under Hill at Rutgers.

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