BYU athletics is adding another member to its senior leadership team, with this one coming from SEC territory.
On Tuesday, the school announced the hiring of Marc Hill, a longtime University of Kentucky athletics administrator, to be the deputy athletic director at BYU.
ESPN’s Pete Thamel was the first to report the news.
As part of that role, he’ll oversee “various administrative and operational efforts within BYU Athletics,” according to the university.
“We are excited to add Marc to our executive team,” BYU athletic director Brian Santiago said in a news release announcing the hire.
“He brings a wealth of experience from the highest level of collegiate athletics that will elevate our entire athletic department. He is a great fit and will help us as we continue to chase greatness the BYU way. We look forward to welcoming the Hills to our BYU athletic family.”
Hill had 27 years of experience at Kentucky, and that included working as the school’s deputy director of athletics since 2019.
“My wife and I are very excited for this next chapter in our lives,” Hill said in a statement.
“While we will miss Lexington and our friends at UK, I am extremely excited to get to Provo and continue wearing blue and white while pursuing championships and shaping the lives of young people. BYU is an amazing institution and a championship athletic department — one that I can’t wait to be a small part of.”
He also served as the sports administrator for the Kentucky football program for more than a decade, taking over that role in 2012, and has also been the primary sports administrator for the renowned Wildcats men’s basketball program.
Part of his responsibilities in those roles with football and men’s basketball included managing the programs’ day-to-day operations and coordinating budgetary responsibilities while serving as a liaison between those programs and the rest of the Kentucky athletics department.
He also spent 12 years as Kentucky’s director of strength and conditioning and was the baseball program’s sports administrator for two years.
Hill helped spearhead funding efforts for a variety of Kentucky facility projects, including a $130 million football stadium renovation, a $49 million baseball stadium and a $19 million soccer/softball stadium project.
“Marc Hill is a significant addition to the BYU Athletics senior leadership team,” BYU advancement vice president Keith Vorkink said in a statement.
“His experience, leadership and alignment with BYU’s values make him an excellent fit for BYU. We are grateful to our Athletic Director, Brian, for bringing him on board and believe the addition of Marc further strengthens our athletics department as we enter a new and highly anticipated athletics season.”
Hill, who hails from Mount Pleasant, Iowa, played football at Iowa Wesleyan College, where he was a four-year starter at linebacker.
Following college, he worked at the University of Arizona from 1995-99 as the strength coach for the men’s basketball and baseball teams and assistant strength coach for the football team.
Hill’s connections with sports, BYU and the church that owns and operates the school, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, run deep.
He is a member of the church and served in the LDS stake presidency in Lexington, Kentucky, according to BYUtv’s Jarom Jordan. Hill also played a role in helping Kentucky hire former BYU basketball coach Mark Pope as the Wildcats’ head coach in 2024.
He and his wife, Jenny, have three children: Dalton, Cogan and Brookelyn, along with six grandchildren.
Dalton played for the Utah Valley baseball team, while Brookelyn played softball at BYU and is married to former BYU football offensive lineman Clark Barrington. Cogan played golf at Division III Southern Virginia.
Jenny, meanwhile, is a former college softball star — she was named the 1996 college softball player of the year at Arizona, and she currently serves on the USA Baseball Board of Directors. She has been a part of ESPN’s coverage of the NCAA softball tournament since 2012 and is also the general manager of the Chicago Bandits, a professional softball team in the AUSL.