B. J. Hill (basketball)

For other people named B. J. Hill, see B. J. Hill (disambiguation).
B. J. Hill
Biographical details
Born (1973-05-17) May 17, 1973 (age 51)
Playing career
?North Iowa Area CC
Grand View College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997–1998North Iowa Area CC (assistant)
1998–1999Independence CC (assistant)
1999–2000South Dakota State (assistant)
2000–2005Coffeyville CC (assistant)
2005–2006Indian Hills CC (assistant)
2006–2010Northern Colorado (assistant)
2010–2016Northern Colorado
Head coaching record
Overall86–98
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Big Sky tournament (2011)
Big Sky regular season (2011)
Awards
Big Sky Coach of the Year (2011)

Benjamin Joseph Hill (born May 17, 1973) is an American college basketball coach and former head men's basketball coach at the University of Northern Colorado.

Career

He began coaching the Bears in 2010–11, when he guided them to the school's first-ever NCAA Division I tournament berth, where they would lose in the Round of 64. He won the Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year that season.

Hill was fired on April 21, 2016 following an NCAA investigation into possible rules violations.[1] He was found to have personally completed coursework for a prospect and enlisted a trainer to do the same. In addition, nine members of his staff completed coursework for players, paid for prospects' classes, and arranged for off-campus practices with an academically ineligible player. In December 2017, Hill received a six-year show-cause penalty, effectively banning him from coaching at an NCAA member school during that time.[2]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Northern Colorado Bears (Big Sky Conference) (2010–2016)
2010–11 Northern Colorado 21–11 13–3 1st NCAA Division I Round of 64
2011–12 Northern Colorado 9–19 5–11 7th
2012–13 Northern Colorado 13–18 10–10 4th
2013–14 Northern Colorado 18–14 11–9 5th CIT First round
2014–15 Northern Colorado 15–15 10–8 5th
2015–16 Northern Colorado 10–21 7–11 9th
Northern Colorado: 86–98 56–52
Total: 86–98

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ^ Kosmider, Nick (April 21, 2016). "Northern Colorado fires men's basketball coach B.J. Hill". The Denver Post. Archived from the original on May 26, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  2. ^ Goodman, Jeff (December 15, 2017). "Former Northern Colorado coach B.J. Hill given six-year show-cause order". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 17, 2017.


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