FIU women's basketball Head Coach Tiara Malcom announces the hire of Alison Hinton as the program's Director of Basketball Operations.
 
Hinton comes to Miami after three seasons, including two as recruiting coordinator with the Southern New Hampshire University Penmen.
 
"It is great to be able to join a growing program and see how it takes shape," said Hinton. "I am excited to be a part of culture creation with a new, young staff with a group of young players and the energy that they all bring."
 
Hinton completed a Master's in Business Administration, with a concentration in Athletic Administration, her second postgraduate degree, while spending three years in Manchester, New Hampshire.
 
"Aly is able to understand both perspectives - from being a student-athlete and her experience as a coach," said Malcom of her new hire. "She will be a huge help in knowing what everyone's needs are and anticipating events and situations that normally pop up in our daily operation."
 
Her position at SNHU was her first in college coaching. Prior to that, Hinton played four years of professional basketball in Israel from 2010-2014, winning the Israeli League Championship, the Israeli Cup and Eurocup Championship in her first pro season and capturing in the championship in the Israeli First Division in her final season overseas.
 
As an undergraduate, Hinton played for Boston University, earning a B.A. in Psychology in three years and a Master's in Education after her last year of eligibility at BU. She scored over 1,000 points and collected more than 700 rebounds in her career as a Terrier.
 
Hinton has moved to Kendall, plans to pick up golf and plans to take advantage of living in South Florida with more trips to the beach during downtime.
 
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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. Athletic events are played in eight different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including Lime Court at FIU Arena and Riccardo Silva Stadium.
 
About FIU: Florida International University is classified by Carnegie as a "R1: Doctoral Universities - Highest Research Activity" and recognized as a Carnegie Community Engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as business, engineering, computer science, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes almost $9 billion each year to the local economy and is ranked second in Florida in Forbes Magazine's "America's Best Employers" list. FIU graduates are consistently among the highest paid college graduates in Florida and are among the leaders of public and private organizations throughout South Florida. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission with multiple state-of-the-art research facilities including the Wall of Wind Research and Testing Facility, FIU's Medina Aquarius Program and the Advanced Materials Engineering Research Institute.  FIU has awarded more than 220,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, the Miami Beach Urban Studios, and Tianjin, China. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and more than 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.