Armond G. Hill (born March 31, 1953) is an American professional

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coach and former player who is Director of Basketball Administration for Indiana University men's basketball. He spent eight seasons in the NBA between 1976 and 1984, playing for the

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, San Diego Clippers and

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. After ending his playing career in 1984, he started a coaching career, and eventually became head coach at

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in 1995. After graduating from

Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School was a private, Roman Catholic high school in the Windsor Terrace neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Open from 1962 through 2014, it closed following a period of steeply falling enrollment and with an estima ...

in Brooklyn, Hill attended

The Lawrenceville School The Lawrenceville School is a coeducational preparatory school for boarding and day students located in the Lawrenceville section of Lawrence Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. Lawrenceville is a member of the Eight Scho ...

for a post-graduate year before attending

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, where he played under Hall of Fame coach

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. He was named Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year as a senior in 1976 and entered the NBA draft. Drafted by the Atlanta Hawks, Hill had a solid career as a role player in the NBA, compiling 6.9 points and 4.3 assists per game over eight seasons. After his playing career Hill returned to Princeton to complete his baccalaureate degree, earning a B.A. in psychology in 1985. He then became an assistant coach at

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. Three years later he was promoted as head coach. Hill won two Coach of the Year Awards and in 1990, led Lawrenceville to the New Jersey State Prep School Championship. In 1991, Hill entered the collegiate level by returning to his alma mater Princeton as an assistant coach under

. In 1995, he succeeded Jack Rohan as head coach at Columbia University. In eight seasons as head coach of the Lions, Hill was unable to lead the team to a winning campaign and compiled a 72–141 record. On March 10, 2003, two days after Columbia finished with a 2–25 record (0–14 in Ivy League play), the worst season in the school's 103-year basketball history, Hill was fired. During the

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, Hill became an assistant coach to

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in Atlanta. After one season, he was hired by the Boston Celtics to aid

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as assistant coach. When Rivers became the head coach of the

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, he retained Hill as an assistant. On November 16, 2020, the Clippers announced that Hill would not be retained as assistant coach. On June 9, 2021 Hill was named Director of Basketball Administration for men's basketball at Indiana University. He and Indiana head coach

Mike Woodson Michael Dean Woodson (born March 24, 1958) is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team. With coach Bob Knight's Indiana Hoosiers, Woodson played collegiate ...

coached together with the Clippers from 2014 to 2018.

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