A member of the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Hall of Fame, Fred Hill earned 1,089 career victories at the collegiate level over 37 years, including 941 in 30 seasons leading the Scarlet Knights. Hill retired from Rutgers ranked 32nd in college baseball history in wins, having earned his 1,000th career victory April 17, 2010 against USF in front of a record crowd of 1,124 fans at Bainton Field. Overall, Hill led RU to 11 NCAA Regional appearances, 12 regular season conference championships and eight conference tournament titles during his tenure in Piscataway.
Rebuilding the team into a northeast baseball power, he won eight straight Atlantic 10 regular season titles starting in 1986 to advance RU to the NCAA Tournament five times in that stretch. Hill continued that success after the program moved to the Big East and became the second-winningest coach in conference history, with 267 victories in the league over 19 seasons. His first championship in the Big East came in 1998 as he earned Coach of the Year honors and won both the regular season and tournament title. That started a stretch of five NCAA berths in six years that included hosting an NCAA Regional in 2000, a rarity for a northeast school. The 2007 team was among the best for Hill, as it tied the school record with 42 wins and won both the Big East regular season and tournament titles. Named ABCA East Region Coach of the Year, the Scarlet Knights earned the No. 2 seed in the Charlottesville Regional. A school-record six players off that team were selected in the ensuing MLB Draft.
During his career, Hill sent over 70 players to professional baseball - with Todd Frazier and David DeJesus both currently in the major leagues - and developed 20 All-America selections. His No. 24 was retired at Bainton Field May 10, 2014.
