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Cliff Hite
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Cliff Hite
Member of the Ohio Senate
from the 1st district
Incumbent
Assumed office
February 1, 2011
Preceded by Steve Buehrer
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the 76th district
In office
January 2, 2007-February 1, 2011
Preceded by Mike Gilb
Succeeded by Robert Sprague
Born September 4, 1954 (1954-09-04) (age 56)
Findlay, Ohio
Political party Republican
Residence Findlay, Ohio
Alma mater University of Kentucky
Profession Teacher, Coach
Religion Methodist

Cliff Hite is an American high school teacher and coach who represents the First District in the Ohio Senate. He also serves as the Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Committee.
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Career

Hite graduated from Findlay High School in 1972, and obtained his B.S. degree from the University of Kentucky in 1977 in Secondary Studies with an emphasis in social studies.<1>

Upon graduating from UK, Hite served in four school districts as teacher. From 1977 to 1980, Hite taught in Danville, Kentucky at Danville High School. In 1980, Hite returned to Findlay for the first of three years as a teacher at Findlay High School. Hite spent from 1983 to 1996 teaching at Bryan High School in Bryan, Ohio. In 1996, Hite returned to Findlay High School where he remained until 2006 when he was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives.

The decisions which probably garnered Hite the most national attention during his coaching tenure were those surrounding Ben Roethlisberger, now the starting quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Roethlisberger did not play quarterback until his senior year of 1999-2000, giving way to the Cliff Hite's son, Ryan Hite. Instead, Roethlisberger played wide receiver because coach Hite explained to the Toledo Blade,<2> "My son throwing to Ben was a better combination." Roethslisberger played college quarterback at Division I Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Roethlisberger holds every major passing record at the school and a number of passing records in the Mid-American Conference although he only played for three years. Ryan Hite played college wide receiver at Division III Denison University where he set numerous receiving records.

Hite was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 2006, defeating Democrat John Kostyo with 59.94% of the vote.<3> In 2008, he won reelection with 98.39% of the vote, and in 2010, won a third term with 70.78% of the vote over Democrat Jeffrey Detmer.<4>