Leonard Hamilton

Alma Mater: 
Class of: 
Hometown: 
Gastonia, NC
  • Named national coach of the year by UPI in 1995
  • Compiled a 19-63 record (.232) as head coach of the NBA's Washington Wizards for one season in 2000-01
  • Assistant coach at Austin Peay under Lake Kelly for three seasons from 1971-72 through 1973-74, and at Kentucky under Joe B. Hall and Eddie Sutton for 12 seasons from 1974-75 through 1985-86
  • College career playing statistics under Floyd Burdette (11.4 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 43 FG%, 63.9 FT%)
  • Final Top 20 Rankings (four: AP/USA)--1999 (10/T12), 2000 (23/20), 2009 (16/22) and 2011 (NR/19)
  • All-Americans (three): Miami's Tim James (1999) and Florida State's Toney Douglas (2009) and Al Thornton (2007).
Record: 

Season

School

Overall

League

Finish

Conference (Division)

Postseason (Record)

1986-87

Oklahoma State

8-20

4-10

7th

Big Eight

DNP

1987-88

Oklahoma State

14-16

4-10

T-6th

Big Eight

DNP

1988-89

Oklahoma State

17-13

7-7

T-4th

Big Eight

NIT (1-1)

1989-90

Oklahoma State

17-14

6-8

5th

Big Eight

NIT (1-1)

1990-91

Miami (fl)

9-19

DNP

1991-92

Miami (fl)

8-24

1-17

10th

Big East

DNP

1992-93

Miami (fl)

10-17

7-11

9th

Big East

DNP

1993-94

Miami (fl)

7-20

0-18

10th

Big East

DNP

1994-95

Miami (fl)

15-13

9-9

5th

Big East

NIT (0-1)

1995-96

Miami (fl)

15-13

8-10

4th

Big East 7

DNP

1996-97

Miami (fl)

16-13

9-9

T-4th

Big East 7

NIT (0-1)

1997-98

Miami (fl)

18-10

11-7

2nd

Big East 7

NCAA (0-1)

1998-99

Miami (fl)

23-7

15-3

2nd

Big East

NCAA (1-1)

1999-00

Miami (fl)

23-11

13-3

T-1st

Big East

NCAA (2-1)

2002-03

Florida State

14-15

4-12

9th

ACC

DNP

2003-04

Florida State

19-14

6-10

T-7th

ACC

NIT (1-1)

2004-05

Florida State

12-19

4-12

T-10th

ACC

DNP

2005-06

Florida State

20-10

9-7

5th

ACC

NIT (1-1)

2006-07

Florida State

22-13

7-9

T-8th

ACC

NIT (2-1)

2007-08

Florida State

19-15

7-9

T-7th

ACC

NIT (0-1)

2008-09

Florida State

25-10

10-6

4th

ACC

NCAA (0-1)

2009-10

Florida State

22-10

10-6

T-3rd

ACC

NCAA (0-1)

2010-11

Florida State

23-11

11-5

3rd

ACC

NCAA

2011-12

Florida State