Mike Hill is an American university sports administrator. He is the athletic director at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Athletic director |
| Team | Charlotte |
| Conference | American Athletic Conference |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 26, 1968 Clemson, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1990) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1988–1990 | North Carolina (sports information student asst.) |
| 1990–1992 | Ball State (marketing coordinator) |
| 1993–1996 | Blockbuster Bowl (asst. AD) |
| 1993–1996 | Florida Gators (marketing coordinator) |
| 1996–2000 | Florida (director of marketing and promotions) |
| 2000–2002 | Florida (asst. AD for marketing) |
| 2002–2005 | Florida (asst. AD for external affairs) |
| 2005–2010 | Florida (assoc. AD for external affairs) |
| 2010–2012 | Florida (senior assoc. AD for external affairs) |
| 2012–2018 | Florida (executive assoc. AD for external affairs) |
| 2018–present | Charlotte |
Career edit
Before arriving in Charlotte, Hill was a member of the University of Florida athletics department for 25 years, where he started as a marketing coordinator in 1993 and eventually moved on to become the executive associate athletics director for external affairs. While at Florida, Hill was part of a search team that hired coaches such as Billy Donovan, Mike White and Jim McElwain.[1]
On February 28, 2018, Hill was named the athletics director at Charlotte,[2] replacing Judy Rose, who had served at the post since 1990 before announcing her retirement in January 2018. Hill officially began on March 15, 2018. Hill's contract terms were extended after the successful 2019 football season.[3]
On October 21, 2021 Hill presided over Charlotte joining 5 other Conference USA teams in moving to the American Athletic Conference, joining former Metro Conference and C-USA rivals there.[4]
References edit
- ^ http://www.charlotte49ers.com/documents/2018/2/22//Hill_Mike_Resume.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Charlotte 49ers". Archived from the original on 2018-03-07. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
- ^ "Charlotte 49ers extend contracts of football coach Will Healy and AD Mike Hill". Agent49. February 11, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
- ^ "American Athletic Conference Announces the Addition of Six Universities". October 21, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.