Jim Hillyer (American football)

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1928–1991)}}

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| name = Jim Hillyer

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|3|23}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|2|19|1928|3|23}}

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| player_years1 = c. 1950

| player_team1 = Samuel Huston

| player_positions = Fullback

| coach_years1 = 1962–1967

| coach_team1 = Dunbar HS (TX)

| coach_years2 = 1968–1969

| coach_team2 = Colorado State (offensive ends)

| coach_years3 = 1970

| coach_team3 = Prairie View A&M (assistant)

| coach_years4 = 1971

| coach_team4 = Prairie View A&M

| overall_record = 3–7 (college)
51–6–5 (high school)

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James Hillyer (March 23, 1928 – February 19, 1991) was an American football coach. He was the 11th head football coach at Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, Texas and he held that position for the 1971 season. His record at Prairie View was 3–7.[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/southwestern/prairie_view_a&m/coaching_records.php Prairie View A&M University coaching records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107172242/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/southwestern/prairie_view_a%26m/coaching_records.php |date=January 7, 2009 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/teams/direct582.htm |title=Prairie View Agricultural & Mechanical University Directory |publisher=The Sports Network |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525193829/http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2%2Fteams%2Fdirect582.htm |archive-date=May 25, 2011 }}

Hillyer attended Solomon Coles High School in Corpus Christi, Texas, where he starred in football and basketball. He played college football as a fullback at Samuel Huston College—now known as Huston–Tillotson University. Hillyer was the head football coach at Dunbar High School in Lubbock, Texas for seven seasons, compiling a record of 51–6–5. He was hired in 1970 as an assistant coach as Prairie View A&M.{{cite news |author= |title=Ex-DHS Boss—Prairie View Tabs Hillyer Grid Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34950199/lubbock_avalanchejournal/ |newspaper=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal |location=Lubbock, Texas |date=March 28, 1971 |page=53 |access-date=August 16, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}