1. Robert W Hill was born on November 24,1948 and is an American basketball coach.
13 Facts About Bob Hill
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Bob Hill played basketball and baseball collegiately at Bowling Green State University and was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.
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Bob Hill attended the school during a time when college players were not eligible to join the varsity squad until their sophomore seasons; although statistics indicated he showed tremendous promise as a member of the freshman team, his success never really translated over to his tenure as a member of the varsity team.
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Bob Hill was an assistant on Tim Grgurich's coaching staff at the University of Pittsburgh for three seasons from 1975 to 1978.
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Bob Hill was appointed to a similar capacity at the University of Kansas by Ted Owens in 1979 and stayed for six years until 1985, the last two with Larry Brown.
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On December 20,1990, Bob Hill was promoted to head coach of the Pacers after Versace's firing.
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Bob Hill spent three seasons as the Indiana Pacers' head coach.
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Bob Hill's firing at the time was puzzling to some and deeply angered Bob Hill, considering his previous success and the fact that the poor start to the season was due in large part to injuries to David Robinson and Sean Elliott, the team's two best players.
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Bob Hill took responsibility for his rocky four-year tenure at Fordham.
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Bob Hill added he didn't have any regrets about his time in the Bronx.
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Bob Hill was fired over the phone as Sonics head coach on April 24,2007, after their penultimate season in Seattle, after which they became the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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Bob Hill has coached the Tokyo Apache of the Japanese bj league.
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Bob Hill's second son, Chris, is the head basketball coach at Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas, and his youngest, Casey, is an assistant for the NBA's New Orleans Pelicans.