 Hamilton in 2013 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Florida State |
| Conference | ACC |
| Record | 443–281 (.612) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | August 4, 1948 Gastonia, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1966–1968 | Gaston CC |
| 1969–1971 | UT Martin |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1971–1974 | Austin Peay (assistant) |
| 1974–1986 | Kentucky (assistant) |
| 1986–1990 | Oklahoma State |
| 1990–2000 | Miami (FL) |
| 2000–2001 | Washington Wizards |
| 2002–present | Florida State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 643–491 (.567) (college) 19–63 (.232) (NBA) |
| Tournaments | 14–11 (NCAA) 10–11 (NIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Big East regular season (2000) ACC tournament (2012) ACC regular season (2020) | |
| Awards | |
| UPI National Coach of the Year (1995) 2× Big East Coach of the Year (1995, 1999) 3× ACC Coach of the Year (2009, 2012, 2020) Ben Jobe Award (2021) | |
James 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 33 years as a collegiate head coach, his teams have qualified for 12 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments and 11 National Invitation Tournaments, highlighted by appearances in the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight (2018) and Sweet 16 (2011, 2019, 2021) with Florida State, as well as a Sweet 16 appearance with Miami (2000). Other career benchmarks include the Big East Conference regular season championship in 2000, the ACC tournament title in 2012 and the ACC regular season championship in 2020. While with the Wizards in 2000–01, they posted a 19–63 record.