Brad Hill (basketball)

Brad Hill
Personal information
Born	19 November 1986 (age 37); Hahndorf, South Australia, Australia
Listed height	198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Career information
High school	Heathfield (Heathfield, South Australia)
Playing career	2004–2018
Position	Small forward / shooting guard
Coaching career	2018–present
Career history
As player:
2004–2005	Australian Institute of Sport
2004–2007	Adelaide 36ers
2006–2011	Eastern Mavericks
2007–2008	South Dragons
2008–2011	Adelaide 36ers
2011–2013	Cairns Taipans
2012–2018	Mount Gambier Pioneers
2013–2014	Sydney Kings
2014–2015	Wollongong Hawks
2015–2016	Melbourne United
As coach:
2018–2021	Cairns Taipans (assistant)
2019	Cairns Marlins (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	3× SEABL champion (2014, 2015, 2017); SEABL Grand Final MVP (2014);

Brad Hill (born 19 November 1986) is an Australian former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball League (NBL) and the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL).

Professional career

In 2004 and 2005, Hill attended the Australian Institute of Sport^[1] and played for the program's SEABL team.

Hill made his NBL debut during the 2004/05 season for the Adelaide 36ers. After three seasons with the 36ers, Hill joined the South Dragons in 2007. However, due to injury, he appeared in just four games for the Dragons. In 2008, he re-joined the 36ers and played with them until 2011. During this time, between 2006 and 2011, Hill played in the SA State League for the Eastern Mavericks.

Between 2011 and 2013, Hill played for the Cairns Taipans.^[2]^[3]^[4] He finished his NBL career with stints in Sydney (2013/14),^[5] Wollongong (2014/15),^[6] and Melbourne (2015/16).^[7]

Hill made his debut for the Mount Gambier Pioneers of the SEABL in 2012. He became a key member of the Pioneers incredible run of 5 National finals and 3 National Championships between 2013 and 2017.^[8] After a degenerative ankle injury ended his 2018 SEABL campaign with the Pioneers, Hill retired from playing.^[9]

Coaching career

In 2018, Hill joined the Cairns Taipans as an assistant coach.^[9] In 2019, he joined the Taipans' QBL feeder team, the Cairns Marlins, as an assistant coach.^[10]^[11]

References

^ "Past Athletes". ausport.gov.au. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
^ "Over the Hill about Brad signing". NBL.com.au. Retrieved 23 May 2011. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Over the Hill about Brad signing". NBL.com.au. Retrieved 23 May 2011. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Hill returns to Taipans". NBL.com.au. 31 May 2012. Archived from the original on 26 June 2012.
^ "Sydney Kings sign Brad Hill". SydneyKings.com. 9 May 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013.
^ "Hill inks two-year deal at the Hawks". Hawks.com.au. 9 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
^ "Melbourne United welcome new players to squad". NBL.com.au. 24 September 2015. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015.
^ "BRAD HILL FORCED TO SURRENDER". PioneersBasketball.com.au. 31 May 2018. Archived from the original on 31 May 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b Hersz, Tom (7 November 2018). "Coaching in the Blood for Brad Hill". NBL.com.au. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
^ "Brad Hill signs up for a second season". Taipans.com. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
^ Gerrans, Jordan (30 June 2019). "Hill grows into role". cairnspost.com.au. Retrieved 4 July 2019. Assistant Brad Hill will use his time as the stand-in Marlins QBL head coach to continue to grow and learn in the trade.