Rodney Hill is in his second season on Zenarae Antoine’s staff at Texas State after after joining the program in 2016. Hill is 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 earn 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. Moreover, guard Toshua Leavitt sank 77 3-pointers to rank second on the TXST 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 spent last season 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 was a student at Texas A&M where he spent four seasons as a student assistant and practice player for the women’s basketball team. Under the tutelage of Gary Blair, one of the most successful women’s basketball coaches in the country, Hill held many responsibilities including breakdown of opponent and practice film for scout team preparation, assisting coaches and players in individual workouts, organizing community service activities for the team, and assisting in camp coordination for every level of camp.
While at Texas A&M, Hill also worked the 2011 squad that went to the Championship Game as well as three-time AP All-American and three-time First-Team All-SEC selection Courtney Walker and two-time Second-Team All-SEC selection Courtney Williams.
Hill is a 2014 graduate of Texas A&M with a major in sociology. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in the MLA program at TCU.
