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- ↑ Fred Hill: Head Coach Archived October 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine , Rutgers University. Accessed September 6, 2021. "A New Jersey native who attended Verona High School, Hill is a 1977 graduate of Verona High School and a 1981 graduate of Montclair State College, where he was an All-Conference guard as a senior on a team that reached the NCAA Division III Tournament."
- ↑ "Hill accepts settlement, then resigns at Rutgers". 19 April 2010.