Donald Hill-Eley
Donald Hill-Eley went 8–5 as a head coach in the games on file: 2017 at Alabama State (interim, final 6 games) and 2021 at Alabama State. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Share
- Record
- 8–5 games on file
- Seasons
- 2
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2017 5–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Alabama State interim, final 6 games | 5–1 | ||
| 2018–20: not a college head coach | ||||
| 2021 | Alabama State coached seven of 11 games | 3–4 | ||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Conference games | 10 | 6–4 | 60% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 4 | 4–0 | 100% |
| At home | 6 | 5–1 | 83% |
| On the road | 7 | 3–4 | 43% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 7 | 7–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
His own 13 games on file, 2017–2021, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama A&Mseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Jackson Stateseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Arkansas–Pine Bluffseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Bethune-Cookmanseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Edward Watersseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Milesseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Mississippi Valley Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Texas Southernseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Travis PearsonAlabama State
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Pearson | Alabama State, 2021: defensive coordinator | Alabama State |
Other assistants under him (5)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Grady Brown | Alabama State, 2017: safeties coach | |
| Mark Orlando | Alabama State, 2017: offensive coordinator | |
| Osita Alaribe | Alabama State, 2017: defensive coordinator | |
| Ted Daisher | Alabama State, 2017: co-defensive coordinator and linebackers and defensive line coach | |
| Joe Blackwell | Alabama State, 2021: offensive coordinator |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.