 In 2001 Fitz Hill took the job as head coach of the football team at California s San Jose State University, and became one of the few African-American head coaches at a Division 1A school. His efforts to build a championship team while ensuring that his players also kept up their academic grades were hampered by faculty and student apathy towards the football program, a university with budget problems that didn t see the football team as a priority and the team s own lack of a winning record.