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- Cleo Hill was an American professional basketball player who was selected by the St. Louis Hawks in the first round of the 1961 NBA draft.
- Originally from Orange, New Jersey, Hill is the son of 2017 National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Cleo Hill, Sr., a guard who scored 2,488 points.
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Cleo Hill Jr.
American basketball player and coach (born 1966)
Cleo Geoffrey Hill Jr. (born September 20, 1966)[1] is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks men's basketball team. He played college basketball for the North Carolina Central Eagles and has previously coached at the collegiate level for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Shaw Bears, Cheyney Wolves and Winston-Salem State Rams.
Early life
Hill was born on September 20, 1966, the son of Cleo Hill, who was a star basketball player for the Winston-Salem State Rams (1957–1961)[2] and was a first-round NBA draft pick in 1961.[3] He attended Orange High School in New Jersey and became a starter on the basketball team as a sophomore, remaining starter for every game afterwards.[2] As a junior, he helped the school reach the state championship, and as a senior, he became the third player in Orange history with 1,000 career points.[2] Among the honors he received in high school were selection to the All-State, All-
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WHAT THEY ARE SAYING
DUKE HEAD COACH MIKE KRZYZEWSKI ON 11/02/2011
"This was a really good game for us. Head Coach Cleo Hill Jr. does a great job with his team. That pair of guards is really good - Malik Alvin and Antonio Smith. They could play for a lot of teams in Div. I. They're older, experienced, and can really handle the ball. I think they'll be really good in their league. I thought we did a much better job on them in the last 24 minutes of the game. Our ball-screen defense became very good. Our big guys stepped in aggressively, made an adjustment on our ball-screen defense. I thought Austin Rivers really played Smith well in that second half. I think Smith's good, really good, and Austin, for a freshman, is wanting to play defense...
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MEET THE COACH
Title: Head Men's Basketball Coach
Phone: (336) 750-2140
Email: hillc@wssu.edu
Alma Mater: North Carolina Central, 1994
COACHING HIGHLIGHTS
CIAA Coach of the Year, 2012, 2020
BOXTOROW Coach of the Year, 2011 and 2012
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Bio
Cleo Hill - Essex County College Head Men’s Basketball Coach - 1971 – 1995 | Athletic Director - 1984 – 1995
NJCAA Service Award - 2015
Coach Hill Coaching Accomplishments: 24 Years of Coaching at Essex County College
- Three Region XIX Coach of the Year
- Eleven Garden State Athletic Conference titles
- Two Inter-Regional Championships
- Three NJCAA appearances
- Two New Jersey College Basketball Coaches’ Association Coach of the Year
- Four Christmas Classic Championships
- One undefeated regular season 1981-82
- Coaching record - 489 wins 128 loses
- Most points scored in a NJCAA game
- January 19th, 1974 – Essex (210) vs Englewood Cliffs (67)
Coach Hill Basketball Accomplishments:
- Acclaimed as one of the best basketball players in high school (Malcolm X Shabazz High School)
- Winston-Salem State Teachers College 1957-1961
- Scored 2,488 points – Second leading scorer
- Two Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association (CIAA) Titles
- One District Title
- Drafted #8 1st Round 1961 by the St. Louis Hawks
- St. Louis Hawks/NBA Rookie Reco
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