Armond Hill

Armond Hill
Los Angeles Clippers
Position Assistant coach
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1953-03-31) March 31, 1953
Brooklyn, New York
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight 190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school Bishop Ford (Brooklyn, New York)
College Princeton (1973–1976)
NBA draft 1976 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9th overall
Selected by the Atlanta Hawks
Playing career 1976–1984
Position Point guard
Number 24, 22
Career history
As player:
19761980 Atlanta Hawks
19801982 Seattle SuperSonics
1982 San Diego Clippers
1982 Milwaukee Bucks
1983–1984 Atlanta Hawks
As coach:
1985–1988 Lawrenceville School (assistant)
1988–1991 Lawrenceville School
1991–1995 Princeton (assistant)
1995–2003 Columbia
2003–2004 Atlanta Hawks (assistant)
20042013 Boston Celtics (assistant)
2013–present Los Angeles Clippers (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points 3,214 (6.9 ppg)
Rebounds 917 (2.0 rpg)
Assists 2,194 (4.7 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Armond G. Hill (born on March 31, 1953 in) is an American basketball coach and retired professional basketball player.

He spent eight seasons in the NBA between 1976 and 1984, playing for the Atlanta Hawks, Seattle SuperSonics, San Diego Clippers and Milwaukee Bucks. After ending his playing career in 1984, he started a coaching career, and eventually became head coach at Columbia University in 1995. Hill is currently an assistant coach to Doc Rivers with the Los Angeles Clippers.[1]

After graduating from Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School in Brooklyn, Hill attended The Lawrenceville School for a post-graduate year before attending Princeton, where he played under Hall of Fame coach Pete Carril. 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 Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. 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 Pete Carril. 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 2003–04 NBA season, Hill became an assistant coach to Terry Stotts in Atlanta. After one season, he was hired by the Boston Celtics to aid Doc Rivers as assistant coach. When Rivers became the head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers, he retained Hill as an assistant.[2]

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