Trinity Women's Basketball Camps

Coaching Staff

Cameron Hill
Head Coach

Cameron Hill ‘99 returns for his 13th season as the head coach of the Trinity University Women’s Basketball program during the 2024-25 season.

Last season, the Tigers achieved an impressive 23-6 overall record and dominated Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) play with a near-perfect 15-1 record. Trinity captured the SCAC Regular Season Championship and secured their fourth consecutive SCAC Tournament title. The Tigers advanced to the second round of the NCAA Playoffs. Individually, the team earned numerous accolades. Jamie Ruede was named D3hoops.com Regional Rookie of the Year and earned SCAC Freshman of the Year honors. Both Ruede and Josie Napoli were selected for the All-Region team and earned First Team All-SCAC recognition. Kylie Minter, Maggie Robbins, and Bailey Timmons also received All-SCAC honors. Throughout the season, the Tigers collected five SCAC Player of the Week awards, one D3hoops.com Team of the Week honor, and one U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) National Player of the Week award. Academically, Trinity placed eight players on the SCAC Honor Roll, and Bailey Timmons was named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team.

Coach Cam has had an exceptional career at Trinity thus far. Coach Hill became the program’s all-time leader in career victories during the 2022-23 season and will begin this year with a 279-60 overall record over his first 12 seasons. His career winning percentage of 0.823 ranks him third in Division III history among coaches with 10 or more years of experience heading into this season. He has also guided the Tigers to a 159-20 (.888) record in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. Among SCAC coaches, Coach Hill holds the highest overall winning percentage in conference history. Coach Hill has won SCAC Coach of the Year three times and is also a two-time D3hoops.com Regional Coach of the Year Selection (2017, 2022). Cameron also earned the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Small College Coach of the Year Award during the 2016-17 season.

The on-court success of the Togethers has been plentiful. Under the direction of Coach Hill, there have been 13 All-Americans, 11 SCAC Players of the Year, 4 SCAC Freshman of the Year, 60 All-SCAC Selections, and one SCAC Woman of the Year. The Tigers have also won eight SCAC Championships, have eight NCAA Playoff appearances, and went to the NCAA quarterfinals during the 2021-22 season. Off the court, Coach Hill’s squad has also been elite. There have been four CSC Academic All-District recipients, 118 SCAC Honor Roll recipients, and Maggie Shipley was named SCAC Elite 19 during the 2021-22 season.

The Tigers will also be seeking a fifth straight bid to the NCAA Playoffs this season, following a run to the NCAA Quarterfinals in 2022 and a third-round appearance in 2023. Under the direction of Coach Hill, the 2021-22 version of the Tigers shattered the school record with 27 consecutive victories on their way to the quarterfinals. That was just the second time that a Tiger team had reached the NCAA Quarterfinals, with the only other coming in 2002-03 when Trinity won the NCAA Championship.

Before joining the Trinity staff, Coach Hill led Ursuline Academy of Dallas, Texas, to the 2012 Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) Girls Basketball Class 5A Championship. He also coached the junior varsity and freshman teams at Ursuline. Coach Hill began his career as an assistant men’s coach at Fordham (NY) University from 2000-2003. He was the director of player development for the University of Kentucky from 2003-2006. The Wildcats captured the Southeastern Conference Championship and advanced to the NCAA Division I Elite Eight. Coach Hill was also an assistant coach for the former National Basketball Association Seattle SuperSonics Summer League and was the head coach of the United States Basketball Academy.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in speech communication from Trinity in 1999. Coach Hill played for the Tigers from 1996-1999 and received All-SCAC accolades in two of his three seasons with the team. Coach Hill played a major role in the Tigers’ 1998 SCAC Championship, as Trinity made its first appearance in the NCAA Division III Playoffs. Coach Hill gained professional playing experience for two years in Europe, following graduation from Trinity. He was a member of the Ulm, Germany, team in the Euro League Division 2; and for Treviso, Italy, in the Nike Summer Pro League.

Coach Hill and his wife, Colleen, are the parents of two sons, Cole and Chase. Colleen teaches faculty wellness, yoga, and aerobic dance at Trinity.

John Franklin
Assistant Coach

John Franklin returns for another season with the Trinity women's basketball program heading into the 2024-25 season. He was previously an assistant with the Tigers during the 2012-13 school year.

During his previous tenure with the Tigers, they posted a 23-5 record that included a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship and a trip to the NCAA Playoffs.

Following his season at Trinity, Franklin spent two years as the Director of Player Development at Southern Methodist University, then joined his alma mater, the University of North Texas, as the Director of Basketball Operations for the women's basketball team. From there, Coach Franklin spent the next five years as the head coach at both Trinity Christian Academy and The Episcopal School of Dallas. He then served as the Head Coach at Dallas Christian College before working with the Texas Legends - the National Basketball Association's G League affiliate of the Dallas Mavericks.

Before his first stint with the Tigers, Coach Franklin was the Head Coach of the women's basketball team at Paul Quinn College, while also serving as the boys assistant coach at The Episcopal School of Dallas for six years.

Coach Franklin founded the highly respected AAG (All-Around Game) Elite Women’s Select Team in Dallas. AAG Elite is a showcase team made up of some of the top U-17 players in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

Known for his teaching of basketball skills, Coach Franklin mentored Missouri point guard Phil Pressey during his high school career at the Episcopal School of Dallas. Pressey, the Southeastern Conference Preseason Player of the Year, often worked out with Coach Franklin and AAG team members when he returned to Dallas.

The versatile Coach Franklin also has extensive experience coaching AAG boys teams. He worked alongside  Fran Fraschilla,an ESPN college basketball analyst, who coached Manhattan College, St. John’s University, and the University of New Mexico.

Coach Franklin began his playing career at Lake Centennial High School in Garland, Texas, then was the point guard at San Jose (Calif.) Community College. He finished his career at North Texas, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice from North Texas in 2004. Coach Franklin went on to earn his MBA from the University of the Incarnate Word.

John and his wife, Jennifer, have two daughters: Ava and Harlowe.