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November 30, 1984/The Maroon Tiger/Page 4A
Spotlighting Our Excellence
Hill Says Graduation Should Be First Obligation
By Johnny Crawford
Associate Editor
What is harder to find than a
needle in a haystack and is as rare
as the Hope Diamond? The
answer is a football coach who
wants to see players get more
than touchdowns, tackles or
blocks.
Even harder to find is a coach
who tells football players that
their first obligation is to
graduate with a degree and their
second obligation is to play
football. That is, unless the player
is a Morehouse Tiger and the
coach is Willie Hill.
“Coach Hill stresses discipline
and you canalwayscounton him
when you need him,’’ said
Reuben Green, Tiger quarter
back.
Hill, who is also resident
advisor for Student Affairs,
stated that it is important for
young black men to receive
guidance off the field as well as
on the field.
When asked the question,
“Why are you coaching?” He
replied, “It is a burning desire
inside me to teach the game of
football.
“When I found out that I could
no longer play the game which I
grew to love, I knew the only
other thing to do was to coach
that same game,” he said.
He also stated that when he
first started coaching he tried to
get players to live up to his
expectation with very little
regard to whether a player had
the potential to do so.
“Since then I have settled
down and concentrated on
helping the players instead of
helping myself,” he explained.
"It is very important
for young black football
players to graduate with
their degrees” he add
ed, "That is why I tell my
players their first obliga
tion is to their education
and their second obliga
tion is to play football
Willie Hill
Pulse Of The
People
Dear Editor:
It’s been a long time since I’ve
witnessed such rudeness, incon
sideration and irresponsible
parenting as I did recently. I went
to see a spectacular performance
by the Clive Thompson Dance
Company in the Martin Luther
King, Jr. International Chapel of
your college. Throughout the
whole performance two very
small children (two or three
years old) in front of my friends
and I talked and made noise.
When my friends and I asked the
Mothers to please take their
children out to the lobby if they
could not keep them quiet, we
were barraged with such com
ments as, “If you don’t like it why
don’t you leave?”, etc. Number
one, we were in close seats and,
number two, we were there long
before they came. Why should
we be inconvenienced just
because these parents were
inconsiderate and irresponsible?
(In addition, I feel that it was
rude to the performers for such
noise to be allowed so close to
the stage.)
I complained to an usher
about the problem. He came and
talked to the Mothers but they
still refused to move in spite of
the complaints and the looks of
disgust of about 25 surrounding
faces.
After the performance we also
complained to the Superinten
dent of Buildings and Grounds
who very nicely apologized but
his comment was that we should
have moved. I do not see why my
friends and I should have had to
lose our great seats, especiallyi
since we were there long before
they came, and be in
convenienced just because the
parents were irresponsible, in
considerate and intolerably
rude.
In conclusion, I feel that
children that young should
either not be brought to a
performance such as this one
(there are special performances
around the city for children) or,
if they are, the parents should
take them to the lobby if they are
being disruptive. In addition, I
feel that if parents will not
cooperate that officials, as dis
creetly as possible, should
remove them from the
auditorium.
I would certainly like to attend
future cultural events at
Morehouse College and I hope
that this situation will not be
repeated.
On the subject of racism and
sports, Hill stated, "Racism of
sort still exists in football, namely
professional football. “That’s
why there are not any black head
coaches and very few black
quarterbacks in the National
Fooball League.”
He also pointed out that in
many cities in America a black
coach would not be given a fair
chance to turn a team around
and would come under constant
critism by many fans.
Hill, who is in his sixth year as
the defensive coordinator for
the Maroon Tigers, said that he
would not take a head coach’s
job on the college level because
it involves more politicing than
coaching.
"A head coach has to deal with
administrative politics, paper
work, and much more; therefore
he does not have that much time
to devote to the players," said
Hill, “That is why I would not
consider a head coaching job on
the college level."
In reference to Morehouse,
Hill believes that the football
program needs more specialized
coaches much more than
scholarships for blue chip
players.
“A coach is a teacher,” said
Hill, “and if a teacher has too
many students then some
students will not get the needed
attention in order for them to
reach their potential. That same
principle holds true in the area of
coaching as well.”
Willie Hill graduated from
Central State University with a
degree in physical education.
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