Brad Hill

College coach infobox


Name = Brad Hill
DateOfBirth = birth date and age|1962|5|2
Birthplace =
DateOfDeath =
Sport = Baseball
College = Kansas State University
Title = Head coach
CurrentRecord =
OverallRecord = 539-190-2
Coach = Y
CoachYears = 1988-1990
1991-1994
1995-2003
2004–present
CoachTeams = Hutchinson CC
Kansas (Asst.)
Central Missouri State
Kansas State

Brad Hill is the current head baseball coach at Kansas State University. He has held the position for five seasons. Most recently, his Wildcats earned a birth in the 2008 Big 12 Tournament, where they lost in the championship game against the Texas Longhorns. Hill was the former coach of University of Central Missouri. He won a National Championship there in 2003, and was National Runner-up in 2001.

In 2003, Hill lead the Wildcats to their first-ever national ranking at No. 30 during that pan, which included an 11-game winning streak.

Then, in 2005, the Wildcats took the next step as they won 30 games in a season for just the 10th time ever, doubled their conference wins from the previous season, swept a season series from in-state rival Wichita State for the first time in 50 years and knocked off a No. 1-ranked team for the first time in school history, eventual national champion Texas.

In 2006, the Wildcats won a school-record 16 straight games and also ended the season on a 5 game winning streak, wrapping up the season with a sweep of # 22 Baylor at Tointon Family Stadium. Statistically, K-State finished the season in the top half of the league in both hitting (.314) and ERA (3.94). The 3.94 team ERA was the lowest since the 1975 season and the best since the addition of aluminum bats in college baseball.

Going into the 2008 season, Hill had a career head coaching record of 539-190-2 in 13 years, which includes his first four seasons at Kansas State and nine years at The University of Central Missouri. His teams have won 40 or more games seven times and 50-plus games on four occasions.

Before coming to Central Missouri in 1995, 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. Of note, the Jayhawks posted a 10-7 record against the Wildcats during Hill's tenure in Lawrence.

Prior to joining the Kansas coaching staff, Hill was the head coach at Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kan., 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 graduated from Emporia State in 1985. Hill capped off his stellar four-year career by helping ESU 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).

Following his collegiate playing career, Hill spent four seasons in the Texas Rangers' minor league system before entering the coaching profession.