John Ethan Hill (October 15, 1865 â July 2, 1941) was an American mathematician and college football coach. He was the eighth head football coach for West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia, serving for one season, in 1900, and compiled a record of 4âÂÂ3.
Hillwas born in Mystic, Connecticut, in 1865. He graduated from Yale University in 1885 and received a Doctor of Philosophy from Clark University. He died on July 2, 1941, at Brooklyn. He was buried at Elm Grove Cemetery in Mystic.