Jaime Vondel Hill (born July 1963) (pronounced High-may) is an

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coach. He formerly held the position of

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for the

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between 2006 and 2010.

Early life

Hill went to

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in San Diego, where he was member of the varsity track team and participated in

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competition. He later went on playing at

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(former JuCo) from 1982 to 83, earning him Academic All-American and first-team all-league performer. He then played as wide receiver for the Gators at

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in 1984 and 1985, being a first team all-conference member.

Coaching career

His coaching career started at his alma mater San Francisco State University in 1987 as student assistant wide receivers and later graduate assistant at

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in 1988. In 1989 he became assistant coach for wide receivers and tight ends at

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for the

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, being his first professional coaching job. From 1990 to 1991 he was changing to the defensive side and became defensive assistant for the secondary at

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and further defensive coordinator at

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in 1992. His first longer stint as coach was from 1993 to 1996 at

Portland State University Portland State University (PSU) is a public research university in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1946 as a post-secondary educational institution for World War II veterans. It evolved into a four-year college over the following two decades ...

as defensive backs coach and defensive coordinator. He was member of the

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Bill Walsh coaching fellowship in 1992 and 1994. Hills first job in the

came with the

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from 1997 to 1999, first as defensive quality control and later as defensive assistant for the secondary. There, he appeared in two NFL Divisional Round play-off games and has an overall regular season record of 34–14 and play-off record of 2–2. From 2000 to 2001 he stayed in San Francisco and became secondary coach of the

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in the original XFL, reaching the XFL championship game but lost the Million Dollar Game against Los Angeles. He then changed back to college football in taking the job as defensive coordinator from 2002 to 2003 for the

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and after that going in to the

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as the

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secondary coach from '03 to '04 and

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as co-defensive coordinator from '04 to '06. Later he served as defensive coordinator for the BYU Cougars football team in 2006. Following a 1–4 start to the 2010 season, BYU fired Jaime on October 2, 2010. In the 13/14 season he coached again for the Portland State Vikings and from 2014 to 2018 for the formerly known SFU Clan at

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in Canada. He formerly served as head coach at São Paulo Storm (Brazil) between 2019 and 2020. From 2021 until 2023, Hill was the head coach of the Fehérvár Enthroners, located near

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. In his first two seasons, they played in the national league

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(HFL) winning the league championship in 2022, and beginning with the 2023 season in the

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Private life

Hill was married to LaShanda Hill and has two daughters and one son. He holds bachelor's degree from

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in psychology and a teaching certificate from

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in 1990.

References

External links

Portland State bio

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European League of Football coaches 1963 births