[2][3] Hill, a 1983 graduate of Mount Vernon High School in the state of New York,[4] began his college career at San Jacinto College where he helped the team win the 1984 NJCAA Division I men's basketball championship title, while also earning JUCO All-American honors.
[5] Hill completed his college career at Wichita State under Eddie Fogler, earning All-Missouri Valley Conference honors as a senior.
In the 1988–89 season, Hill played professionally for DTV Charlottenburg in the German Basketball Bundesliga[6] and in the FIBA Korać Cup.
Following stops at SE Missouri State and East Carolina, Hill joined Melvin Watkins's staff at Texas A&M, where he stayed until 2004.
He was preparing to step down amid his fifth season as head coach at UTRGV, when he died on February 7, 2021, at age 55.