Career
He was most recently the head coach of the ECHL"s Industry Fuel. Player
After playing Hockey collegiately for the The University of Windsor, Hillman played professionally for the Toledo Storm of the ECHL, the Odessa Jackalopes of the Western Professional Hockey League and Central Hockey League, EV Duisburg of Oberliga, and the El Paso Buzzards of the Western Professional Hockey League. He also played Roller Hockey for the Buffalo Wings of both Roller Hockey International and Major League Roller Hockey.
Coach
After retiring from playing, Hillman became the head coach of the Knoxville Ice Bears of the Southern Professional Hockey League, winning both back-to-back regular season titles and league championships for both the 2007-2008 season and 2008-2009 season.
On June 2, 2009, Hillman was named the first head coach of the Missouri Mavericks of the Central Hockey League. On May 21, 2014, Hillman resigned as head coach and director of player operations of the Mavericks to accept a coaching position with another team
A week later it was announced that Hillman would be the first coach of the new Industry Fuel of the ECHL. On March 7, 2016 the Industry Fuel relieved head coach Scott Hillman and named Bernie John as interim head coach for the remainder of the 2015-2016 season.