Syracuse Basketball: Quentin Hillsman will end up with Hall of Fame career
By Neil Adler
Quentin Hillsman, the highly successful head coach of the Syracuse basketball women’s team, is primed for a stellar 2020-21 campaign and beyond.
Armed with an exquisite 2020 recruiting class and a ton of returning talent, head coach Quentin Hillsman and his Syracuse basketball women’s team enter the upcoming term with relatively lofty expectations.
The Orange should contend for an Atlantic Coast Conference crown and absolutely have the makings of a group that can go on an extended journey in March Madness.
Hillsman, entering his 15th stanza at the helm of Syracuse basketball, is also recruiting at an elite level looking ahead to the team’s 2021 recruiting cycle. The future is bright, and the recent past has also proven pretty darn terrific.
In his tenure on the Hill, Hillsman owns a 304-160 record, with only one losing season and seven-straight Big Dance appearances, according to a cuse.com announcement. In 2016, Hillsman guided the Orange to a 30-8 overall mark and a runner-up finish in the NCAA Tournament.
Despite a somewhat disappointing 2019-20 term, Quentin Hillsman is doing a tremendous job with the Syracuse basketball women’s squad.
For all of these achievements and many others, Hillsman has received inclusion on Silver Waves Media’s 2020 list of the 100 most-influential people in women’s collegiate hoops.
In its write-up on Hillsman for this list, Silver Waves Media said in part that he “is on a hall of fame path and will surely join the 600 club before it is all said and done.”
Cuse.com says that the Syracuse basketball women’s squad, since Hillsman began leading the way, has had five players earn All-American accolades as well as 18 student-athletes receive all-conference selections.
According to the cuse.com statement, Hillsman is one of a half-dozen Atlantic Coast Conference coaches featured on this list. The others are Louisville’s Jeff Walz, Florida State’s Sue Semrau, N.C. State’s Wes Moore, Notre Dame’s Niele Ivey, and Duke’s Kara Lawson.
I’m a huge fan of Hillsman. He’s a tremendous coach and leader. He’s got style and confidence. I absolutely believe that when he ultimately retires, he will have put forth a Hall of Fame career.