Leonard Hamilton

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Leonard Hamilton

Title	Head coach
College	Florida State
Sport	Basketball
Born	August 4, 1948
Place of birth	Gaston County, North Carolina
Career highlights
Awards
UPI National Coach of the Year (1995) Big East Coach of the Year (1995, 1999)
Playing career
1966–1968 1969–1971	Gaston CC Tennessee-Martin
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1971–1974 1974–1986 1986–1990 1990–2000 2000–2001 2002-present	Austin Peay (asst.) Kentucky (asst.) Oklahoma State Miami (FL) Washington Wizards Florida State

Leonard Hamilton (born 4 August 1948, in Gaston County, North Carolina) is the head basketball coach at Florida State University. He is a former coach at Oklahoma State University and the University of Miami. He also coached the NBA's Washington Wizards for one season. His all-time record is 265-268, while appearing in 6 NITs and 3 NCAA tournaments. He has also been to the Sweet 16. While with the Wizards he went 19-63.

Hamilton played college ball at the University of Tennessee-Martin. Hamilton was an assistant coach and associate head coach at the University of Kentucky from 1974 - 1986 under then Head coach Joe B. Hall. Hamilton is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

Though well-known as an avid recruiter, Hamilton's coaching style has come into question due to his sub-.500 record as a head coach. Looking back on Hamilton signing the #1 recruiting class in 2003, Sport Illustrated's Luke Winn remarked, "Congrats go out to Leonard Hamilton for pulling off an incredible feat. He managed to parlay a No. 1 recruiting class ... into zero trips to the NCAA tournament." [1]

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Preceded by Darrell Walker	Washington Wizards Head Coach 2000–2001	Succeeded by Doug Collins

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Current men's basketball head coaches of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)

Dino Gaudio (Wake Forest) • Seth Greenberg (Virginia Tech) • Frank Haith (Miami) • Leonard Hamilton (Florida State) • Paul Hewitt (Georgia Tech) • Mike Krzyzewski (Duke) • Dave Leitao (Virginia) • Sidney Lowe (NC State) • Oliver Purnell (Clemson) • Al Skinner (Boston College) • Gary Williams (Maryland) • Roy Williams (North Carolina)

v • d • e Oklahoma State Cowboys Men's Basketball Coaches

Hill • Schrieber • Davis • Griffith • Pritchard • Pixlee • Maulbetsch • Roddy • James • Iba • Aubrey • Strong • Killingsworth • Hansen • Hamilton • E. Sutton • S. Sutton • Ford

v • d • e Miami Hurricanes Head Basketball Coaches

Webb • McCann • Webb • McCann • Morris • Steers • Morris • Wike • Hale • Godfrey • Foster • Hamilton • Clark • Haith

v • d • e Chicago Packers/Zephyrs-Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets-Washington Wizards Head Coaches

Pollard • McMahon • Leonard • Jeannette • Seymour • Farmer • Jeannette • Shue • Jones • Motta • Shue • Loughery • Unseld • Lynam • Staak • Bickerstaff • Brovelli • Heard • Walker • Hamilton • Collins • Jordan