Irvin “Poochie” Hill is in his 10th season with the Red Hawks and will serve as the Red Hawks Administrative Assistant.
A member of the Newark Athletic Hall of Fame, Hill was a standout defensive back and wrestler at Weequahic High School in Newark in the late 1970s before moving on to Albany State (GA) where he played football for the Golden Rams. Hill returned to Weequahic in 2004 and spent seven seasons with the Indians helping them to the Central Jersey Group 2, Section 2 state championship in 2006. Hill has been a coach for the New Jersey All-Star North/South Game as well as the Paul Roberson Classic and was named the first Star Ledger Assistant Coach of the Year in 2008.
A military veteran, he spent three years in the Army with Unit 325, Company A, 1st Battalion Fort Bragg, NC earning Paratrooper and Infantry Badges along with Commendation Letters. Following his Honorable Discharge in 1983, Hill went on to work with the Newark Police for two years before moving over to the Essex County Sheriff’s Department from 1987-1991. In 1991, Hill went on to his current role within the New Jersey Department of Corrections working at both Northern State Prison in Newark, East Jersey State Prison (formerly Rahway State Prison) and ADTC in Avenel, NJ. Inducted into the Newark Hall of Fame in 2004, Hill also fashioned a distinguished boxing career highlighted by his 1980 appearance in the U.S. Olympic Boxing Trials and Interservice Boxing Trials losing both times to eventual lightweight world champion Joe Louis Manley.
A member of the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame, he also captured the New Jersey State Police 152-pound light middleweight title in 1999 at age 39 and lost in the 167-pound light heavyweight championship in 2005 at age 45. Hill also participates in several community organizations, including the United Way, Urban League and NAACP. Hill also founded Men on Mission (M.O.M.), a grass-roots organization made up of parents, teacher and public safety workers looking to end the senseless violence against the youth.
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