Chris Hill (athletic director)

Chris Hill
Current position
Title	Athletic Director Special Assistant to the President
Playing career
1969–1972	Rutgers basketball
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1987–present 1985–1986	AD, University of Utah Crimson Club Director
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Mountain West Conference's Commissioner's Award (2004) Utah High School 4A Coach of the Year (1975)

Dr. Chris Hill has been athletic director at the University of Utah since 1987. His responsibilities include overseeing the athletic department and supervising all the coaches. During his twenty-plus years in his position, he has hired several coaches, secured funding for facilities upgrades, and negotiated the University of Utah's entrance into the Pacific-10 Conference.

Coaches hired

During Hill's tenure, the Utah Utes have shown success in several different sports. He has been responsible for hiring Rick Majerus in college basketball and Ron McBride, Urban Meyer, and Kyle Whittingham in college football. From 2004–2009, he served on the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee, which decides which teams are accepted into the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship tournament held each March.^[1]

Facilities improvements

He has also helped improve the athletics facilities at Utah. In 1998, the school remodeled Rice–Eccles Stadium in preparation for the 2002 Winter Olympics, which held the Opening and Closing Ceremonies at the stadium.^[2] In addition, the following facilities have been improved or built during his tenure: the George S. Eccles Tennis Center, Dee Glen Smith Athletics Center, and the McCarthey Practice Fields.^[3]

Pac-12

Chris Hill and University of Utah president Michael K. Young were the individuals who negotiated with the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) to make Utah a member of that conference. Utah will join the Pac-10 for the 2011–2012 academic year. The University of Colorado also agreed to join the Pac-10 so by 2012 the conference will have 12 members.^[4]

References

1. ^ http://utahutes.cstv.com/school-bio/utah-athdir.html
2. ^ http://utahutes.cstv.com/trads/utah-trads-ricestadium.html
3. ^ Ihttp://utahutes.cstv.com/school-bio/utah-athdir.html
4. ^ "University of Utah's Pac 10 dream began years ago, materialized in months". Deseret News. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700041123/University-of-Utahs-Pac-10-dream-began-years-ago-materialized-in-months.html. Retrieved 2010-06-23. 

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Name	Hill, Chris
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