POMONA, Calif. - Ever since he stepped onto campus as a Cal Poly Pomona student-athlete in 1998, Damion Hill has delivered immeasurable contributions to the university community.

His leadership as assistant coach helped the Broncos' men's basketball team capture the program's first-ever national title in 2010. His abilities as a mentor have helped CPP student-athletes graduate and move on to successful careers. With the guidance of Hill and the rest of the coaching staff, several Broncos are playing basketball professionally overseas.

On Wednesday, head coach Greg Kamansky announced the promotion of Hill as the program's associate head coach. The 2012-13 season will mark the 11th for Hill as a CPP coach and the Broncos' achievements during that span are certainly substantial. CPP has reached the Elite Eight four times and along the way, Hill has coached two All-Americans: Jeff Bonds and Larry Gordon.

"Damion has obviously played a key role in the success of our program," Kamansky said. "Our assistants have always gotten a lot of experience in different areas of the game and Damion does it all, working with the offense, defense, posts and guards. As a committed and loyal assistant, he's definitely earned this promotion."

When Hill moved into the assistant coaching role at CPP, the men's basketball program possessed an all-time record of 732-731. Ten years and 17 NCAA postseason victories later, the Broncos hold a 939-819 all-time mark. During Hill's tenure, the team has captured three California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) titles.

"It's an honor and a privilege to be the associate head coach at the university that I graduated from," Hill said. "We'll continue to work hard to build off the accomplishments that our program has achieved over the last 10 years."

Hill graduated from Cal Poly Pomona in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in advertising and has his master's degree in education. He is a graduate of Palm Springs High School and also played basketball for two seasons at Sacramento City College, where he earned All-Conference Second Team honors and was his team's Most Valuable Player as a sophomore. Hill then played one season at Cal Poly Pomona.