Linda Hill-MacDonald
{{short description|American collegiate basketball coach}}
Linda Hill-MacDonald (born August 21, 1948) is an American former women's basketball coach.
Career
She was head coach at Fredonia from 2013 to 2018 and at the University at Buffalo from 2005 to 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.buffalobulls.com/sports/wbkb/2011-12/releases/20120530zaga19 |title=Linda Hill-MacDonald Will Not Return as Buffalo's Women's Basketball Coach - Buffalo Athletics |accessdate=2012-05-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602175651/http://www.buffalobulls.com/sports/wbkb/2011-12/releases/20120530zaga19 |archivedate=2012-06-02 }}
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
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| align="left" |1997
|28||15||13||.536|| align="center" |4th in Eastern||-||-||-||-
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| align="left" |1998
|30||20||10||.667|| align="center" |1st in Eastern||3||1||2||.333
| align="center" |Lost WNBA Semifinals (Phoenix, 1–2)
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| align="left" |1999
|32||7||25||.219|| align="center" |6th in Eastern||-||-||-||-
| align="center" |N/A
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| align="left" |Career
| ||90||42||48||.467|| ||3||1||2||.333
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Awards and honors
- 1989—Carol Eckman Award
References
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External links
- [http://www.fredoniabluedevils.com/coaches.aspx?rc=409&path=wbball official bio]
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