Mitch Hill

Last updated
Mitch Hill
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team UT Southern
Conference Mid-South
Record152–274
Biographical details
Born Florence, Alabama
Playing career
2003–2007 North Alabama
Position(s)Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2008–2010North Alabama (Asst.)
2011 Bevill State (asst.)
2012 Motlow State (asst.)
2013 Alabama A&M (asst.)
2014–2018Alabama A&M
2019–present Martin Methodist College
Head coaching record
Overall127–210
TournamentsSWAC: 1–8
SSAC: 0–2

Mitch Hill in an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the UT Southern RedHawks program. He was named the head coach of the Alabama A&M Bulldogs baseball program that position prior to the 2014 season. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Hill was a pitcher for North Alabama. He then served as a graduate assistant with the Lions for three years, handling recruiting and administrative duties. After three years in that position, he then spent a single year each assisting at Bevill State and Motlow State. In his year at Bevill State, he assembled a top three Alabama recruiting class, only to see the athletic program discontinued, leaving athletes in the lurch. [4] In 2013, he moved to Alabama A&M as an assistant, again responsible for recruiting. Hill succeeded Michael Tompkins in July 2013. [1]

On June 25, 2018, Hill resigned from his position at Alabama A&M and accepted the head coaching job at Martin Methodist College. [5]

Head coaching record

Below is a table of Hill's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach. [6]

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Alabama A&M Bulldogs (Southwestern Athletic Conference)(2014–2018)
2014 Alabama A&M 21–3212–92nd (East) SWAC Tournament
2015 Alabama A&M 26–3016–82nd (East) SWAC Tournament
2016 Alabama A&M 13–388–133rd (East) SWAC Tournament
2017 Alabama A&M 12–459–153rd (East) SWAC Tournament
2018 Alabama A&M 12–379–153rd (East)Ineligible
Alabama A&M:84–18254–60
Martin Methodist Red Hawks (Southern States Athletic Conference)(2019–present)
2019Martin Methodist 28–2514–127th
2020Martin Methodist 15–34–2Season canceled due to COVID-19
Martin Methodist:43–2818–14
Total:127–210

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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  4. 1 2 Bryan App (July 31, 2011). "Did Bevill State deceive baseball recruits?". Tennessee Valley Now. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
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