Doug Hill

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Position: Head Coach Experience: Fifth Season

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Doug Hill enters his fifth season as head coach at Air Force in 2011. Hill spent 13 seasons as an assistant coach at Air Force before being promoted to head coach in June of 2007. A 1983 graduate of the Academy, Hill guided the Falcons to a 7-12 overall record and a 5-5 mark in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, good for a third-place finish in the Mountain Division in `10. He enters the 2011 campaign with a 24-45-3 career record.

In his four seasons at the helm, Hill has coached 15 Falcons to all-conference honors, including five last season, four of whom were underclassmen. This season, Hill has 17 letterwinners and nine starters returning from last year's squad. In fact, eight of the 11 players that notched at least one point last season are back.

Hill, who holds a United States Soccer Federation "A" license, was a four-year varsity letterman at Air Force and played for his predecessor, Lou Sagastume. He was team captain both his junior and senior seasons. In all four years, Hill helped the Falcons win the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Soccer League championship. After graduation, he remained at the Academy as the assistant soccer coach and a physical education instructor for one year.

Hill left the Academy in 1984 for Dyess AFB, Texas, where he was an instructor navigator in the C-130 aircraft. In addition, he assisted and filled in as the interim head soccer coach for the men's and women's soccer teams at Hardin-Simmons University (Texas) from 1986-1988. In 1988, he led the women's team to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) championship game and finished second in the nation. He also played on the all-Air Force soccer team in 1985 and 1987 and coached the 1986 team.

After eight years away from the Academy, Hill returned as an assistant coach in 1992 and helped guide the Falcons to consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament in `92 and `93. In 1993, the Falcons advanced to the Final Eight after beating undefeated and No. 1-ranked Creighton, 2-1, in four overtimes on the road in the first round. The 1996 team advanced to the WAC championships after going 14-3-3 during the regular season, while the 1997 squad earned a trip to the NCAA Tourney.

Hill moved on to McChord AFB, Wash., in 1997, holding positions of Director, Wing Weapons and Tactics for the 62nd Airlift Wing and Operations Officer for the 4th Airlift Squadron, a C-141 unit. He guided the all-Air Force soccer team as a player-coach in 1999 and 2000, winning the Armed Forces championship both years. He also coached the all-Armed Services team in 1999 and 2000.

In 2001, Hill returned to the sidelines at his alma mater. He was an assistant coach from 2001-05 before earning a promotion to associate head coach for the 2006 campaign. During that tenure at AFA, the Falcons were ranked as high as 19th in the country during the 2001 campaign and he helped Marcus Sagastume earn MPSF Co-Player of the Year honors in `03.

Hill, who has over 2,800 flying hours to his credit, holds a master's degree in sports administration from the University of Northern Colorado and retired from the Air Force in April of 2006 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

A native of Fleetwood, Pa., Hill, 51, lives in Colorado Springs with his wife, Kathy, and their two sons, Luke (12) and Greg (10).