Meet Coach Hill

Personal InformationFull name: Aubrey Hill

Birthdate:February 18,1972

Hometown: Miami, Fla.

Education: B.A. in exercise and sport sciences, University of Florida, 1996

Wife:Shanae

Daughter:Destini Hill's

Coaching Career:2008University of Miami (wide receivers)

2005-07University of Pittsburgh (wide receivers)

2004Elon University (wide receivers)

1999-2003Duke University (wide receivers)

1996-98University of Florida (graduate assistant)

Coaching Accomplishments•Instrumental in the development of Greg Lee, a first team All-Big East performer in 2005, Derek Kinder, a first team selection in 2006, and Oderick Turner, a freshman All-American in 2006.

Honors as a Player •Four-year letterman at Florida•Helped Florida to a 43-10-1 (.806) record in four years and three SEC titles•Third best TD ratio in Gators history caching a touchdown every 4.78 catches and finished with 86 career receptions and 18 touchdowns

Aubrey Hill: "We want to hit on more big plays" Article for 3/4/09 (still a good read)

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/umiami/2009/03/aubrey-hill-we-want-to-hit-on-more-big-plays.html

It used to be the staple of the University of Miami offense. Ken Dorsey,
Gino Torretta, Vinny Testaverde would drop back in the pocket scan the field and
then fire a laser beam deep down the field. On the other end, Michael Irvin,
Andre Johnson and Lamar Thomas would come racing under it, hands stretched and
in a flash, they'd be gone, one their way to the end zone for six.It's
felt like an eternity at The U since a Miami offense provided such excitement.
Last year with Patrick Nix, fans were treated more often to the wide receiver
bubble screen than the good old Hail Mary. But in the first few days coach Randy
Shannon has allowed the media to watch his team practice this spring, we've
noticed something strange (an unidentified flying object if you will).

That would be the football being thrown deep down the field again. Could it just
be an early spring practice aberration? Could be Jacory Harris just practicing
the deep ball here and there? Or is Mark Whipple's new offense showing signs
it's going to take advantage of the new big, strong, speedy weapons the Canes
recruited two Februarys ago and stretch opposing defenses? At Tuesday's
practice, I caught up with receivers coach Aubrey Hill to find out what the deal
really is."You look back to last year, we definitely want to hit on more big
plays," said Hill, whose young receiving corps . "That's something you want to
do every year... Not necessarily making a comparison [to last year], but I
will say this about our [new] playbook: we're attacking all areas of the field
and also were trying to move a lot of guys around and put the ball in their
hands in all different places. We have an NFL playbook."