Brad Hill (baseball coach)
| Sport(s) | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Kansas State |
| Conference | Big 12 |
| Record | 445–360–3 |
| Annual salary | $300,000 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
May 2, 1962 Galva, Kansas |
| Playing career | |
| 1982–1985 | Emporia State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1988–1990 | Hutchinson CC |
| 1991–1994 | Kansas (Asst.) |
| 1995–2003 | Central Missouri State |
| 2004–present | Kansas State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 863–451–3 (.656) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| NCAA Division II National Champion (2003) Big 12 Regular Season Champion (2013) 9x MIAA Regular Season Champion (1995–2003) 8x MIAA Tournament Champion (1995–98; 2000–03) |
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| Awards | |
| Division II National Coach of the Year (2003) Big 12 Coach of the Year (2009, 2013) 7x MIAA COY (1996, 1998–2000, 2002–03) |
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Brad Hill is an American college baseball coach and has been the head baseball coach at Kansas State University since the start of the 2004 season. He has held the position for eight seasons. Under him, the Wildcats have appeared in six consecutive Big 12 Baseball Tournaments (2007–2012). His teams have also qualified for three NCAA Division I Baseball Championships. Hill was the coach at Central Missouri from 1995–2003. He won a Division II National Championship there in 2003, and was National Runner-up in 2001.
Hill played collegiately at Emporia State University. He capped off his four-year career by helping Emporia State to the 1984 NAIA College World Series. Hill still owns a majority of the Hornets' offensive marks, including the career marks for games played (244), at-bats (809), hits (302), runs scored (241), RBIs (264), doubles (71) and home runs (47).
He was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1984 Major League Baseball Draft in the 35th round (778th overall). He advanced as high as Class AA.
Hill was the head coach at Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kansas, for three seasons from 1988–90, compiling an 83–50 overall record. His 1989 squad posted a school-record 34 wins, while in 1990 the Dragons registered the highest winning percentage in school history with a 32–9 mark.
Hill was an assistant coach at the University of Kansas for 4 seasons under his college coach, Dave Bingham. As the Jayhawks' hitting coach and recruiting coordinator from 1991–94, he helped Kansas to a 144–92 overall record and a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances, including the school's first and only trip to the College World Series in 1993. The 1993 team broke school records for most hits, doubles, triples, home runs and stolen bases in a single-season. The Jayhawks posted a 10–7 record against the Wildcats during Hill's tenure in Lawrence.
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