From what I know, he come from a football background having been an assistant coach at SANFL level.

He got into basketball because of his son and ended up coaching Eastern to an ABL title a couple of yrs ago. Has been head coach of U20 State team for the past few yrs and had some success at that level too.

He seems to have overachieved as a coach at any level he has coached at.

You can view his professional profile on the MVP Sports Website.

Some of Richards achievements include being part of a league football premiership with the Sturt football club, coaching 4 different football clubs to a total of 8 senior premierships, coaching the Eastern Mavericks Basketball club to the 2004 ABL championship, being named ABL coach of the year in 2005 and coaching SA under 20 men to the gold medal game in the 2006 National Championships.

Coached the Eastern Mavs ABL men's team (not currently) for a few years, including an ABL title with Holmes in 04. Also coaches the SA U20 mens team at nationals for the past few years.

That's his recent history, at least.

(Edit: Wow, I'm slow)

Is there a conflict of interest with his current player agent job and being an assistant.

Is he appointed ?
(His profile is good and Scotty has asked him to assist) Is it official now.

Absolute champion bloke , brilliant communicator and as stated above always happy to give up his time and knowledge if any are interested .
Will be great for the developmental players and really strengthens the club accross the board , i would say we will now be a desirable team to come to for young guys looking to further career but also improve .
We will also be able to retain any young standouts that may have previously how shall we say , slipped thru the net .

Very diplomatic!

Two different people. There was two posts that were clearly an accidental double post and I have removed one of them.

Richards team last season finished on the bottom of the ladder i think, how does this work with professional coaching job the year after?

bbbecause he had doodle all to work with .

great bloke, knows what he is talking about, and unlike many other coaches, doesn't ASK for the respect, he earns it, and most certainly has my respect

BB stand for Bear Basketball????????ha

RICHARD HILL = MAVERICKS = JACOB HOLMES = 36ERS

Good on you hilly, All the best. Hilly is a fantastic development coach. He puts in countless hours working on skills.

176597 - Did i say anything remotely like that you clown .

I was responding to the comment above " Richards team last season finished on the bottom of the ladder i think, how does this work with professional coaching job the year after?" to which my answer was the likes of they did not have the cattle , I think Richards multitude of success accross different sports and leagues as a player and most importantly a coach carry more weight than a down season with a mediocre team.

And how that manifests it self to your wonderful yet infant like analogy shows how limited your insight truly is .

Is Richard Hill the coach related to Brad Hill the player?

Yes, Richard is Brad's father.

not to mention with Richard's contacts with the younger players, and also the willingness to help them along, will allow Scott to focus more on the core group of the team. Would be a good decision to put Hill as the assistant

Who do you think should get the other assistant role guys?

KB and Sap get bought up all of the time....anyone else?

Liam Flynn would be another option.

I'd be surprised to see it come from outside of Schueller, Sapwell or Flynn, as a guess.

It needs to be someone who has never been involved with the previous coaching era so that is a fresh start.

It should be Schueller.

Has worked with Hill over the past 3 years with 20's state. Has worked with Ninnis at Academy as his assistant last year but has had a working relationship for many years now and is also respected with in the league. (i believe if Stacker gets the Dragons job he will be offered a spot there too)

Has knowledge of young talent coming through not to mention his work ethic and commitment over a lengthy period of time with athletes through individuals etc.

Has shown that he can coach talent after his ABL title last year and to my knowledge is connected with many NBL players across the league.

Many seem to want to bag him on here, but i think someone young and enthusiastic is needed for this position. I havent had anything directly to do with him, but when talking to people at the next level they do rate him. Seems the logical choice with the already strong relationship between the three as well.

Richard Hill was at the press conference as the assistant coach. One TV News coverage mentioned Chris Lucas as one that Ninnis may go for?