Hilliary Scott

A former conference player of the year, Hilliary Scott is entering his 10th season as an assistant coach with Ed DeChellis and is in his fifth campaign at Penn State.

Scott followed DeChellis to Penn State in 2003 following five seasons as an assistant at East Tennessee State. During his five years at ETSU, Scott helped guide the Buccaneers to three straight Southern Conference North Division titles and an 87-57 record.

In 2002-03, Scott helped lead the Bucs to a 20-11 overall mark and the school[apos]s first conference tournament title since 1992. That win led to ETSU[apos]s first appearance in the NCAA Tournament in a decade where the team nearly upset No. 2 seed Wake Forest in the first round.

A 1994 graduate of Roanoke College, he began his coaching career at his alma mater during the 1997-98 season before moving on to ETSU the following year. Over the past 10 years, Scott has gained experience as a recruiter, academic advisor and bench coach and was the head junior varsity coach during his one season at Roanoke.

During his time at ETSU, Scott was instrumental in recruiting many of the Buccaneer players who helped turn the program into Southern Conference Champions.

Prior to entering the coaching ranks, Scott played professional basketball in Europe. He was a member of the Killester Basketball Club in Dublin, Ireland, from 1994 to 1996, averaging over 25 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and two steals per game. He then played for the Chester Jests in Chester, England, from 1996 to 1997, where he averaged 15 ppg, 6 rpg and 3 apg. He led the team to the best finish in franchise history at the time and was named a league All-Star.

Scott was a two-time National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-American for Roanoke College in 1993 and 1994 and was named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Player of the Year his senior season. He has the distinction of being one of only seven players in Roanoke history to have his jersey number retired. He ranks in the top 10 of Roanoke[apos]s record book in points (1,609), assists (253) and steals (144), was named to 10 different All-Tournament teams, and won five tournament MVP awards. In April 2004, Scott was inducted into the Roanoke College Hall of Fame.

A native of Lynchburg, Va., Scott was a Dean[apos]s List and honor roll student at Roanoke, earning his bachelor of arts degree in religion and philosophy in 1994. Scott is a member of the Black Coaches Association and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Committee on Academics, which is given the charge of enhancing the academic image of college basketball coaches and student-athletes both on-campus and off-campus.

Hilliary and his wife, Lisa, were married in August of 2000 and have one son, Isaiah (2).