Jimmy Hill

Wayne State University Athletics

Title

Wide Receivers Coach
Email

ac6158@wayne.edu

UPDATED February 7, 2025

Jimmy Hill joined the Wayne State University football coaching staff in February of 2025 as wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator after serving the previous three seasons in a similar role at fellow GLIAC member Davenport.

He also worked with the Panther running backs in 2024. During the 2023 season, Hill's group of receivers caught 159 passes for 2,037 yards and 15 touchdowns with Preston Smith earning First Team All-GLIAC recognition. In his first year at DU, Hill mentored three ALL-GLIAC receivers in Sy Barnett (First Team), Roy Livingstone and Preston Smith (both Second Team).

Prior to his arrival in Grand Rapids, Hill was at Fleming Island High School in Florida where he served as quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator (2018-2021). In 2015, Hill was named Region 15 Coach of the Year by the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association. That year he led Detroit Northwestern to an undefeated regular season (9-0) before a first round playoff setback to Detroit Denby. In 2017, he was named head coach at Atlantic Coast High School in Jacksonville, Florida.

After graduating from Detroit Mumford High School, Hill spent two years at the University of Toledo before playing his final three seasons as a Tartar. In 1996, Hill passed for 1,138 yards and seven touchdowns, while completing 100 passes. He also rushed for 60 yards and a score. The following year, he primarily played wide receiver catching 49 passes for 775 yards and six scores in garnering Second Team All-MIFC (Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference) accolades. He also completed 10 passes for 124 yards and rushed for additional 133 yards. Hill returned 19 punts (for 146 yards) and two kickoffs in 1997 to finish with 1,098 all-purpose yards.

As a senior in 1998, Hill set the school record with 15 touchdown receptions (record was eclipsed by Pierre Brown in 2000 with 17) and was voted to the All-MIFC First Team. He finished that season with 60 receptions (fifth all-time in WSU history) for 858 yards (eighth in school history), while also rushing for 88 yards and completing 22 passes for 186 yards. Hill received Academic All-GLIAC recognition as a senior as well as being voted Tartar of the Year (team MVP).

Hill concluded his three-year WSU career with 1,729 yards of total offense, 1,645 receiving yards (seventh in school history) and 2,153 all-purpose yards. His 110 career receptions is sixth in school history, while his 21 touchdown receptions ranks fourth in the WSU annals.

He earned his bachelor's degree in Communications (Radio/TV/Film) from WSU in 1999 and a master's in Secondary Education from the University of Phoenix. Hill and his wife, Dana, have four children, Amoni, Jaden, Keysean and Jourdan.