Hill hired as associate director of sports health

By
Ethan Hughes
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Tony Hill has joined Billy Napier’s staff as the associate director of sports health.

He worked for Napier at Louisiana last year as the associate director of sports medicine/head football athletic trainer. He helped the Ragin’ Cajuns win the 2021 Sun Belt Conference Championship and the New Orleans Bowl.

Hill was also the head football athletic trainer at Colorado State from 2017-20, and he oversaw the football training staff at Fresno State from 2008-16.

The Salinas, California, native interned with the Gators’ football and men’s tennis programs from 2003-04. He’s also worked for Arizona, California, Texas and Kentucky over the last 20 years.

Ethan Hughes
Ethan Hughes
Ethan was born in Gainesville and has lived in the Starke, Florida, area his entire life. He played basketball for five years and knew he wanted to be a sportswriter when he was in middle school. He’s attended countless Gators athletic events since his early childhood, with baseball being his favorite sport to attend. He’s a proud 2019 graduate of the University of Florida and a 2017 graduate of Santa Fe College. He interned with the University Athletic Association’s communications department for 1 ½ years as a student and also wrote for InsideTheGators.com for two years before joining Gator Country in 2021. He is a long-suffering fan of the Jacksonville Jaguars. You can follow him on Twitter @ethanhughes97.