Fitz Hill
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
March 28, 1964 Arkadelphia, Arkansas |
| Playing career | |
| 1982 | Northeast Louisiana |
| 1983–1986 | Ouachita Baptist |
| Position(s) | Wide receiver |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1987 | Arkadelphia HS (assistant) |
| 1988 | Arkansas (GA) |
| 1989 | Northwestern State (QB/WR) |
| 1990–1991 | Arkansas (volunteer) |
| 1992–1997 | Arkansas (WR) |
| 1998 | Arkansas (WR/RC) |
| 1999–2000 | Arkansas (asst. HC/WR/RC) |
| 2001–2004 | San Jose State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2006–present | Arkansas Baptist (president) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 14–33 |
Omon Fitzgerald Hill (born March 28, 1964) former American football player and coach and college administrator. Hill served as the head football coach at San Jose State University from 2001 to 2004, compiling a record of 14–33. He was the president of Arkansas Baptist College from 2006 to 2016.
The youngest of three brothers, Fitz Hill was born and raised in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. His father James routinely worked 14-hour days as a production manager at Arkadelphia Beverage Company in the daytime and janitor in the nighttime. His mother Mary was a high school registrar and volunteered with local children and college students at her church. As a student, Hill was elected class president of Arkadelphia High School.
Hill earned an athletic scholarship to Northeast Louisiana University (now the University of Louisiana at Monroe), then a Division I-AA school, playing wide receiver on the Northeast Louisiana Indians football team. In 1983, while a college freshman, Hill's father died of stomach cancer. Six weeks later, Hill's mother had an aneurysm and later a stroke that left her partially paralyzed and unable to speak. Hill left Northeastern Louisiana and returned to Arkadelphia to help take care of his mother, who died in 2009.
Hill transferred to Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia. To pay for school, Hill managed a shoe repair store and joined the Army ROTC. Hill also founded a coin-op laundromat in 1986 and would manage it until 1996. He continued to play football and was a NAIA All-American in 1985 and 1986; he graduated in 1987 with a double major B.A. in communications and physical education. He received a master's degree in Student Personnel Services from Northwestern State University in , where he served as a graduate assistant football coach during the 1988 football season.
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