Talmadge Layman "Marse" Hill (May 19, 1902 – March 8, 1982) was the head basketball coach and an assistant football coach at Morgan State College, from the 1930s to the 1960s.

Early life

Hill was born in

East Orange, New Jersey East Orange is a City (New Jersey), city in Essex County, New Jersey, Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 69,612. The city was List of municipalities in ...

. He graduated from Morgan State College—now known as Morgan State University in 1928. Hill played

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

for the

Morgan State Bears The Morgan State Bears are the twelve varsity sports teams representing Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in th ...

. In a game versus Lincoln, he was tackled by a player from Lincoln's bench as he was streaking down the sideline for the apparent winning touchdown. Morgan eventually was awarded the touchdown and won the game. After his career at Morgan, Hill earned a master's degree at Columbia University and then returned to Morgan as a teacher and assistant coach in 1930. Hill was hired as a professor and taught biology.

Coaching career

Early in his coaching career at Morgan, Hill was the assistant to

Edward P. Hurt Edward Paulette Hurt (February 12, 1900 – March 24, 1989) was an American football, basketball, and track coach. He served the head football coach at Virginia Theological Seminary and College—now known as Virginia University of Lynchburg— ...

in football, basketball and track. He took over head coaching responsibilities for the basketball team in 1948 and served as the head coach until 1960. Hill was described as a conservative coach and one who did not like "fancy" ball handlers playing for him.

Late life and death

Hill retired from coaching in 1964 and was named professor emeritus of health and physical education in 1972. He died on March 8, 1982, at Provident Hospital in Baltimore, after suffering a series of strokes.

Head coaching record

Awards and honors

* 1969: named to the Maryland Commission on Physical Fitness * 1972: elected to the Morgan State University Athletic Hall of Fame * 1974: Morgan State University field house (pictured) named in his honor * 1975: inducted into The Pigskin Club Hall of Washington, D.C. Hall of Fame * 1978: inducted into the HBCU Hall of Fame * Chairman of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Steering and Planning Committee and the league's first president * The MEAC men's all-sports award is named for Hill

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Talmadge 1902 births 1982 deaths Morgan State Bears football coaches Morgan State Bears football players Morgan State Bears basketball coaches Morgan State University faculty Morgan State Bears track and field coaches Columbia University alumni Sportspeople from East Orange, New Jersey Players of American football from Essex County, New Jersey African-American coaches of American football Basketball coaches from New Jersey African-American basketball coaches 20th-century African-American sportspeople