Garry Hill

Garry Hill is an English football manager who was last the manager of National League club Ebbsfleet United. He previously managed Woking, Heybridge Swifts, St Albans City, Dagenham & Redbridge, Hornchurch, Weymouth and Rushden & Diamonds.

For those of a similar name, see Garry Hill (baseball) and Gary Hill (disambiguation).

Garry Hill
Personal information
Full name Garry Hill
Date of birth (1959-10-15) 15 October 1959
Place of birth England
Managerial career
Years Team
0000 Priory Sports
1991–1997 Heybridge Swifts
1997–1999 St Albans City
1999–2004 Dagenham & Redbridge
2004–2005 Hornchurch
2005–2007 Weymouth
2007–2009 Rushden & Diamonds
2011–2017 Woking
2018–2019 Ebbsfleet United

Coaching career

Heybridge Swifts

Hill began his non-league managerial career with Heybridge Swifts, following a spell managing Chelmsford Sunday League side Priory Sports, where he managed former professional players Alan Brazil, Micky Droy and Paul Parker.[1] Hill took the village team to the Isthmian Premier Division and the FA Cup first round for the first time.

St Albans City

He then moved on to St Albans City before in the summer of 1999 taking over as manager of Dagenham & Redbridge.

Dagenham & Redbridge

He led the club to the Isthmian League title and promotion to the Conference in his first season in charge. The following season, Hill's side finished third in the Conference and took Premiership Charlton Athletic to a replay in the Third Round of the FA Cup. They again reached the FA Cup third round in the 2001–02 season, losing 4–1 to Ipswich Town after taking the lead, and finished second in the Conference, missing promotion to the Football League on goal difference. The following season saw another run in the FA Cup, beating Plymouth Argyle after a replay in the Third Round before losing 1–0 to Norwich City thanks to an injury time goal. Their league form was not particularly good until the latter stages of the season when they won eleven consecutive games and qualified for the play-off final, losing 3–2 in extra-time to Doncaster Rovers. The 2003–04 season was not a success and Hill resigned soon after a 9–0 defeat at home to Hereford United late in the season.

Hornchurch

In May 2004 he took over as manager of ambitious Isthmian League side Hornchurch, but left shortly after the club went into administration in January 2005 after their owners, the Carthium Group ceased trading. At the time the club were top of the table and had been dubbed the 'non-league Chelsea' due to their extravagant spending on players from higher-level clubs.

Weymouth

Hill took over as manager of Weymouth on 22 March 2005[2] and led them to promotion to the Conference at the end of the following season. On 21 October 2006, Hill was rushed to hospital in Dorchester after suffering chest pains near the end of Weymouth's Conference game with Rushden & Diamonds. Tests revealed no heart problems and he returned to the club after a short period of rest.[3] In January 2007, Hill, and his assistant Kevin Hales, were sacked by Weymouth, following the announcement of a major restructuring of the club,[4] which saw the entire first-team squad placed on the transfer-list in order to cut unsustainable costs at the club.[5]

Rushden & Diamonds

In February 2007 Hill was appointed as the manager of Rushden & Diamonds following the dismissal of Graham Westley.[6] In September 2007 Hill was involved in an incident after a 1–1 draw with Salisbury City. For head-butting Salisbury assistant manager Tommy Widdrington, Hill received a two-week suspension and a 10-game touchline ban from the FA.[7] On 10 February 2009, Hill resigned as manager of Rushden & Diamonds.[8]

Woking

Hill was appointed manager of Woking on 20 January 2011. Woking finished the 2010–2011 season in 5th place in the Conference South, and finished the 2011–2012 season in 1st, winning promotion to the Conference Premier.

Ebbsfleet United

On 8 November 2018, Hill was appointed manager of Ebbsfleet replacing Daryl McMahon.[9] He was sacked by Ebbsfleet on 10 October 2019.[10] Following his sacking at Ebbsfleet, Hill was set to take over at National League South club Chelmsford City in February 2020, before the deal fell through during contract negotiations.[11]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 8 October 2019
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref.
G W D L Win %
St Albans City England 20 May 1997 1 July 1999 101 43 29 29 042.57
Dagenham & Redbridge England 1 July 1999 1 March 2004 240 129 47 64 053.75 [12]
Hornchurch England 1 May 2004 24 January 2005 34 16 8 10 047.06
Weymouth England 22 March 2005 9 January 2007 84 52 10 22 061.90 [13]
Rushden & Diamonds England 26 February 2007 10 February 2009 108 40 30 38 037.04 [14]
Woking England 20 January 2011 4 May 2017 323 146 65 112 045.20 [15]
Ebbsfleet United England 8 November 2018 10 October 2019 45 14 13 18 031.11 [16]
Career Total 935 440 202 293 047.06 —

Honours
Heybridge Swifts
Dagenham & Redbridge
Weymouth
Woking

References
  1. Parker, Paul (2013). Tackles Like a Ferret. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 978-1909178434.
  2. "Hill to take the Terras hotseat". Daily Echo. 22 March 2005. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 26 February 2007.
  3. "Hill discharged from hospital". confguide. 24 October 2006. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 26 February 2007.
  4. "Hill and Hales sacked by Weymouth". BBC Sport. 9 January 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
  5. "Weymouth's first-team up for sale". BBC Sport. 10 January 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
  6. "Diamonds unveil Hill as new boss". BBC Sport. 26 February 2007. Retrieved 26 February 2007.
  7. "Rushden boss Hill suspended by FA". BBC Sport. 5 October 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
  8. "Garry Hill quits as Diamonds manager". Northampton Chronicle. Johnston Press Digital Publishing. 10 February 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
  9. "Fleet appoint Garry Hill as new manager".
  10. "Club Statement – Managerial departure".
  11. "Garry Hill tells NLP he had no choice but to defend himself over claims". The Non-League Paper. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  12. "Dagenham & Redbridge FC: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  13. "Weymouth FC: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  14. "Rushden & Diamonds: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  15. "Woking FC: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  16. "Ebbsfleet United FC: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
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