Kevin Dillard


Kevin Andre Dillard is an American-Albanian professional basketball player for KK Gostivar of the Macedonian First League.

High school

Dillard attended and played high school basketball Homewood-Flossmoor High School, in Flossmoor, Illinois, where he was named the 2008 Illinois Mr. Basketball.

College career

After graduating from Homewood-Flossmoor High, Dillard played two years of college basketball for Southern Illinois University. After the 2009–10 season, Dillard transferred to Dayton. He had to sit out one season under NCAA rules. He was named to the All-Atlantic 10 Second Team, as a junior and senior.

Professional career

Dillard failed to be drafted at the 2013 NBA draft. On August 7, 2013, he signed with A.S. Junior Casale of Italy, for the 2013–14 season.
On July 4, 2014, he signed with VEF Rīga of Latvia. On November 8, 2014, he parted ways with VEF Rīga. On December 8, 2014, he signed with Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez of France, for the rest of the season.
On August 1, 2015, he signed with MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg of Germany, for the 2015–16 season. However, on September 4, 2015, he parted ways with Ludwigsburg, before appearing in a game for them.
On October 27, 2015, he signed with Cholet Basket of France. On November 25, 2015, he left Cholet, and signed with the Greek club Apollon Patras.
On April 2, 2016, he signed with the Belgian club Antwerp Giants, for the rest of the season.
On July 27, 2016, Dillard signed with Turkish club Pınar Karşıyaka. On December 4, 2016, he was excused from the team, with poor playing performance being cited as the reasons for the decision. In the wake of the falling out with his club, he did not re-join the team at all during the rest of December, while instead looking for another gig elsewhere.
On January 7, 2017, he signed with the New Zealand Breakers, for the rest of the 2016–17 NBL season. On February 22, 2017, he signed with Israeli club Maccabi Ashdod.
On July 8, 2017, Dillard signed with PAOK Thessaloniki of the Greek League. On November 4, 2017, he parted ways with PAOK. On January 18, 2018, he signed with Hungarian club EGIS Körmend.
On October 10, 2019, he has signed with Sigortam.net İTÜ BB of the Basketball Super League. Dillard averaged 10 points and 5.6 assists per game. On July 27, 2020, he signed in Hungary with Soproni KC.
Dillard played one game for CS Dinamo București in 2021. On February 27, 2022, he signed with KK Gostivar of the Macedonian First League.