Scott Hyland - Head Coach
Hyland enters his first season as head women's basketball coach at Hill College.

From 2007-11, Hyland restored the Texas A&M-Kingsville women's basketball program to its former glory returning the Javelinas to the Lone Star Conference Tournament for the first time in nearly a decade. His teams showed improvement each year going from 7-20, to 16-11, to 18-10 and to a Lone Star Conference Tournament appearance before struggling the last year. Hyland finished with a 44-64 record in his Javelina career while his teams set 13 school records.

The 2009-10 squad set a number of school records and one national record. They set new marks for points in a game (115), number of times scoring 100 points (four), consecutive 100-point games (three), three-point field goals made in a game (19), three-point field goal attempts in a game (35), season field goal percentage (.443), season
three-point percentage (.388) and season three-point field goals made (246). They also set an all-time women's basketball national record by making 12 consecutive three-pointers against Texas A&M-International.

The 18-win season was the most wins by the program since going 27-7 in 2000-01. It was only the fifth time the program had ever reached the 18 total wins for a season mark. In 2008-09, Hyland led the Javelinas to a 16-11 record which included wins over three nationally ranked opponents. The winning record and big wins led the Lone Star Conference South Division to select Hyland as the Coach of the Year. The Javelinas led the LSC and set a program record in free throw percentage at 76.5 percent.

In his first three seasons, the Javelinas had 10 players earn Lone Star Conference All-Conference or Honorable Mention honors. In 2008-09, LaKeisha Jones earned First Team LSC South honors and Angela Franklin was named the LSC South Newcomer of the Year. Additionally, nine members of the Javelina squad received recognition on the LSC Commissioners' Honor Roll.

Prior to taking over the Kingsville job, Hyland was, and still is, the most successful coach in the history of Paris Junior College women's basketball, posting an 80-72 record in five years including a 38-23 record his last two seasons, the second best two-year run in the history of the program. The Lady Dragons also went 20-16 in conference play the last two seasons, the best two-year conference run in school history. The Lady Dragon program reached several milestones under Hyland's leadership. The 2005-06 squad was nationally ranked for two weeks, the first time the program had ever received a national ranking, and the 2002-03 team reached the regional tournament semifinals for the first time in school history. Two of the three 20-win seasons in the history of the program came under Hyland - 21-10 in 2005-06, and 20-12 in 2002-03. His Lady Dragon teams also set or tied 19 team and 16 individual records.

Before becoming head coach at Paris Junior College, Hyland had an extensive career as an assistant coach. He was an assistant coach at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette (2000-02) and at Odessa College (1999-00). He was also an assistant coach at the College of St. Mary in Omaha, Neb., and served one year as head coach.

His first job in women's basketball came at Omaha Central High School in 1996, when he served as assistant girls' basketball coach. Hyland was a men's assistant coach at Dana College in Blair, Neb., and a men's graduate assistant at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. His first coaching position came as an assistant men's coach at his alma mater, the University of Mary in Bismarck, N.D. Hyland played basketball for the University of Mary where he earned a pair of degrees, communications and business in 1990, and physical education in 1993. He received his master's degree from Nebraska-Omaha in 1995.

Hyland was a national voter for the Women's Basketball Coaches Association/ESPN NCAA Division II Top 25 Poll. He was also the LSC Captain for the WBCA and served on the WBCA DII National Coach of the Year Committee.

Scott and his wife Yvonne have two sons, Reid and Sean.

William Milton - Assistant Coach

Milton is in his first season with the Lady Rebel basketball program. His duties will include scouting, recruiting, individual player development and practice/game management.

Milton brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from coaching at many levels of women's basketball before his stop at Hill College, including as a women's assistant at Frank Phillips College, a women's assistant at Midwestern State University and being a head girls' basketball coach at Notre Dame Catholic High School in Wichita Falls, Texas.

Milton is a Graford, Texas, native and is a 2007 graduate of the Midwestern State University with a bachelor's degree in sport fitness and management.

"Will is someone I have known for many years. He is a person of tremendous character and integrity. He is a tireless worker, someone who continues to push himself to become better in every aspect of our profession. Hill College is fortunate to have someone of Will's caliber."
- Joshua Prock (head women's basketball coach Howard Payne University)

"Will has always had a special insight with his players. He knows the game and uses that knowledge in partnership with his insight to get the very best out of his players and, ultimately, his team. Will is a gem in the coaching world and an asset to any program. Hill College is fortunate to have him." -Lisa Macha (head volleyball & assistant basketball coach Notre Dame Catholic HS)

"I have known William for many years. I had the opportunity to coach William in high school and saw then the passion he had for the game of basketball. I am proud to see him sharing his passion for the game with others. I believe he is on the fast track in the coaching profession, and the sky is the limit." -Coach Woody Young Gunter High School (Gunter, Texas)