Currently Coach Hill is entering his 33rd season at Hayfield. In addition, this year will mark the 30th year of the existence of the Gunston Wrestling Club!
The Gunston Wrestling Club was founded in the spring of 1992 by former Mt. Vernon coach John Fredricks. Originally, club practices rotated between Mt. Vernon, West Potomac, Edison, and Lee. Later, the club rotation included West Springfield and Hayfield.
Gunston W.C. is comprised of wrestlers from all ages and from all parts of the Washington Metropolitan area. Most of the wrestlers compete for area Northern Virginia High Schools. Occasionally a few wrestlers from Maryland high schools train with Gunston. GWC also gets a large number of youth wrestlers from the NVWF and CAWL looking to improve their wrestling skills. Many of these youth wrestlers go on to have very successful high school careers.
In its recent years , the Gunston Wrestling Club has won numerous Virginia state freestyle and greco-roman titles. Additionally, the Gunston WC has produced 5 USA Wrestling All-Americans, 15 State Champions, and numerous state place winners and collegiate wrestlers.
During the summer many of the former Gunston WC club members now wrestling in college fill the room to train while at home from school. This mix provides all GWC wrestlers with some of the best talent and competition to train with in the area.
Coach Hill’s contributions to the Virginia Wrestling community are unparalleled. He has served as the Director of the Gunston Wrestling Club since 1994 where his teams have won numerous Greco-Roman and Freestyle state team and individual titles. He has also served on the National High School Wrestling Rules Committee from 1997 – 2000. In addition, he was selected as Assistant Greco-Roman Wrestling Coach in 1996 and as the Head Greco Roman Wrestling Coach in 1997 for Virginia USA Wrestling. In 1998 Coach Hill was elected as President of the Northern Virginia Wrestling Coaches Association and was elected Virginia State Chairman USA Wrestling Association in 1999. He has held numerous coaching positions at the AAU and Junior National levels with great success.His coaching honors include:VHSL Regional Award of Merit (2006)
Examiner Wrestling Coach of the Year (2006)
Teacher of the Year by the Rotary Club (1997)
Recipient of Excellence in Volunteerism award by FILA, the international governing body of amateur wrestling for the Olympic Games (2002)
Fairfax County Public Schools Robert “Bud” Spillain award for Going above and Beyond in volunteerism spirit (2002)
Finalist for Fairfax County Public Schools Teacher of the Year (2002)
Patriot District Wrestling Coach of the Year (2003)
Northern Virginia Wrestling Coach of the Year by Journal Newspaper (2003)
Washington Post All-Metropolitan Area Wrestling Coach of the Year (2004)
Perhaps Coach Hill’s greatest wrestling accomplishment lies within the accomplishments that his students have achieved following their careers at Hayfield Secondary. Under Coach Hill’s tutelage, his students have received scholarships and have attended institutions such as the Virginia Military Institute, Virginia Tech, University of Virginia, James Madison University, West Liberty State College, University of Washington, George Mason University, Pennsylvania University, Newport News Apprentice School, Morehouse College, West Virginia University, Ohio State University, Marshall University, Old Dominion University, Elon College, Lock Haven, University of Oklahoma, and the United States Military Academy at West Point. A number of his students have also served in the US Military in various capacities.