Quentin Hillsman
Hillsman at the Big East Tournament in 2012
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| Sport(s) | Women's college basketball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Syracuse |
| Conference | ACC |
| Record | 221–116 (.656) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
October 16, 1970 Suitland, Maryland |
| Alma mater | St. Mary's College (Maryland) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1995-1996 | St. Mary's (assistant) |
| 1999 | Newport School |
| 1999–2001 | Siena (assistant) |
| 2001–2002 | American University (assistant) |
| 2002–2003 | Laurinburg Institute |
| 2003–2004 | The Patterson School |
| 2004–2005 | Alabama (assistant) |
| 2005–2006 | Syracuse |
| 2006–present | Syracuse |
Quentin Jerome Hillsman (born October 16, 1970) is the head women's college basketball coach for the Syracuse Orange. He has held that position since 2006 and is only the fourth coach in the 40-year history of the program.
Hillsman was born in Suitland, Maryland. He is the only child of a computer business consultant, Horace Jerome Hillsman, and music teacher, Joan Rucker Hillsman. After graduating from Forestville High School, Hillsman attended Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina, before transferring to St. Mary's College of Maryland for his sophomore season. With the Seahawks, he ranked third in assists (330) and eighth in steals (130) and also set the school's single-game and season assist record. After St. Mary's, Hillsman attended United States Sports Academy from 1994 to 1996 studying sports management. A back injury ended his playing career and he turned to coaching.
Hillsman returned to St. Mary's to be an assistant coach for the men's basketball team. In 1998, he was an associate head coach for the Newport School boys' team before becoming head coach in 1999. He was an assistant coach for both Siena (1999-2001) and American University (2001-02), then head coach for Laurinburg Institute (2002-03) and The Patterson School (2003-04). He was an assistant coach at Alabama (2004–05) before arriving at Syracuse in 2005. There, he was also an assistant coach for a year when he was asked to be head coach by then Director of Athletics Dr. Daryl Gross.
As the Syracuse head coach, Hillsman has led the Orange to eight consecutive postseason appearances, including four straight NCAA berths, 17 postseason victories and eight straight winning seasons, while winning 65 percent of his games. Hillsman was voted the Big East Conference Coach of the Year in 2008. In the 2015–16 season, his team finished in third place but made it to the ACC Women's Tournament finals before losing. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament, where they advanced to the program's first-ever championship game to play Connecticut, losing 82–51.
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