Jay Hill (American football)

{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1975)}}

{{other people|Jay Hill}}

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = Jay Hill

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| current_title = Defensive coordinator, Associate head coach

| current_team = BYU

| current_conference = Big 12

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|3|16}}

| birth_place = Lehi, Utah, U.S.

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| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1996–1997

| player_team1 = Ricks

| player_years2 = 1998–1999

| player_team2 = Utah

| player_positions = Cornerback

| coach_years1 = 2001–2003

| coach_team1 = Utah (GA)

| coach_years2 = 2004

| coach_team2 = Utah (AA)

| coach_years3 = 2005–2006

| coach_team3 = Utah (CB/co-STC)

| coach_years4 = 2007–2009

| coach_team4 = Utah (TE/STC)

| coach_years5 = 2010–2011

| coach_team5 = Utah (CB/STC)

| coach_years6 = 2012

| coach_team6 = Utah (RB/STC)

| coach_years7 = 2013

| coach_team7 = Utah (TE/STC)

| coach_years8 = 2014–2022

| coach_team8 = Weber State

| coach_years9 = 2023–present

| coach_team9 = BYU (DC/AHC)

| overall_record = 68–39

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record = 6–6 (NCAA D-I playoffs)

| championships = 4 Big Sky (2017–2020)

| awards = Second-team All-Mountain West (1999)
Big Sky Coach of the Year (2020)

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Jay Leroy Hill (born March 16, 1975) is an American college football coach. He is the defensive coordinator and associate head coach at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah.{{Cite web |url=https://byucougars.com/story/football/1301558/sitake-hires-weber-state-head-coach-jay-hill-oversee-byus-defense |title= Sitake hires Weber State head coach Jay Hill to oversee BYU's defense }} Hill served as the head football coach at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah from 2014 to 2022, compiling a record of 68–39 in nine seasons. He left Weber State as the program's all-time winningest head coach.{{cite web | url=https://www.deseret.com/2022/12/6/23497742/report-weber-state-coach-jay-hill-to-be-named-byus-new-defensive-coordinator-wednesday | title=Weber State coach Jay Hill named BYU's new defensive coordinator, associate head coach | date=7 December 2022 }} Hill was an assistant coach at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City under Urban Meyer and Kyle Whittingham from 2001 to 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/10126732/weber-state-wildcats-pick-utah-assistant-jay-hill-head-coach.html|title = Weber State hires Utah's Hill as new coach|date = December 12, 2013}}

Personal life

Hill is married to the former Sara Kern. They have four children: Ashtyn, Alayna, Allie and Jacob. Hill earned a bachelor's degree in Spanish in 2000 from the University of Utah and earned his master's degree in ESS/Sports Psychology from the University of Utah in 2005.{{Cite web |url=http://www.weberstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209339587.html |title=Jay Hill named Weber State head football coach - Weber State Wildcats Official Athletics Site - WeberStateSports.com |access-date=2014-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601213601/http://www.weberstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209339587.html |archive-date=2016-06-01 |url-status=dead }}

Head coaching record

{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = both | poll1 = STATS | poll2 = Coaches }}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Weber State Wildcats

| conf = Big Sky Conference

| startyear = 2014

| endyear = 2022

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| year = 2014

| name = Weber State

| overall = 2–10

| conference = 2–6

| confstanding = T–10th

| ranking =

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| year = 2015

| name = Weber State

| overall = 6–5

| conference = 5–3

| confstanding = T–4th

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| ranking2 =

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| year = 2016

| name = Weber State

| overall = 7–5

| conference = 6–2

| confstanding = 3rd

| bowlname = NCAA Division I First Round

| bowloutcome = L

| ranking = 25

| ranking2 = 24

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 2017

| name = Weber State

| overall = 11–3

| conference = 7–1

| confstanding = T–1st

| bowlname = NCAA Division I Quarterfinal

| bowloutcome = L

| ranking = 5

| ranking2 = 5

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 2018

| name = Weber State

| overall = 10–3

| conference = 7–1

| confstanding = T–1st

| bowlname = NCAA Division I Quarterfinal

| bowloutcome = L

| ranking = 6

| ranking2 = 6

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 2019

| name = Weber State

| overall = 11–4

| conference = 7–1

| confstanding = T–1st

| bowlname = NCAA Division I Semifinal

| bowloutcome = L

| ranking = 3

| ranking2 = 3

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 2020–21

| name = Weber State

| overall = 5–1

| conference = 5–0

| confstanding = 1st

| bowlname = NCAA Division I First Round

| bowloutcome = L

| ranking = 3

| ranking2 = 3

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| year = 2021

| name = Weber State

| overall = 6–5

| conference = 5–3

| confstanding = T–5th

| ranking =

| ranking2 =

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| year = 2022

| name = Weber State

| overall = 10–3

| conference = 6–2

| confstanding = T–3rd

| bowlname = NCAA Division I Second Round

| bowloutcome = L

| ranking = 9

| ranking2 = 9

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Weber State

| overall = 68–39

| confrecord = 50–19

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{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 68–39

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

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