Rodney Hill makes his return to TCU as an assistant coach with the women's basketball team in 2022-23.
Hill is now in his second stint with the Horned Frogs after serving as head coach Raegan Pebley's video coordinator during the 2015-16 season. Prior to his first stint with the Horned Frogs, Hill served as a graduate assistant coach at Urbana University in 2014-15. Following a year in Fort Worth, Hill then made his way to the WNBA, serving as assistant director of operations for the Dallas Wings in the summer of 2016.
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Hill earned his first fulltime coaching gig as an assistant coach at Texas State in 2016-17. From there, he went onto become the head junior varsity coach and varsity assistant coach at Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas from 2017-19. His next collegiate coaching stop came at Lamar, where he served as the team's recruiting coordinator from 2019-20.
For the past two seasons, Hill has served as head coach for SA Finest. He was responsible for coordination and execution of practice plans under program director Ray Caldwell and was inspirational in guiding the 2021 3SSB 17U team to a national championship.
"I am extremely humbled and grateful to be welcomed back to this prestigious university," Hill said. "Coach Pebley is one of the best coaches that I've ever been around in my career, but she's an even better person. Her willingness to serve her team and her staff is what made the decision to return a "no brainer" for me. I'm excited to partner with coach Pebley and the rest of our staff to serve this amazing university and our amazing student-athletes."
A Dallas native, Hill now resides in Fort Worth.
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Rodney Hill enters his first season as an assistant coach with the LU women's basketball team.
He joins the Lamar staff after spending time at Texas State, TCU and in the WNBA with the Dallas Wings. During his time at Texas State, he was responsible for coaching the forwards and post players as well as assisting with recruiting and scouting.
The 2016-17 season, Hill's first in San Marcos, saw the Bobcats finish 16-15 overall, including an 11-7 record in Sun Belt play, which garnered the No. 4 seed in the Sun Belt Championship and earned an at-large berth to the WBI. The Bobcats, which won 10 of 12 games during the heart of the Sun Belt schedule, were the only team in the league to defeat each of the top three teams in the final conference standings.
In addition to conference success, the Bobcats posted key nonconference wins over Houston, North Texas and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Guard Taeler Deer earned Third Team All-Sun Belt honors after averaging a career-high 10.8 points per game. Guard Toshua Leavitt sank 77 3-pointers to rank second on the Texas State single-season list, including a program-record tying seven in the quarterfinal round of the Sun Belt Championship.
Prior to joining Texas State, Hill worked with the WNBA's Dallas Wings during its 2016 preseason camp. With the Wings, Hill assisted the coaching staff with on-court workouts and practices. Hill also handled video and other miscellaneous tasks. He also a practice player.
Hill also spent time working under the direction of TCU head coach Raegan Pebley as a video coordinator. He prepared multiple scouting reports for Big XII and non-conference opponents as well as creating team and individual highlights for players, staff, and recruits. In addition to video, Hill assisted the coaching staff during all practices as well as providing assistance with recruiting and camps.
Prior to his time at TCU, Hill spent a season as an assistant coach at Urbana University where he was the lead recruiter for four of the 2015 Urbana freshman class recruits. Two of those recruits ranked in the top 64 in the Ohio Girls Basketball Reports. Day-to-day responsibilities included film breakdown, opponent scouting reports, assisting the head coach in offensive implementation, and creating defensive schemes that take away opponents' strengths. Hill was also in charge of the academic success of the women's basketball team who finished with a 3.3 team GPA in the fall of 2014.
Hill is a 2014 graduate of Texas A&M with a major in sociology.
