Greg Lilly (2018) - Richmond Athletics Hall of Fame - University of Richmond Athletics

Greg Lilly

Induction:
2018
Class:
1994

Greg Lilly arrived at Richmond as a walk-on freshman on the football team.   He left as a record-setting, award-winning scholarship quarterback, whose contributions to his country and to his sport were only just beginning.
His junior season in 1992 etched his name in the Richmond record book, when he led the Spiders to a 7-4 mark. He threw for a then-UR record 2704 yards, 19 touchdowns and four 300-yard games. He led the Yankee Conference in passing yards, TD passes and total offense, earning him Yankee Conference Offensive Player of the Year, ECAC Player of the Year, First Team All-State, and Honorable Mention All-American.

In a 49-40 victory over rival James Madison, Lilly accounted for all seven Spider touchdowns, with five TD passes and two rushing scores.   Against Delaware, he threw for a career-high 374 yards, then the 3^rd highest total in school history.
For his career, Lilly was 485-855, with 37 TDs, 6703 yards and a 57% completion mark. He finished his career 2^nd in passing yards and completions, and 4^th in TD passes.

Lilly temporarily moved to the sidelines as a Spider assistant coach from 1995-1997. He then joined the United States Marine Corps, serving as an infantry platoon commander from 1998-2005. His platoons conducted six overseas deployments including two combat tours in Baghdad, Iraq.

He returned to football as an assistant coach at Benedictine College Prep in Richmond.   He has been the Cadets' head coach since 2009. Lilly's teams won back-to-back VISAA Division I state titles in 2014 and 2015.