USD Baseball 2003

2003 University of San Diego Baseball

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The USO Coaching Staff

Head Coach Rich Hill 5th-year Cal Lutheran '84

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*2002 WEST COAST CONFERENCE COACH OF THE YEAR * 469-318-2 CAREER HEAD COACHING RECORD

USD Head Coach Rich Hill begins his fifth season in com– mand of the San Diego baseball program. Hill's Toreros fin– ished the 2002 season with the best record in USD hi story , winning 39 games and taking San Diego to the NCAA Regionals for the first time in the school's 23-year Division I history. Hill and the Toreros re-wrote the San Diego record books in 2002, break ing countless school and conference records and Hill in turn was honored as the West Coast Conference Coach of the Year. He became one of the youngest coaches co reach 400 vi ctories in NCAA hi story. He owns a 136-98-2 (.576) record as San D iego's manager and has improved the Torero's record in each of hi s four seasons in San Diego, culmi– nated by the 39-win season of a year ago. As a proven recruiter and manager, the 40-year-old Hill has a record of success in each of his three head coach ing stops - fi rst at his alma macer Cal Lutheran. In his firs t head coaching job as the manager at Cal Lu , he won 83% of his games during his fina l three seasons (1991-93). Hill led Cal Lutheran to a record of 194-76 (. 719) over six seasons, including cwo W orld Series appearances. His 1992 sq uad posted a 43 -6 record before fa ll – ing a couple of outs shy of the NCAA Division III title , while the 1993 team fin ished first in the W estern Region with a 32- 7 record. Under Hill 's g uidance, the Kingsmen knocked off Division l opponents such as USC, Pepperdine, San Diego Scace, UC Santa Barbara and Cal Scace Norchridge. During his six seasons at Cal Lutheran, 92 percent of his players received their degrees. Hi ll was hired by The University of San Francisco in 1994, caking the Dons from the WCC cellar to a school record 34 - win season in his final year in 1998. During a five-year coach– ing seine at San Francisco (1994- 1998), Hill posted three con– secut ive winning seasons , incl uding a school best 18 wins in the W est Coast Conference in 1998 as che Dons fin ished tied with USD for third place in the WCC. Over hi s fina l three seasons there , Hill guided USF to upper divisi on finis hes in the WCC; and posted three stra ight winning seasons, includ– ing two campaigns of .30 or more victories. Hill 's crack record boasts record-break ing seasons fo r wins in a si ngle season at every stop - Cal Lu (43), USF (34), USD (39) and Chatham in Cape Cod Leag ue (35).

HILL'S COACHING FILE:

Confereni;e Rei;Qrd 1988 13-11 6th (NAIA Dist. 3) 16-8 3rd (NAIA Dist. 3) 12-8 1st (NAIA Dist 3) 10-3 1st (NAIA Dist. 3) 19-2 1st (West Region) 9-21 (6th WCC) 11-1 7 (5th WCC) 15- 13 (4th WCC) 17- 11 (3rd WCC) 18-12 (T- 3rd WCC) 13-16-1 (3 rd Coast/WCC) 14-16 (3rd Coast/WCC) 20-10 (2nd Coast/WCC) 20-1 1st (SCIAC)

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21-21 31-18 35- 16

Cal Lutheran

Cal Lutheran Cal Lutheran Cal Lutheran Cal Lutheran Cal Lutheran

1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

32-8 43-6 32-7

22-33 24-35 30-25 29-27 34-24

USF USF USF USF USF

28-27-1 34-27-1

San Diego San Diego San Diego San Diego

35-21 39-23

20-12 (1st WCC)

Confereni;e Rei;Qrg

Career

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227-161-1

469-318-2

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Rich Hill with wife Lori and children Robbie and Lindsey

ln addi tion to his collegia te coaching posit ions, Hill was head coac h fo r the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod Leag ue between

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