OGDEN, Utah-Tuesday, Weber State head football coach Jay Hill was named as the FCS Region 5 Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association.
Hill, who is 34-14 (.708) in his sixth season as the Wildcats’ head coach, has Weber State in the FCS quarterfinals Friday evening against Montana and has led the squad to four consecutive FCS playoff appearances, a school record.
Other school records Hill has achieved include three straight Big Sky Conference titles, three straight 10-win seasons and a No. 3 ranking, which the Wildcats are currently ranked ahead of the quarterfinals game against the Grizzlies.
Hill’s 34 wins are tied for the most in school history and he is 21-3 (.875) in Big Sky games over the course of the past three seasons.
This is Hill’s first Region Coach of the Year honor and he is only the second coach in program history to achieve this.
Veteran college head coach Mike Price won this award at Weber State in 1987. That season, the Wildcats went 9-2 (6-1 in Big Sky play) and advanced to the then-I-AA quarterfinals.
