Leonard Hamilton (born August 4, 1948, in Gaston County, North Carolina) is currently 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. He had lead his teams to 9 NITs and 4 NCAA tournaments. Hamilton has also been to the Sweet 16. While with the Wizards he went 19–63.
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Leonard Hamilton (born August 4, 1948, in Gaston County, North Carolina) is currently 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. He had lead his teams to 9 NITs and 4 NCAA tournaments. Hamilton has also been to the Sweet 16. While with the Wizards he went 19–63.
Hamilton played college basketball at the University of Tennessee-Martin. Leonard Hamilton came to Austin Peay in 1971-72 as a graduate assistant before being elevated to full-time assistant from 1972-74. His reputation as being a “players coach” was forged during his APSU days when he was largely responsible for bringing in the likes of James “Fly” Williams, Danny Odums, Ralph Garner...plus several other stars of that era that propelled Austin Peay basketball to national prominence and helped spark “Peaymania.”
His efforts helped APSU to a 49-31 record during his tenure and...
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