Florida State hires Seminole alum Luke Loucks as new head basketball coach, succeeding Leonard Hamilton
Look Lux returns to Florida state As the new men’s basketball coach for men, 15 years after his career in Talhaasi ended.
Lux, 34, has been an aide in the American Professional League for 11 seasons, and the last five with Sacramento Kings. The employees were for the sake Golden State Warriors“The American Professional League Championships in 2017 and 2018.
Leonard Hamilton, which was announced in February, will succeed this He was stepping down After the 2024-25 season. Seminones 8-12 finished in general and 2-8 in the Administrative Coordination Committee, the fourth season in a row in which the team ended. 500 or less playing at the conference.
Employment was officially announced by Florida on Sunday afternoon. Loucks will be presented in Talhasse on Monday.
“Locke’s exceptional training, deep driving skills, and wide -ranging basketball, make him suitable for leading our program,” school president Richard McColeu He said in a statement.
“As a former Siminol, he understands the values and traditions that define the FSU basketball,” he added. “I am confident that he is under his supervision, Florida will continue to achieve great success and support the legacy of proud basketball.”
Lux played four seasons in Florida’s state of Hilmlton from 2008-12. Seminoles qualified for the NCAA championship in each of those seasons, the first time in the history of the school that men’s basketball team won four consecutive berths NCAA. When Lux finished his career in Talhaasi, the school leader was in all the games that played in 136.
After three seasons as a professional in Latvia, Cyprus and Belgium, Lux played two years in the American Professional League before going to training. With Woriors, he worked in video format and developed. He joined the kings as an assistant in 2022 and became the team’s defensive coordinator in 2024.
Once his career ends, Hamilton Lux asked whether he had thought of training, According to ESPN from Andrea Adelson. After Mike Brown rented him to his employee in Sacramento, Lux told him that it was only a matter of time before he became a main coach.
“With my lack of my experience, there will be question marks,” Tell Lux Adeleson. “But the truth is that I understand the state of Florida, and I understand the dynamics.
In 23 seasons in Florida, Hamilton finished 460-295, eight bids for the NCAA championship, the ACC championship title, and one seasonal conference.
Florida is one of the four men’s basketball programs in ACC to make a training change during the 2024-25 season, and it joins Virginiaand Miami and North Carolina state.
