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
Playing career
?	North Iowa Area CC Grand View College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997–1998	North Iowa Area CC (assistant)
1998–1999	Independence CC (assistant)
1999–2000	South Dakota State (assistant)
2000–2005	Coffeyville CC (assistant)
2005–2006	Indian Hills CC (assistant)
2006–2010	Northern Colorado (assistant)
2010–2016	Northern Colorado
Head coaching record
Overall	86–98
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. 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.

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