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.[1] He graduated from Morgan State College—now known as Morgan State University in 1928. Hill played college football for the Morgan State Bears. 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.[1] 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.[2][3] Hill was hired as a professor and taught biology.[4]
Coaching career
Early in his coaching career at Morgan, Hill was the assistant to Edward P. Hurt 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.[5]
Head coaching record
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Awards and honors
1969: named to the Maryland Commission on Physical Fitness[7]
The MEAC men's all-sports award is named for Hill[10]
References
^ a bPatterson, Ted (2000). Football In Baltimore. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 304. ISBN 0-8018-6424-0. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
^"The Talmadge L. Hill Field House" (PDF). Morgan Magazine. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 6, 2010. Retrieved July 24, 2008.
^Wade, Herman L. (June 1, 2004). Run From There. United States: Word Association. p. 211. ISBN 978-1-932205-78-7. Retrieved July 5, 2008.
^"The First Colored Professional, Clerical and Business Directory of Baltimore City 19th Annual Edition, 1931-1932". Archives of Maryland. Retrieved July 24, 2008.