Education
University of Florida. Arkansas State University.
University of Florida. Arkansas State University.
Hill was among the world"s best high hurdlers in the early 1970s and ranked as the number one in the event in the world in 1970. He was on the June 1970 cover of Track and Field News. Hill ran track for Arkansas State University where his best finish at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships was a second place in 1972.
After graduating, Hill completed his Reserve Officers Training Corps active duty obligation serving as assistant track coach at the United States Military Academy at West Point while still competing in the hurdles.
Hill was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1984. Hill was ranked among the top ten runners in his event in the world and the extremely competitive United States by Track and Field News on numerous occasions and as the world"s best high hurdler in 1970:
Following his retirement from the sport, Hill has pursued a career in athletic and academic administration.
He earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Counselor Education from the University of Florida and served as assistant athletic director at both Tulane University and University of Oklahoma. He later served as Dean of Students at Florida, before moving to his current role as Vice President for Student Affairs at Iowa State University.
Hill"s son Thomas was an all-star basketball player at Duke University in the 1990s including the 1991 and 1992 National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship teams.