Ricky Hill

Ricky Hill
Ricky Hill (2012)
Personal information
Full name Ricky Anthony Hill
Date of birth (1959-03-05) 5 March 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth Hammersmith, London, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Turks and Caicos Islands (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1989 Luton Town 506 (54)
1989–1990 Le Havre 20 (1)
1990–1991 Leicester City 16 (1)
1992 Tampa Bay Rowdies
1993–1994 Chertsey Town
1994–1995 Cocoa Expos
International career
1982–1986 England 3
Managerial career
1992 Tampa Bay Rowdies[2]
1994–1995 Cocoa Expos
1996–1999 Sheffield Wednesday U16-19
1999–2000 Tottenham Hotspur U16-17
2000 Luton Town
2003–2005 San Juan Jabloteh
2011–2014 Tampa Bay Rowdies
2022 Montego Bay United
2023– Turks and Caicos Islands
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ricky Hill (born 5 March 1959) is an English football coach and a former player who is the manager of the Turks and Caicos Islands national team. He spent most of his playing career at Luton Town FC for 14 years, while representing England at Senior, U21 and U18 International levels.[3] Hill was the fourth Black player to play for England’s Senior National team and the first British South Asian to represent England at the Senior level.[4] Hill began his managerial career as a Player/Coach with the Tampa Bay Rowdies in 1992[5] and in that season saw the Rowdies appear in both the League Championship final and the Professional Cup final,[6] in addition to Hill also being awarded ‘Coach of the Year’ amongst other notable player accolades such as Best Passer and All-Star First Team.[7][8] Spanning 25 years managing various professional clubs across the US, UK, and the Caribbean, Hill made 4 US championship appearances at the professional level, reinforcing his standing as one of the most successful Black coaches in the history of US professional soccer.[4] Most recently, Hill authored Love of the Game – Ricky Hill: The Man Who Brought the Rooney Rule to the UK[4] which was nominated as a finalist for the 2022 Sports Books Awards[9] in association with The Sunday Times (UK).

  1. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  2. ^ Formerly known as FC Tampa Bay through 2011.
  3. ^ "Profile of Ricky Hill: Info, news, matches and statistics | BeSoccer".
  4. ^ a b c Hill, Ricky Anthony (2021). Love of the game : the man who brought the Rooney Rule to the UK. Adrian Durham. London. ISBN 978-1-78531-826-9. OCLC 1201655692.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ "1992 Tampa Bay Rowdies Division II and III soccer Roster on StatsCrew.com". Statscrew.com. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  6. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Tampa Bay Rowdies (1992)". National-football-teams.com. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Rowdies' Hill is coach of year, first-team pick". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Rowdies sign Ricky Hill to three-year coaching contract". boxscorenews.com. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Love of the Game". Sports Book Awards. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

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