Though he is now a dozen games into his 18th season as the head coach of the FSU basketball team, there are plenty of people in South Florida who associate Leonard Hamilton as one of them. Mostly that’s because before he was leading the Noles, Hamilton spent nearly a decade leading the Miami Hurricanes to basketball relevance.
Since then, he has essentially rebuilt the Seminoles into a team that has been among the best in the ACC over the last decade – including two appearances in the conference title game over the last seven seasons, winning one crown – and two straight appearances in the second weekend of the NCAA tournament.