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Mark Hill
Mark Hill

Position:
Volunteer Assistant Coach

Experience:
2nd Season


Mark Hill completed his second season as a volunteer assistant coach with the University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team.

Hill came to Michigan after spending the two years in Florida, working as a head USS Age Group Coach in Key Largo and as the head high school coach at Coral Shores High School in Islamorada. He was also a master's coach with the Fighting Manatees, developing a strength and dry-land program. He also worked with current head coach Mike Bottom at the Race Club from June 2007-August 2008.

Prior to moving to Florida, Hill was an assistant coach at Washington College in Chestertown, Md., from August 2005-May 2007. He also was also a coach with the Sho'men Aquatics group. Hill served as a an assistant junior coach for the 2005 Maccabi Games in Israel, assisting with pre-meet training camp and running practices.

After completing his eligibility at Maryland, Hill was an undergraduate coach for the Terrapins during the 2004-05 season where he helped coach the sprinters while assisting the coaching staff in various tasks.

While a varsity swimmer at Maryland, Hill was a four-time letterwinner and four-time school record holder. He was selected as an All-ACC swimmer three times, winning three silver medals and two bronze medals at ACC Championship meets. A captain during the 2003-04 season, he was a two-time team MVP and recipient of the William R. Campbell Senior Award following the 2003-04 campaign.

Hill was also a five-time gold medalist at the Pan-American Maccabi Games held in Santiago, Chile. He also qualified for and competed at the 2004 Olympic Trials in Long Beach, Calif.

Hill has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Maryland.

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