Leonard Hamilton
Leonard Hamilton
Full Name:  James Leonard Hamilton

Awards:  2009 Basketball Times Coach of the Year
         2018 Clarence "Big House" Gaines Coach of the Year
         2021 Ben Jobe Minority Coach of the Year

Legacy Bricks:  Legacy Walk Map Link
   2021 Coach HOF - Loc 100


FSU Career
Coaches & Administrators

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Conference Awards
Basketball
Year  Award
2009  Atlantic Coast Conference - Coach of the Year
2012  Atlantic Coast Conference - Coach of the Year
2020  Atlantic Coast Conference - Coach of the Year


Member of the FSU Hall of Fame
Elected into the FSU Hall of Fame in 2021
Leonard Hamilton isthe Seminoles' all-time winningest coach and the fifth all-time winningest coach in ACC history. He is a five-time National Coach of the Year winner, three-time ACC Coach of the Year honoree and two-time Big East Coach of the Year selection.

Under Hamilton, Florida State won the first ACC Championship in school history in 2012 and finished first in the ACC regular-season for the first time in 2020. He has won at least 20 games in 12 of his 20 years at Florida State and has led FSU into the postseason 16 times. He has a 394-240 record at FSU and 594-450 in 34 seasons as a collegiate head coach.

Hamilton's 2019 team, which advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, set several FSU records including the most wins in a single season with 29. Coupled with an appearance in the 2018 NCAA Elite Eight, the 2019 season marked the second time in school history that the Seminoles advanced to at least the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament in consecutive seasons.

Hamilton's commitment to the academic and personal success of his players is unmatched. Since the start of the 2003 season, 71 of his 73 players (97.3%) who played through their senior year earned their degrees.



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