Luke Loucks

Luke Isaac Rhoad Loucks (born April 1, 1990) is an American basketball coach and former player who currently serves as head coach of the Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team in the Atlantic Coast Conference. He played college basketball for the Florida State Seminoles between 2008 and 2012 before playing professionally in Latvia, Cyprus, Belgium, Germany, and the NBA Development League. Loucks joined the Golden State Warriors of the NBA in 2016 in a paid internship position. He served as a player development coach with the Warriors between 2017 and 2021. He joined the Sacramento Kings as an assistant in 2022 and served in the role until 2025 when he returned to his alma mater, joining the Seminoles as head coach.

High school career Loucks attended Clearwater High School in Clearwater, Florida, where he was a four-year member of the varsity basketball team and team captain as a sophomore, junior and senior. As a freshman in 2004–05, Clearwater won district and regional championships and was the state tournament runner-up. As a sophomore in 2005–06, he led the Tornadoes to the North Division Conference championship and finished as the district runner-up.

As a junior in 2006–07, Loucks averaged 14.0 points and 6.5 assists in earning all-county first-team honors as he led Clearwater to a 25–5 record.

As a senior in 2007–08, Loucks averaged 13.5 points, 7.0 assists, 4.0 rebounds and 3.0 steals and shot 60 percent from the field as he led Clearwater to a 22–5 record. He earned third-team All-State honors from the editors of the Tampa Tribune, third-team All-State Class 5A honors by the Florida Sports Writers Association, third-team All-State honors by Sun Sports / Fox Sports Net, first-team All-Suncoast honors two times during his career by the St. Petersburg Times, first-team All-Pinellas County honors two times during his career by the St. Petersburg Times and regional player of the year honors by the Florida Athletics Coaches Association. As a senior, he also guided his team to the quarter-finals of the regional tournament and led the Tornadoes to the No. 2 seed and the district championship. In December 2012, he left Rīga after appearing in four Latvian League games and six VTB United League games. On January 2, 2013, he signed with Pizza Express Apollon of Cyprus for the rest of the season. He went on to average 10.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 6.4 assists in 11 games for Apollon.

2013–14 season On May 28, 2013, Loucks signed a one-year deal with Kangoeroes Willebroek of the Ethias League. In 26 games for Kangoeroes in 2013–14, he averaged 10.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game. On December 8, 2014, he was waived by the Red Claws. Three days later, he was acquired by the Erie BayHawks. On January 10, 2015, he was waived by the BayHawks. On February 6, he was reacquired by the Red Claws, but was waived again three days later. In 19 D-League games in 2014–15 (10 for Erie, 9 for Maine), Loucks averaged 3.2 points, 1.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game.

2015–16 season On September 19, 2015, Loucks signed with the Hebeisen White Wings of Germany for the 2015–16 ProA season. Loucks played most of the season with a ruptured disc in his back. In 29 games for Hebeisen, he averaged 9.3 points, 3.1 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.1 steals per game.

In April 2016, Loucks had back surgery in Germany. He then returned to the United States, where he recovered in Tallahassee.

Coaching career In the summer of 2016, Loucks joined the Golden State Warriors organization in a paid internship position. He served as a film and player development intern during the 2016–17 season, and was a member of the Warriors' championship-winning staff in June 2017 when the team won the NBA championship. He was promoted to a player development coach with the full NBA squad in 2019, going on to serve in that role for two seasons.

In 2020, Loucks was hired as an assistant coach and player development coach for the Nigerian national team. He served on the Olympic staff in July and August 2021.

During the 2021–22 NBA season, Loucks worked in basketball strategy and personnel evaluation for the Phoenix Suns.

On August 12, 2022, Loucks joined the Sacramento Kings as an assistant coach. He became the Kings' defensive coordinator in 2024.

On March 9, 2025, Loucks was appointed head coach of the Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team, returning to his alma mater.

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Personal life Loucks is the son of Mabeth and Lincoln Loucks, and has an older brother, Jacob, who was a member of the basketball team at UCF in 2006–07. His father, a walk-on football player, and two uncles also attended Florida State.

Loucks is married to wife Stevi.