Andy Hill is in his first season with Utah State men’s basketball team after being hired as an assistant coach in April, 2023, before being promoted to associate head coach in January, 2024.
Hill joins the Aggies after spending the previous season working as an assistant for current USU head coach Danny Sprinkle at Montana State. He has been named by Silver Waves Media to the top 75 Rising Assistant Coaches and top 100 Most Impactful Assistant Coaches lists several times over the last few years while at Utah, New Mexico and Montana State.
During the 2022-23 campaign, Hill helped lead Montana State to a 25-10 overall record and its second-straight NCAA Tournament appearance. It marked the first time the Bobcats had back-to-back 20-win seasons since 1994-96. Three Bobcats earned all-conference honors, while two players garnered individual accolades (Defensive Player of the Year and Top Reserve). Two Montana State players earned all-tournament honors, including Big Sky Tournament MVP RaeQuan Battle.
Prior to Montana State, Hill served as the assistant coach at New Mexico in 2021-22. During his lone season in Albuquerque, he helped the Lobos see a seven-win improvement, from six wins the year before to 13 wins, despite playing half their games against NCAA and NIT competition. The Lobos, who led the Mountain West in scoring, defeated four NCAA Tournament teams during the season, their most wins over teams in the tournament in seven years. A win over No. 22 Wyoming was the Lobos’ first ranked victory in three years.
Hill also served as an assistant coach at Utah for 10 seasons. At Utah, Hill helped lead the Utes to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2015 and 2016, including a Sweet 16 appearance in 2015. In his tenure with the Utes, Hill also helped guide his teams to three NIT appearances, including an NIT runner-up finish in 2018.
During his time at Utah, Hill was part of a staff that developed three-consecutive first-round NBA Draft pics in Delon Wright (2015 Pac-12 First-Team All-Conference), Jakob Poeltl (2016 Pac-12 Player of the Year) and Kyle Kuzma (2017 First-Team All-Conference). During that stretch, the Utes were the only Pac-12 school to produce a first-round draft pick in three-consecutive years.
Hill helped the Utes to five-consecutive 20-plus-win seasons while also helping them to finish in the top four of the Pac-12 standings five times.
Prior to his tenure at Utah, Hill was an assistant coach at Montana for seven years, where he helped lead the Grizzlies to three NCAA Tournament appearances. He was also a member of the 2005-06 coaching staff that helped Montana to its first NCAA Tournament game since 1975.
While at Montana, Hill helped guide the Grizzlies to the Big Sky Conference Tournament Championship game in four of his seven seasons. He helped coordinate Montana’s Roundball Club annual coaching clinics and fundraising efforts, and was also responsible for scheduling games, camps and recruiting. In addition, he organized community service events with the Missoula community and the state of Montana.
Hill began his coaching career at Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington, from 2000-01, where he worked for legendary coach Warren Friedrichs. Early in his career, he also coached at Lewis-Clark State College (2001-03), where he helped the Warriors to the NAIA National Tournament before serving as a graduate assistant at Eastern Washington (2003-04). The year he was at Eastern Washington, the Eagles won the Big Sky Conference.
The son of a former coach, Hill graduated from Eastern Washington in 2000 with a degree in education. He has one son, Garrett.