BCSP Notes . . .
Hill returning as Shaw head coachShaw University reached back into its successful basketball past to pluck its new head men's coach.
Shaw introduced former North Carolina Central
player and Shaw assistant Cleo Hill,
Jr. as its next men's basketball coach. The new coach was announced at a
standing-room-only press conference last week on the
Shaw campus.
Hill returns to Shaw after a successful five-year stay as head man at Cheyney University, where he led the Wolves to two NCAA Div. II playoff appearances. He was an assistant coach at Shaw under former head coach Joel Hopkins from 2000-2002 and helped lead the Bears to their first-ever CIAA Championship.
"The prodigal son has returned home," said President Clarence Newsome in his introduction of Hill.
"I'm very excited about the opportunity," said Hill, whose 2007-08 Cheyney team posted a 19-10 overall mark while winning the regular season Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division crown. The Wolves lost in the conference tournament semifinals but advanced to the NCAA Div. II East Region playoffs, losing in the first round to Alderson-Broaddus.
Hill succeeds former Duke standout Robert Brickey who finished a three-year stint with an overall record of 11-72. Hill, the son of CIAA legend and Hall of Famer Cleo Hill, was previously an assistant coach at Nebraska.
Vet Allen returns to head coaching ranks
At a press conference held last week in the arena of the William P. Hytche Athletic Center at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Director of Athletics Keith Davidson named Franklin "Frankie" Allen the new head men's basketball coach of the Fighting Hawks.
Allen, former head coach at Tennessee
State, Howard, Virginia Tech and Roanoke College and
a former National Coach of the Year in 1993, takes
over for Interim Head Coach Meredith Smith whose
contract was not renewed when it expired at the end
of March. Allen, 59, most recently served as an
assistant coach at the University of Maryland Baltimore
County (UMBC). Prior to Allen's two year stint with
UMBC he served for one season at Radford as an assistant.
Allen won 52 games in five seasons at Howard, won three Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Championships ('93, '94 and '95) at TSU. He has coached at the collegiate level for 32 years, 18 as a head coach, compiling an overall record of 223-284."
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