Towson University Athletics

After joining the Towson University women's basketball team staff as an assistant coach in June of 2019, E.C. Hill has been with the team for two seasons.

During the 2020-21 slate, Hill primarily worked with the Tigers’ guards. She saw Kionna Jeter finish her collegiate career averaging 23.0 points per game to rank 10th in the country and first in CAA. Jeter reached 20+ points in 13 games and has tallied 30+ points six times during the season. She also reached double figure scoring in 19 games. The redshirt senior recorded 1,582 points to rank third overall on the Towson University women's basketball all-time scoring list. Hill also worked with sophomore Aleah Nelson, helping to guide her to a stellar first season as a Tiger. Nelson averaged 6.5 assists per game to finish the season ranked eighth in the nation and first in the conference in the category. Nelson also accumulated 130 total helpers and ranked 15th in the country and first in the league in total dimes. She also scored 13.5 points per game. Jeter was selected to the All-CAA first team and Nelson earned All-CAA second team honors.  

Hill also saw Jeter become the first player in program history to get selected in the WNBA Draft. Jeter was chosen with the 12th pick in the third round, 36th overall, in the 2021 draft by the Las Vegas Aces. 

In the 2019-20 season, Hill started her work with the guards and saw Jeter lead the team in scoring and remain in the top three of scorers in the league. Jeter also led the league in steals. Hill also helped guide guard Q. Murray to set her second consecutive single-season assist record during the regular season and . 

Hill joined the Tiger family after spending the last three seasons as the head coach at Montverde Academy. Prior to her stint in Florida she was an assistant coach at the University of Arizona. While with the Wildcats she coached one of the best scorers in program history and the 18th player at Arizona to reach 1,000 points in Candice Warthen. 

She also was a position coach for Davellyn Whyte who was drafted 16th overall in the WNBA draft in 2013. Hill's first season at Arizona began with an 11-1 start, the best in program history since the 1999-00 season. 
  
A graduate of Northern Illinois, Hill spent six years at NIU before starting at Arizona. In her first two seasons she coached Huskie standout Stephanie Raymond who was an All-MAC honoree in 2006-07 and became the first NIU player to be drafted into the WNBA, selected 20th overall. 
  
She also coached Marke Freeman who would be named the MAC Sixth Player of the Year and Kylie York who finished her career as the leading three-point shooter in Northern Illinois history. Before joining the NIU staff Hill spent one season as the head coach at Robert Morris College for the 2004-05 season. 
  
Hill has her legend marked down in the NIU Athletics Hall of Fame, and in the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. She helped lead the Huskies to three straight NCAA Tournament berths under head coach Jane Albright. 
  
Her accomplishments at NIU led to several accolades. Hill was named a first-team U.S. Basketball Writers' Association All-American, a Kodak District Four All-American, a preseason Street and Smith's and Basketball Times All-American, Mid-Continent Conference Player of the Year, first-team All-Mid-Con and All-Mid-Con Tournament on a 25-6 NCAA Tourney squad that won the 1993-94 Mid-Con regular-season title with an 18-0 record. 
  
Hill played for two teams in the American Basketball League, with the New England Blizzard from 1996-98 and the Chicago Condors from 1998-99. In the WNBA she played with the Charlotte Sting in 2000, the Phoenix Mercury and Los Angeles Sparks in 2001 and the Orlando Miracle in 2002. Hill also played in several cities in Europe. 
  
A 1995 grad from Northern Illinois, Hill has a degree in communications and is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. She also has a daughter, Asia Janay Murray.