Director of Basketball

Over the past two decades, Carroll has built what many regard as the premier combination of elite academics and high-level basketball in the country. He has coached 54 Ivy League players — more than any coach in the United States. His programs have become synonymous with greatness on the court, elite academic performance in the classroom, and national-level basketball success.

In addition to his Ivy League placements, Carroll’s players have advanced to some of the nation’s most selective and competitive institutions, including Stanford, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Michigan, North Carolina, and many others. At the Division III level, his players have gone on to elite academic institutions such as MIT, University of Chicago, Williams, and Middlebury, reinforcing his reputation as the country’s leader in academic basketball placement.

Head Coach of Boys' Basketball

Smith arrives at MAI after 26 seasons leading Brewster Academy, where he built one of the most dominant prep basketball programs in the nation. Under his leadership, Brewster captured seven National Prep Championships (2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020), along with seven New England Prep Tournament Championships and ten New England Prep regular-season titles.

Over the course of his career, Smith has amassed more than 700 victories while developing some of the top basketball talent in the country. His program has produced 25 NBA players and more than 200 NCAA Division I players, while dozens more have gone on to play professionally in the NBA G League and leagues around the world.

Smith’s success has earned widespread recognition across the sport. He is a three-time National Prep Coach of the Year, six-time New England Prep Coach of the Year, and a Jersey Mike’s Naismith National High School Coach of the Year finalist. He has also been named among the Top 100 Most Impactful People in Men’s College Basketball by Silver Waves Media five times. Recently, Stadium Talk recognized Smith as the Greatest High School Basketball Coach in New Hampshire History.

Head of Strength and Conditioning

Casella previously served as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the men’s and women’s basketball programs at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he directed all facets of athletic performance, movement development, recovery protocols, and athlete wellness. During that time, he also worked closely with the university’s swimming and diving program as the men’s team captured an Atlantic 10 Championship and the women’s team earned a runner-up finish.

At MAI, Casella will oversee all aspects of strength and conditioning, athletic performance development, recovery strategy, and movement optimization across the school’s athletic programs. Strength and conditioning will play a central role in MAI’s daily training model, where student-athletes train year-round as part of the school’s integrated academic and athletic schedule.

Head Coach of Girls' Basketball

Hill arrives at MAI following his role as an assistant coach at Auburn University, where he was part of the Tigers’ women’s basketball staff. Prior to Auburn, Hill spent two seasons at Texas A&M, his alma mater, where he helped lead the Aggies to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2021 and contributed to a 10-win improvement during his first season. Throughout his career, he has coached 15 NCAA Division I All-Conference players.

Before Texas A&M, Hill served as an assistant coach at TCU and previously led SA Finest as head coach, guiding his 17U team to a 3SSB national championship in 2021.

Hill’s background also includes experience at the professional level, serving as basketball operations manager for the WNBA’s Dallas Wings.

A graduate of Texas A&M, Hill earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology in 2014.