May 30,2014
Freddy Hill, Seton Hall Assistant Basketball Coach being thanked by Pres. Mika Hon
The meeting was called to order by President Mika Hon. Al Peskoe led the Pledge of Allegiance and Paul Peacock delivered the Invocation. Mika welcomed visiting Asbury Park Rotary President, Tom Gilmour and all of the Seton Hall Alumni.
President Mika made the following announcements:
· We are prepping to help paint the Ronald McDonald House on June 14th. Painting will occur June 21 and 22. A sign-up sheet was passed around. Please volunteer if you can spare some time. Rotary Club of Long Branch was one of the motivating factors in establishing Ronald McDonald house here.
· The Club will participate in the Long Branch Car Show this year on June 15th and be operating a booth at Pavilion. Please let President-elect Brian know if you can help.
· The induction ceremony for incoming President Brian Berry will take place on June 19th. We will also be honoring Jack Kiely and Dan George at the event.
- McLoones Pier House in Pier Village from 6:00 to 9:00pm.
- Attire is business casual.
- Tickets can be purchased at rclb.bigcartel.com.
- Compiling an ad journal $20 ¼ page $40 ½ page and $60 for full page.
Seton Hall alumni, Nick Scaletti introduced today’s speaker Freddy Hill, Assistant Basketball Coach at Seton Hall.
Freddy outlined his coaching career that spans more than 15 years and includes other universities including Villanova, Rutgers, and Northwestern.
Fred Hill is in his second year as an assistant on head coach Kevin Willard's staff at Seton Hall. Hill begins his second stint as an assistant coach for the Pirates where he helped bring in the top-ranked recruiting class in the nation to South Orange in 2000-01.
Hill was instrumental in guiding Seton Hall to the postseason in his three years (1998-2001) under head coach Tommy Amaker, which included a run to the Sweet 16 in 2000. He mentored three-time All-BIG EAST selection and the Pirates' current associate head coach Shaheen Holloway (1996-2000), two-time All-BIG EAST honoree Andre Barrett (2000-04), along with NBA veterans Eddie Griffin, the 2000-01 BIG EAST Rookie of the Year, and Samuel Dalembert (1999-2001).
With 30-years of coaching experience at the Division I level, he returned to South Orange after spending the last two seasons at Northwestern University as an assistant on Bill Carmody's staff in the Big Ten. He previously served four years as head coach at Rutgers from 2006-10, promoted to the position after one year as associate head coach. While at Rutgers, Hill recruited a pair of top-50 players, including the first McDonald's All-American in program history (Mike Rosario).
Hill helped guide four different programs to nine consecutive postseason appearances from 1998-2006 as a member of the coaching staffs at Fairleigh Dickinson, Seton Hall, Villanova and Rutgers. He garnered national recognition as the No. 1 assistant coach in the country by Basketball Times (2004-05) and by Lindy's College Basketball magazine (2002-03) during his time as an assistant at Villanova.
Hill also helped Villanova return to prominence from 2001-05 as the Wildcats advanced to the Sweet 16 in 2005. It was the program's first NCAA tournament bid since 1999 and its first Sweet 16 since 1988. In 2002-03, Hill was instrumental in signing a premier recruiting class that ranked top five nationally, which featured four top-50 recruits - Jason Fraser (No. 5), Curtis Sumpter (No. 25), Randy Foye (No. 32) and Allan Ray (No. 40).
A 1981 graduate of Montclair State, Hill began his coaching career in 1981-82 at his alma mater. He also held assistant coaching positions at Maine (1988-91), Marquette (1986-88), Rider (1983-86) and Lehigh (1982-83).
Fred then took a number of questions regarding players and team philosophy from the floor.
Paul Peacock was the winner of the 50/50 drawing.
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