Tragedy has hit the Lions’ family.

Ted Hill, the father of Lions quarterback Shaun Hill, died Saturday afternoon at St. John’s Medical Center in Springfield, Mo., following a fall while working on his son’s home at the Land of the Ozarks.

Hill, who was 60, had coached girls and boys basketball at Parsons (Kan.) High School.

The past two years he has been Title III project director at Labette Community College.

A funeral will be held Thursday.

Memorials are suggested to the Parsons Area Community Foundation. They may be left at or sent to the Carson-Wall funeral home at Box 942, Parsons, KS 67357. Online condolences may be left at nwww.wallfuneralservices.com.