Florida State Seminoles basketball coach

The men's basketball team of Florida State University (FSU) is known as the Florida State Seminoles, and they play in both the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and NCAA DI. Over the course of the program's 77 seasons, the Seminoles have won four conference tournament titles, including two ACC titles, and five regular season conference titles.

The Florida State Seminoles have participated in 18 NCAA tournaments, making it to the Sweet 16 seven times, the Elite Eight three times, and the Final Four once in 1972, where they advanced to the championship game and took second place. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida State Legislature "declared" Florida State the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Champions, despite the fact that the team finished fourth in the AP Poll and fifth in the Coaches Poll. This occurred following the 2020 NCAA Tournament's cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic and has no merit with the NCAA.

Florida State Men’s Basketball Head Coach 2024

Basketball coach Leonard Hamilton was born on August 4, 1948, and he is Florida State University's head coach of men's basketball. He formerly held the position of head coach for the Washington Wizards of the NBA, the University of Miami, and Oklahoma State University.

During his 35-year tenure as a college head coach, his teams have advanced to 12 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments and 11 National Invitation Tournaments. Notable performances by his teams include appearances in the Elite Eight (2018) and Sweet 16 (2011, 2019, 2021) with Florida State, as well as a Sweet 16 with Miami (2000).

Leonard Hamilton’s Physical Attributes

Leonard Hamilton’s Age

As of November 2024, Leonard Hamilton is 76 years old. He was born in Gastonia, North Carolina, on April 4, 1978. The University of Tennessee at Martin was Hamilton's college basketball home. Hamilton belongs to the fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi. Before UT Martin, he attended Gaston College from 1966 to 1968; he played there too.

Florida State Basketball Head Coach, year-by-year

The head coaches of Florida State basketball are as follows, year by year:

Florida State Men’s Basketball Coaching Staff 2024

The Florida State Seminoles basketball team's coaching staff as of 2024 is listed below:

Associate Head Coach

One of the best in-game strategists, Stan Jones has been Florida State's associate head coach for over two decades. He is currently in his 28th season as a collegiate assistant coach and his 27th with Seminole head coach Leonard Hamilton.

Over the course of 29 seasons since 1996, Jones has collaborated with Hamilton at three different institutions: Florida State University, the University of Miami, and the NBA's Washington Wizards.

The first person Hamilton hired after taking the helm at Florida State as head coach in March 2002 was Jones, the assistant coach with the longest tenure in the Atlantic Coast Conference. He was also inducted into the College Basketball Assistant Coach Hall of Fame in 2019.

Assistant Coaches

Having served as an assistant coach at Florida State for five seasons, Steve Smith has established himself as one of the best recruiters and in-game strategists in college basketball. On August 7, 2019, he was added to the staff of head coach Leonard Hamilton.

Smith has led Florida State to the 2020 ACC Championship, the Sweet 16 of the 2021 NCAA Tournament, the 2021 ACC Tournament championship game, and the top-10 in the national rankings.

In his first year as an assistant coach at Florida State, Kevin Nickelberry is a seasoned educator with over three decades of experience in the ACC, SEC, and Big East. He has almost 200 career victories and has made appearances in the NCAA and CBI Tournaments.

Florida State Men's Basketball Support Staff 2024

The Florida State Seminoles basketball team's support staff is listed below as of 2024: