John Ethan Hill
Biographical details
Born(1865-10-15)October 15, 1865
Mystic, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedJuly 2, 1941(1941-07-02) (aged 75)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Alma materYale University (1885)[1]
Clark University (1895, Ph.D)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1900West Virginia
Head coaching record
Overall4–3

John Ethan Hill (October 15, 1865 – July 2, 1941) was an American mathematician and college football coach. He served as the eighth head football coach for West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia, and he held that position for the 1900 season. His coaching record at West Virginia was 4–3.[2]

Hillwas born in Mystic, Connecticut, in 1865. He graduated from Yale University in 1885 and received a PhD from Clark University.[3]

He died on July 2, 1941, at Brooklyn, New York.[4][5] He was buried at Elm Grove Cemetery in Mystic.

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
West Virginia Mountaineers (Independent) (1900)
1900 West Virginia 4–3
West Virginia: 4–3
Total: 4–3

References

  1. ^ "Full text of "Catalogue of officers and graduates of Columbia university from the foundation of King's college in 1754"". archive.org. 1912.
  2. ^ West Virginia Mountaineers football coaching records Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Herringshaw, Thomas William (1914). "Herringshaw's national library of American biography". google.ca.
  4. ^ "1941-1942 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University" (PDF). 29 June 2005. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
  5. ^ Duren, Peter L.; Askey, Richard; Merzbach, Uta C.; Edwards, Harold M. (1988). A Century of Mathematics in America. American Mathematical Society. ISBN 9780821801369 – via google.ca.


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