# Rich Hill (baseball coach)

Richard Bradley Hill (born June 30, 1962) is an American baseball coach, who is the current head baseball coach of the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors.

## Biography

Hill played college baseball briefly at San Diego State before transferring to Cal Lutheran to finish his college career. He played one season of professional baseball (1985) with the Class-A Savannah Cardinals as a second baseman.
Hill was the head coach of the Cal Lutheran Kingsmen from 1988 to 1993 and the San Francisco Dons from 1994 to 1998. He was then the head coach of the San Diego Toreros from 1999 to 2021. Hill's career head coaching record was 715–481–3, through the 2011 season. He has served as the head baseball coach for the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors since the 2022 season.
Hill also managed the Chatham A's, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Cape Cod Baseball League, from 1990 to 1993.
Hill and his wife Lori have two children.

## Head coaching record

Below is a table of Hill's yearly records as an NAIA and NCAA head baseball coach.
Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Cal Lutheran Kingsmen (NAIA) (1988–1991) ||||||
| 1988 | Cal Lutheran | 20–23 | | | |
| 1989 | Cal Lutheran | 31–18 | | | |
| 1990 | Cal Lutheran | 35–16 | | | District Champions |
| 1991 | Cal Lutheran | 32–8 | | | |
| Cal Lutheran Kingsmen (SCIAC (Division III)) (1992–1993) ||||||
| 1992 | Cal Lutheran | 43–6 | 20–1 | 1st | D-III Runner-Up |
| 1993 | Cal Lutheran | 32–9 | 19–2 | 1st | D-III National Final |
| Cal Lutheran: | Cal Lutheran: | 193–80 | 39–3 | | |
| San Francisco Dons (West Coast Conference) (1994–1998) ||||||
| 1994 | San Francisco | 22–33 | 9–21 | 6th | |
| 1995 | San Francisco | 24–35 | 11–17 | 5th | |
| 1996 | San Francisco | 30–25 | 15–13 | 4th | |
| 1997 | San Francisco | 29–27 | 17–11 | 3rd | |
| 1998 | San Francisco | 34–24 | 18–12 | T–3rd | |
| San Francisco: | San Francisco: | 139–144 | 70–74 | | |
| San Diego Toreros (West Coast Conference) (1999–2021) ||||||
| 1999 | San Diego | 28–27–1 | 13–16–1 | 3rd (West) | |
| 2000 | San Diego | 34–27–1 | 14–16 | 2nd (West) | |
| 2001 | San Diego | 35–21 | 20–10 | 2nd (West) | |
| 2002 | San Diego | 39–23 | 18–12 | 1st (West) | NCAA Regional |
| 2003 | San Diego | 32–30 | 18–12 | 1st (West) | NCAA Regional |
| 2004 | San Diego | 35–21 | 19–11 | 2nd (Coast) | |
| 2005 | San Diego | 30–27–1 | 16–14 | 2nd (Coast) | |
| 2006 | San Diego | 33–25 | 13–8 | 3rd | NCAA Regional |
| 2007 | San Diego | 43–18 | 18–3 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| 2008 | San Diego | 44–17 | 16–5 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| 2009 | San Diego | 29–25 | 11–10 | 5th | |
| 2010 | San Diego | 37–22 | 19–2 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| 2011 | San Diego | 22–31 | 11–10 | T–3rd | |
| 2012 | San Diego | 40–17 | 15–9 | 2nd | NCAA Regional |
| 2013 | San Diego | 37–25 | 15–9 | T–2nd | NCAA Regional |
| 2014 | San Diego | 34–20 | 16–11 | T–4th | |
| 2015 | San Diego | 33–22 | 19–8 | 1st | West Coast tournament |
| 2016 | San Diego | 27–29 | 13–14 | T–6th | |
| 2017 | San Diego | 35–18–1 | 18–9 | T–4th | |
| 2018 | San Diego | 23–32 | 12–15 | T–6th | |
| 2019 | San Diego | 32–21 | 14–13 | T–6th | |
| 2020 | San Diego | 12–4 | 0–0 | | Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | San Diego | 33–12 | 19–8 | 2nd | |
| San Diego: | San Diego: | 747–514–4 | 347–225–1 | | |
| Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors (Big West Conference) (2022–present) ||||||
| 2022 | Hawai'i | 28–24 | 19–11 | 3rd | |
| 2023 | Hawai'i | 29–20 | 18–12 | T–5th | |
| 2024 | Hawai'i | 37–16 | 20–10 | T-3rd | |
| Hawaii: | Hawaii: | 94–60 | 57–33 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 1,173–798–4 | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||