Leonard Hamilton

Basketball – Coaching
Inducted: 2026

  • Gastonia native
  • Winningest basketball coach in Florida State history with a record of 460-296
  • Ranks fifth all-time in victories in the ACC and is one of only four coaches in the league with 200 or more regular-season wins during his 23 seasons at FSU
  • Advanced the Seminoles to the postseason 15 times, including a run of nine straight from 2006-2014
  • Head coach at Oklahoma State, the University of Miami and the Washington Wizards
  • Only person to earn Coach of the Year honors multiple times in both the ACC and Big East
  • Five-time national coach of the year
  • His teams at Oklahoma State, Miami and FSU had a graduation rate of more than 97 percent