A.W. Hamilton

A.W. Hamilton (born October 15, 1980)

Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Eastern Kentucky Colonels
Current conference: ASUN Conference
Eastern Kentucky record: 104-88 (.542)
Overall record: 104-88 (.542)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  0
• CBI Championships:  0  (Runner-up in 2023)
• CBI Appearances:  1  (2023)
• ASUN Regular Season Champion:  1  (2024)
• ASUN Tournament Champion:  0

Awards:

• ASUN Coach of the Year:  1  (2024)
• Ohio Valley Coach of the Year:  1  (2020)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

2018-present	Eastern Kentucky
2017-2018	NC State (asst)

A.W. Hamilton Facts

• Archibald William Hamilton
• Born October 15, 1980
• Hometown: Georgetown, Kentucky
• Alma Mater: Marshall University (BA, 2005)
• After graduating from Scott Country HS (KY), he spent a year at Hargrave Military Academy, where he played for Kevin Keatts
  • Started his college career at Wake Forest, where he played for a year and a half under Dave Odom and Skip Prosser
  • Transferred to Marshall, where he finished his degree and career playing for Greg White and Ron Jirsa
    • Was the Herd’s team captain for three years and was named Team MVP as a senior
• Started his coaching career in 2006 when Keatts hired him as an assistant at Hargrave
• In 2011, Keatts left Hargrave to work at Louisville and Hamilton was chosen to take over as head coach; led the program for six years
  • Tenure was highlighted by a two-year run 2015-17 in which his team went 90-3 overall and won the 2016 National Prep Championship
  • Was named the National Coach of the Year twice (2012, 2016)
• Joined the NC State staff in 2017 when Keatts was hired as the Wolfpack head coach
• Hired in March 2018 to be the head coach at Eastern Kentucky, marking a return to his home state
  • After winning 29 games in his first two years, Hamilton’s contract was extended through the 2023-24 season
  • In 2021, the school made the move from the Ohio Valley to the ASUN Conference
  • Hamilton led the Colonels to their first-ever ASUN title in 2024, which was also the program’s first league title of any kind since 1979
• Along with his wife, Chelsea, has two daughters

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