- Rodney Hamilton
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Name = Rodney Hamilton
Sport =Basketball
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College =Southeast Missouri State
Title = Assistant Coach
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Years = 1994-1998
Team =Georgia State University
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CoachYears = 2001-2005
2005-2007
2007–present
CoachTeams =Westside HS Crichton College Southeast Missouri State
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BBallHOF =Rodney Hamilton is currently the assistant men's basketball coach at
Southeast Missouri State .Playing Career
College
Hamilton played collegiately at
Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia where he lettered all four seasons he played. Hamilton is the Panthers' all-time leader in scoring, assists and steals. He was a two-time All-Atlantic Sun Conference selection, earning first team and ASC All-Tournament honors in 1998. He was named second team All-ASC in 1997 and garnered Academic All-ASC both years. Hamilton is the only player in school history to start more than 100 games and was the first GSU player to have his jersey number retired.Over his standout career, he scored 1,515 points, dished out 535 assists and grabbed 212 steals, all GSU records. He is also the most accurate free throw shooter in school history at 83.8 percent. He is the only Panthers basketball player to have his number retired. Also, Hamilton was honored by the CAA (Colonial Athletic Association) on January 30th, 2007 as a CAA Legend. This is an honor that the conference hands out once per season to a men's basketball player that exemplifies the CAA.
Professional
After his collegiate career, Hamilton played professionally for three seasons in Sweden, Switzerland and Hungary.
Coaching Career
Westside High School
He became the head coach at Westside High School in Memphis in 2001. He remained the head coach at Westside until 2005 when he left to become the associate head coach at Crichton College.
Crichton College
After coaching Westside High School (Memphis, TN) for four years, Hamilton came to
Crichton College in 2005. The 2006-07 Crichton team advanced to the NAIA Elite Eight after winning theTranSouth Conference regular season and tournament championships. At Crichton, Hamilton was also the inaugural coach of the women's cross country team that began competing in the 2006-07 season.outheast Missouri State
Hamilton has been the assistant men's basketball coach at
Southeast Missouri State since 2007. Hamilton's primary duties as an assistant coach include serving as the team's recruiting coordinator.External links
* [http://gosoutheast.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/hamilton_rodney00.html Official Southeast Missouri State Bio]
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