Former Mizzou, current Chiefs special teams coach Andy Hill announces retirement
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)
After five years, two Super Bowl wins and four Super Bowl appearances in Kansas City, Chiefs special teams coach and longtime Mizzou associate head coach Andy Hill is retiring from coaching.
The news comes in the midst of voluntary offseason work for KC, with a mandatory minicamp right around the corner on June 17.
Hill had quite a run with the Chiefs, contributing to a 66-18 overall mark in his five seasons under special teams coordinator Dave Toub. Kansas City was the only NFL team that Hill worked for, staying loyal to his home state of Missouri his entire career.
The Trenton, Missouri native may be best known, in Mid-Missouri, for his time as one of the longest-tenured members of the Mizzou football coach staff. He served 24 seasons at MU, 19 of which were under College Football Hall of Fame head coach Gary Pinkel. Hill filled a multitude of roles in that time, working as a wide receivers coach, quarterbacks coach, associate head coach and eventually as the special teams coordinator.
Hill, a member of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, made major contributions to Coach Pinkel's turn-around of Tiger football, as he contributed to back-to-back SEC East titles, five conference division titles and multiple wins in marquee bowl games.
After jumping between wide receivers and quarterbacks, where he helped Mizzou to some historic seasons, he became the Tigers' first-ever special teams coordinator. During his reign, the special teams unit showed up in key moments, especially in 2018, his first year in the role.
The 8-5 Tigers had one of the best special teams units in the country, ranking 19th-best in the nation and third-best in the SEC with three blocked kicks on the year. The punt team averaged about 39 yards per kick, which ranked 27th-best in the NCAA, while punter Corey Fatony ranked No. 16 nationally. Additionally, place kicker Tucker McCann was one of the most dependable guys in the league, as he connected on 24-of-33 field goals in 2018.
In that historic 2018 campaign, Hill's unit ranked in the Top-10 of two major categories, nationally: No. 4 in field goals per game and No. 9 in points scored.
Through his time as a wide receivers and quarterbacks coach, he mentored some of the biggest names to ever walk onto Faurot Field, including Drew Lock, James Franklin, Biletnikoff Award finalist Jeremy Maclin, Michael Egnew, Justin Gage, J'Mon Moore Emanuel Hall, Jonathan Johnson, Dimetrios Mason, Matt Mauk and so many others.
He doubled as a vital recruiter for the program, as well. He helped lock down and develop three First-Team All-Americans from 2007-2010: Maclin, Egnew and Danario Alexander.
Before he coached at Mizzou, Hill had a head coaching role at Hutchinson Community College, in Kansas. Under his leadership, Hutchinson went 18-6 and won a conference title, ranking No. 9 in the final NJCAA national poll in 1995. Prior to that, he served as a graduate assistant at SMU in 1992.
Hill graduated from Mizzou, after walking on to the Tiger football team in 1980. He eventually earned himself a scholarship, lettering in the 1980, '81, '83 and '84 seasons. In his Mizzou career, he caught 51 passes for 946 yards and seven touchdowns.
