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Ricky Hill
Ricky Hill (born 5 March 1959) is an English professional football coach and a former player who is currently the manager of the Turks and Caicos Islands national team.
Hill spent most of his playing career at Luton Town for 14 years, while representing England at Senior, U21 and U18 International levels. He was the fourth Black player to play for England's Senior National team and the first British South Asian to represent England at the Senior level.
Hill began his managerial career as a player-coach with the Tampa Bay Rowdies in 1992 and in that season saw the Rowdies appear in both the League Championship final and the Professional Cup final, in addition to Hill also being awarded 'Coach of the Year' amongst other notable player accolades such as Best Passer and All-Star First Team. Spanning 25 years managing various professional clubs across the US, UK, and the Caribbean, Hill made 4 US championship appearances at the professional level, reinforcing his standing as one of the most successful Black coaches in the history of US professional soccer.
Most recently, Hill authored Love of the Game – Ricky Hill: The Man Who Brought the Rooney Rule to the UK which was nominated as a finalist for the 2022 Sports Books Awards in association with The Sunday Times (UK).
Ricky Hill was born on 5 March 1959 of mixed ancestry. While Hill's mother is Jamaican, his father's family is originally from the city of Lucknow in India. His paternal great-grandparents moved to Jamaica from India shortly after the turn of the 20th century. Hill's father Joseph, one of 11 children, eventually moved to London where he married Hill's mother Doris, a Jamaican whom Joseph had previously attended school alongside in Jamaica.
Hill grew up in the London Borough of Brent, in Cricklewood - not far from Wembley Stadium. A talented footballer in his early years, Hill attended Anson Road Primary and John Kelly Boys School (now known as the Crest Boys Academy) in Neasden. Whilst at John Kelly, Hill was a teammate of former Arsenal and Brighton Hove Albion player Steve Gatting.
At 15, Hill signed schoolboy forms with Luton Town in 1974 after being scouted playing for John Kelly Boys at a game in Hitchin where Luton coaches Roy McCrohan, David Pleat, and Danny Bergara were in attendance.
Ricky Hill joined Luton Town in 1975, and made 506 league and cup appearances, scoring 54 goals in the process. At 17, one month after signing professional terms, Hill came on as a substitute in a Second Division game where he scored a goal and made a goal assist in twenty-two minutes in a 3–1 victory over Bristol Rovers.
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Ricky Hill
Ricky Hill (born 5 March 1959) is an English professional football coach and a former player who is currently the manager of the Turks and Caicos Islands national team.
Hill spent most of his playing career at Luton Town for 14 years, while representing England at Senior, U21 and U18 International levels. He was the fourth Black player to play for England's Senior National team and the first British South Asian to represent England at the Senior level.
Hill began his managerial career as a player-coach with the Tampa Bay Rowdies in 1992 and in that season saw the Rowdies appear in both the League Championship final and the Professional Cup final, in addition to Hill also being awarded 'Coach of the Year' amongst other notable player accolades such as Best Passer and All-Star First Team. Spanning 25 years managing various professional clubs across the US, UK, and the Caribbean, Hill made 4 US championship appearances at the professional level, reinforcing his standing as one of the most successful Black coaches in the history of US professional soccer.
Most recently, Hill authored Love of the Game – Ricky Hill: The Man Who Brought the Rooney Rule to the UK which was nominated as a finalist for the 2022 Sports Books Awards in association with The Sunday Times (UK).
Ricky Hill was born on 5 March 1959 of mixed ancestry. While Hill's mother is Jamaican, his father's family is originally from the city of Lucknow in India. His paternal great-grandparents moved to Jamaica from India shortly after the turn of the 20th century. Hill's father Joseph, one of 11 children, eventually moved to London where he married Hill's mother Doris, a Jamaican whom Joseph had previously attended school alongside in Jamaica.
Hill grew up in the London Borough of Brent, in Cricklewood - not far from Wembley Stadium. A talented footballer in his early years, Hill attended Anson Road Primary and John Kelly Boys School (now known as the Crest Boys Academy) in Neasden. Whilst at John Kelly, Hill was a teammate of former Arsenal and Brighton Hove Albion player Steve Gatting.
At 15, Hill signed schoolboy forms with Luton Town in 1974 after being scouted playing for John Kelly Boys at a game in Hitchin where Luton coaches Roy McCrohan, David Pleat, and Danny Bergara were in attendance.
Ricky Hill joined Luton Town in 1975, and made 506 league and cup appearances, scoring 54 goals in the process. At 17, one month after signing professional terms, Hill came on as a substitute in a Second Division game where he scored a goal and made a goal assist in twenty-two minutes in a 3–1 victory over Bristol Rovers.