Linda Hill-MacDonald

American collegiate basketball coach

Linda Hill-MacDonald (born August 21, 1948)[1] is an American former women's basketball coach.

Career

She was head coach at Fredonia[2] from 2013 to 2018 and at the University at Buffalo from 2005 to 2012.[3]

She was also head coach at Temple University, (1980–90), The University of Minnesota (1990–97), and the WNBA's Cleveland Rockers from 1997 to 1999. She later served as an assistant coach with the Washington Mystics, the University of South Carolina, and retired from coaching in May 2020 while assisting at Canisius.

Originally from Morton, Pennsylvania, Hill-MacDonald has a daughter, Kelli, and a son, Scott, who both reside in the Philadelphia area.

Head coaching record

Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
CLE 1997 28 15 13 .536 4th in Eastern - - - - N/A
CLE 1998 30 20 10 .667 1st in Eastern 3 1 2 .333 Lost WNBA Semifinals (Phoenix, 1–2)
CLE 1999 32 7 25 .219 6th in Eastern - - - - N/A
Career 90 42 48 .467 3 1 2 .333

Awards and honors

  • 1989—Carol Eckman Award[4]

References

  1. ^ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved 24 Sep 2015.
  2. ^ "Linda Hill-MacDonald". fredoniabluedevils.com. Retrieved 7 Sep 2015.
  3. ^ "Linda Hill-MacDonald Will Not Return as Buffalo's Women's Basketball Coach - Buffalo Athletics". Archived from the original on 2012-06-02. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
  4. ^ "Carol Eckman Award". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 1 Jul 2014.

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Temple Owls women's basketball head coaches
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  • Patricia Collins (1947–1949)
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  • Nancy Rupp (1963–1965)
  • Carol Underwood (1965–1966)
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  • Andy McGovern (1978–1980)
  • Linda MacDonald (1980–1990)
  • Charlene Curtis (1990–1995)
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Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball head coaches
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  • Linda Hill-MacDonald (1990–1997)
  • Cheryl Littlejohn (1997–2001)
  • Brenda Oldfield (2001–2002)
  • Pam Borton (2002–2014)
  • Marlene Stollings (2014–2018)
  • Lindsay Whalen (2018–2023)
  • Dawn Plitzuweit (2023– )
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Buffalo Bulls women's basketball head coaches
  • Brenda Bolay (1966–1967)
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  • Carolyn Thomas (1973–1976)
  • Elizabeth Cousins (1976–1979)
  • Linda O'Donnell (1979–1983)
  • Ed Muto (1983–1985)
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  • Sal Buscaglia (1990–1998)
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  • Linda Hill-MacDonald (2005–2012)
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Cleveland Rockers
  • Founded in 1997
  • Folded in 2003
  • Based in Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Linda Hill-MacDonald
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Gordon Gund
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