Leonard Hamilton

For the Australian politician, see Len Hamilton.

Leonard Hamilton

Hamilton in 2013
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Florida State
Biographical details
Born	(1948-08-04) August 4, 1948 Gastonia, North Carolina
Playing career
1966–1968	Gaston CC
1969–1971	Tennessee-Martin
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1971–1974	Austin Peay (asst.)
1974–1986	Kentucky (asst.)
1986–1990	Oklahoma State
1990–2000	Miami (Florida)
2000–2001	Washington Wizards
2002–present	Florida State
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Big East regular season championship (2000) ACC Tournament championship (2012)
Awards
UPI National Coach of the Year (1995) 2× Big East Coach of the Year (1995, 1999) 2× ACC Coach of the Year (2009, 2012)

Leonard Hamilton (born August 4, 1948) is an American basketball coach and the current men's basketball head coach at Florida State University. He is a former head coach at Oklahoma State University, the University of Miami, and for the National Basketball Association's Washington Wizards. In his 23 years as a collegiate head coach, his teams have qualified for seven NCAA tournaments and eight NITs, highlighted by appearances in the NCAA Tournament's "Sweet Sixteen" in 2000 (with Miami) and 2011 (with Florida State). While with the NBA's Wizards his team posted a 19–63 record during his sole season with the franchise in 2000–01.

Biography

Hamilton played college basketball at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Hamilton is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. His brother, Ray Jones, coaches a minor league team.

Hamilton was an assistant coach and associate head coach at the University of Kentucky from 1974 to 1986 under then head coach Joe B. Hall. Hamilton was on the staffs of the Kentucky teams that finished as the NCAA runner up in 1975, won the 1978 NCAA Championship and went to the 1984 Final Four.

Hamilton was named ACC Coach of the Year on March 10, 2009, and a second time in 2012. Hamilton is the first coach to be named coach of the year in both the Big East and ACC.

Head coaching record

College

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Oklahoma State Cowboys (Big Eight Conference) (1986–1990)
1986–87	Oklahoma State	8–20	4–10	7th
1987–88	Oklahoma State	14–16	4–10	T–6th
1988–89	Oklahoma State	17–13	7–7	T–4th	NIT Second Round
1989–90	Oklahoma State	17–14	6–8	5th	NIT Second Round
Oklahoma State:		56–63 (.471)	21–35 (.375)
Miami Hurricanes (NCAA Division I Independent/Big East Conference) (1990–2000)
1990–91	Miami	9–19
1991–92	Miami	8–24	1–17	10th
1992–93	Miami	10–17	7–11	9th
1993–94	Miami	7–20	0–18	10th
1994–95	Miami	15–13	9–9	5th	NIT First Round
1995–96	Miami	15–13	8–10	4th (Big East 7)
1996–97	Miami	16–13	9–9	T–4th (Big East 7)	NIT First Round
1997–98	Miami	18–10	11–7	2nd (Big East 7)	NCAA First Round
1998–99	Miami	23–7	15–3	2nd	NCAA Second Round
1999–00	Miami	23–11	13–3	T–1st	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
Miami:		144–147 (.495)	73–87 (.456)
Florida State Seminoles (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2002–present)
2002–03	Florida State	14–15	4–12	9th
2003–04	Florida State	19–14	6–10	T–7th	NIT Second Round
2004–05	Florida State	12–19	4–12	T–10th
2005–06	Florida State	20–10	9–7	5th	NIT Second Round
2006–07	Florida State	22–13	7–9	T–8th	NIT Third Round
2007–08	Florida State	19–15	7–9	T–7th	NIT First Round
2008–09	Florida State	25–10	10–6	4th	NCAA First Round
2009–10	Florida State	22–10	10–6	T–3rd	NCAA First Round
2010–11	Florida State	23–11	11–5	3rd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2011–12	Florida State	25–10	12–4	3rd	NCAA Second Round
2012–13	Florida State	18–16	9–9	6th	NIT First Round
2013–14	Florida State	22–14	9–9	T–7th	NIT Semifinals
2014–15	Florida State	17–16	8–10	9th
2015–16	Florida State	10–5	0–3
Florida State:		268–178 (.601)	106–111 (.488)
Total:		468–388 (.547)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

External links

• Florida State profile
• BasketballReference.com: Leonard Hamilton