Johnny Hill voted into MAC Hall of Fame

Johnny Hill’s impact on the sport of football, and sports programs at the high school level overall, earned him respect from his peers for decades. The respect he garnered over his career was clear when the past presidents of the Mississippi Association of Coaches voted him into the organization’s hall of fame.

Hill was one of five recently chosen for the award and the 2017 class will be honored this June at a banquet. The vote was held at the MAC’s offices in Clinton and Hill, who was nominated six months ago, was picked in his first year of eligibility, which is also noteworthy.

“It’s just an unbelievable honor to even be considered for that and then get inducted into it,” Hill said. “It’s very humbling. The credit goes to a lot of coaches and a lot of players and the communities that first of all gave me a job and believed in me. We all know that good players make good coaches, so I will accept the award, but it’s really a credit to the places I’ve coached.”

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