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- Brian Hill was named head coach of the Orlando Magic on May 24

- Hill had been on the New Jersey Nets coaching staff as an assistant since January 2004

- spent two seasons (2001-02, 2002-03) as New Orleans Hornets assistant coach

- coaching career has spanned over 30 years, including head coaching positions with Orlando and Vancouver

- Brian Hill NBA coaching career began in 1986, serving as an assistant to Mike Fratello in Atlanta

- after four seasons in Atlanta (during which the Hawks were 200-128, .609), Hill joined the Orlando Magic as an assistant to Matt Guokas in 1990

- after three seasons with the Magic, he was promoted to head coach prior to the 1993-94 season, and the team immediately improved, finishing 50-32

- Brian Hill was named head coach of the Vancouver Grizzlies prior to the 1997-98 season, as the third head coach in franchise history

- Hill’s coaching career includes high school and 17 years at the collegiate level

- began his college coaching career as an assistant at Montclair State (New Jersey) in 1972

- held assistant coaching positions at Lehigh University and Penn State. He was the head coach at Lehigh for eight seasons

- Brian Hill was born in East Orange, New Jersey and attended high school at Our Lady of the Valley before attending Kennedy College in Nebraska

- graduated from Kennedy in 1969, earning a bachelor’s degree in physical education while becoming a three-year starter on the basketball team and lettering in track.