Chris Hill (point guard)

This article is about the basketball player who attended Milwaukee. For the basketball player from Michigan State, see Chris Hill (basketball).

Chris Hill (born August 8, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player who has played in Liga II, the Lithuanian Basketball League and the Baltic Basketball League. He also played for NCAA Division I's University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Panthers.

Chris Hill

Western Illinois Leathernecks
Position	Assistant coach
League	Ohio Valley Conference
Personal information
Born	(1983-08-08) August 8, 1983 (age 41) Chicago, Illinois
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight	160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High school	Whitney Young (Chicago, Illinois)
College	Milwaukee (2001–2006)
NBA draft	2006: undrafted
Playing career	2006–2010
Coaching career	2010–present
Career history
As a player:
2006–2007	Otopeni
2007–2009	Techasas
2009	Cherkasy Monkeys
2009–2010	Odesa
As a coach:
2010–2011	Tennessee (GA)
2011–2012	Milwaukee (academic advisor)
2012–2014	Milwaukee (video coordinator)
2014–2015	Milwaukee (DBO)
2015–2016	Milwaukee (assistant)
2016–2019	Shorewood HS (WI)
2019–2021	Wisconsin–Whitewater (assistant)
2021–2022	Wisconsin–Parkside (assistant)
2022–2023	The Citadel (assistant)
2023–present	Western Illinois (assistant)

Amateur career

He was a member of the Milwaukee Panthers men's team that won the Horizon League regular season championship three consecutive years from 2004 to 2006 and won back-to-back Horizon League men's basketball tournaments in 2005 and 2006. He was a member of the team that made the sweet sixteen for the first time in school history at the 2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, leading the team in assists in each of its three games.^[1][2][3]

In high school, he led Whitney Young High School to a second place Chicago Public League finish. He was a four-year starter at Whitney Young.^[4]

Pro career

He has played professionally for CS Otopeni of Liga II (2006–07) and BC Techasas of Lithuanian Basketball League and the Baltic Basketball League (2008–09).^[5]