Bill "The Hill" McGill (September 16, 1939 – July 11, 2014) was an American basketball player best known for inventing the jump hook.

1 overall pick of the 1962 NBA draft out of the University of Utah, with whom he led the NCAA in scoring with 38.8 points per game in the 1961–1962 season.

[2][3] It was during his junior year at Jefferson that he severely injured his knee in a game against Fremont High School.

McGill never followed the recommended medical advice for the injury, as doctors told him not to play basketball any longer and wanted to replace the knee.

[4][6] McGill recalled his visit to the University of Utah and Hall of Fame Coach Jack Gardner.

McGill had 31 points and 13 rebounds in an upset 97–92 regular season victory over #2 ranked and eventual NCAA Champion Ohio State and Jerry Lucas.

[16] In the 1961 NCAA tournament, McGill scored 20 points and had 13 rebounds in the 91-75 West Regional Semi-Final win over Loyola Marymount.

[20] Utah was banned from the 1962 NCAA tournament, because a Ute player had earlier accepted a plane ticket from a booster.

[27][28][29] McGill remains as the Utah Utes' second all-time scorer (2,321 points) and leader in rebounding (1,106), playing in just three seasons.

McGill was averaging 5.2 points in limited action behind Walt Bellamy, when on October 29, 1963, he was traded by the Bullets to the New York Knicks for Paul Hogue and Gene Shue.

[36] While with the Hawks, McGill taught his jump hook to Bob Pettit, who eventually made the shot a staple of his.

[33] From 1964 to 1968, McGill played intermittently in the North American Basketball League for the Grand Rapids Tackers (1964–1967) and Holland Carvers (1967–1968).

[33][42] In October, 1967, McGill briefly practiced in the preseason with the Indiana Pacers of the American Basketball Association (ABA) before he was waived.

He first averaged 11.5 points and 4.4 rebounds in 27 games with the Los Angeles Stars and Coach Bill Sharman.

Sharman also noted that McGill didn't have the strength or quickness to play effective defense in part because of his bad knee.

By the early 1970s, he was in debt and living on the streets before sportswriter Brad Pye Jr. arranged for McGill to be employed by Hughes Aircraft; that job ended in 1995.