Fred Hill Jr. (Born March 26, 1959) is an American college basketball coach, most recently an assistant coach for the

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team. He had previously served as the head men's basketball coach at

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. His father is Rutgers baseball coach Fred Hill Sr. and his uncle, Brian Hill is a former NBA coach. Raised in

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, Hill graduated from Verona High School in 1977. Hill had a 47–77 record in four years at Rutgers. He recruited and lost 12 players including

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, the first

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in Rutgers history. Despite a losing record, Hill had been told after the 2009–10 season that he would return for a fifth season. However, on April 1, Hill got into a shouting match with

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baseball coaches after a game between the Panthers and Scarlet Knights. When athletic director Tim Pernetti learned about it, he ordered Hill to stay away from the remaining games of the Panthers-Scarlet Knights series. Hill showed up for the next day's game, prompting an investigation by Pernetti. After the investigation, Pernetti told Hill he would not be allowed to return. After protracted negotiations, Hill was allowed to resign in return for an $850,000 settlement.

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