Coach Mitch Hill enters his fourth year as the head baseball coach at Alabama A&M University. He was the 2014 – 2015 Southwestern Athletic Conference’s Baseball Coach of the Year.
Last season the Bulldogs were 13-44, on off year for the team after a pair of 20-plus win seasons.
In 2015, he led the Bulldogs to a school-record 26 wins, the program’s second straight 20-plus-win season. It was the most wins since A&M moved up to NCAA Division I in 1999. Also, that season, the Bulldogs had their first major college victories over UAB and Jacksonville State in program history.
In 2016, a trio of Bulldogs - pitchers Brandon Marsonek and Josh Burchell and designated hitter Ty Russell - was named All-SWAC. It was the third-straight year A&M had multiple players honored. There have been 12 Bulldogs named All-SWAC in the last three years and two Hitters of the Year.
Coach Hill began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at the University of North Alabama, his alma mater, under Head Coach Mike Keehn for three seasons. Hill helped guide three Academic All-Americans, three players who went on to sign professional contracts and 12 All-Conference players.
Coach Hill continued his coaching career as an assistant coach at Motlow State Community College and Bevill State Community College.
He spent one year at Bevill State Community College as the pitching coach, recruiting coordinator, and infield coach before the athletic program was cut from the college. During that year he had a top three recruiting class in the state of Alabama. He also had three Academic All-Americans and two players who signed letters of intent to continue playing college baseball at the four-year level.
After Bevill, he spent one year at Motlow State Community College in Lynchburg, TN, as the assistant baseball coach under Head Coach Dan McShea. Coach Hill had one JUCO All-American and 16 players go on to sign letters of intent at the four-year level.
Coach Hill lettered and pitched for the UNA Lions from 2002-07 where he earned his bachelor's in physical education and minor in business administration. He also earned his master's in health promotion and human performance.
Coach Hill is a native of Florence, AL, and is married to Erin Lynn Hill. They have two sons - Griffin and Bennett. Erin is also a native of Florence and a registered nurse at Huntsville Hospital.
