- Annual: $2,250,000.00
- Monthly: $187,500.00
- Weekly: $43,269.23
- Daily: $8,653.85
Personal information Leonard Hamilton
James Leonard Hamilton 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 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.
This summary is provided by Wikipedia- UsaToday Mar 2022: $2.25 million per year
- ESPN Mar 2021 Florida State men's basketball coach Leonard Hamilton agreed to a five-year extension through the 2024-2025 season that will pay him $2.25 million annually plus bonuses
- 247Sports.com Nov 2020: Florida State men's basketball head coach Leonard Hamilton's contract expired back on April 30th of this year. As of July, via a report by the Tallahassee Democrat, a new contract had not been agreed upon yet due to the complexity of the coronavirus situation and the impact it has had on the FSU athletic department. At that time, FSU and Hamilton had agreed to a short extension through the end of July. Also, another short extension was potentially going to happen when that month came to an end. It is our understanding, that he is currently working under such an extension. No other details were provided.
Hamilton made $2.25 million base salary per season, which ranks outside the Top 50 nationally for basketball coaches.
- USAToday 2019: $2.25 million
- ESPN.com Feb 2016: Hamilton is making $2.25 million this and next season
- Orlandosentinel July 2013: base salary $205,000 plus bonuses - $700,000 during the 2013-14 and 2014-15 academic years and $800,000 during the final two years of the new deal.
- ESPN August 2009: Florida State has signed men's basketball coach Leonard Hamilton to a five-year contract that will pay him $1.5 million a year with potential bonuses of another half million dollars. The contract includes a $100,000 bonus for reaching the Final Four with another $75,000 for a national championship. There is also a $50,000 bonus for winning the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season, another $50,0000 for the ACC title, $50,000 for reaching the NCAA tournament and for being named national coach of the year. Hamilton's base salary of $205,000 will be paid by the university, the remainder of the money comes from the school's athletic boosters.
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