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Cancer battle gave Matt Hill clearer perspective on life, career

The new Sun Devil men's tennis coach helped turn around programs at Mississippi State and at South Florida, where he was a three-time American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year and guided the Bulls to a 21-9 record and the second round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament.

"I've been a part of some great programs, but the opportunity to start a program back up that had been shut down for a while is a very different kind of challenge," Hill said of ASU men's tennis, which has been dormant since 2008. "I live to be challenged."

Not always by choice.