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Chris Hill
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He has been the 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
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 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men"s Basketball Committee, which decides which teams are accepted into the National Collegiate Athletic Association Men"s Division I Basketball Championship tournament held each March. Hill has 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. In addition, the following facilities have been improved or built during his tenure: the George South. Eccles Tennis Center, Dee Glen Smith Athletics Center, and the McCarthey Practice Fields.
Hill and University of Utah president Michael K. Young negotiated with the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) to make Utah a member.
Utah joined the Pac-10 for the 2011-2012 academic year. The University of Colorado at Boulder also joined the Pac-10 in 2011, when the conference was renamed as the (Pac-12).
