Rodney Hamilton

Rodney Hamilton (born 1975) is an American former professional basketball player and currently the associate head coach at Austin Peay State University. He played four seasons of college basketball for Georgia State University before playing professionally in Europe for three seasons. His first head coaching gig came following his retirement in 2001 at Westside High School in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. He then became an assistant coach at Crichton College, Southeast Missouri State University, and head coach of the Indiana Tech women's basketball team before joining Tennessee State in 2012.

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 recorded 1,515 points, 535 assists and 212 steals, all GSU records. He is also the most accurate free throw shooter in school history at 83.8%. Hamilton was honored by the CAA on January 30, 2007 as a CAA Legend. The conference hands out the honor once per season to a men's basketball player that exemplifies the CAA.

Professional After his collegiate playing career, Hamilton participated in the Atlanta Hawks' free agent camp in 1998. He went on to play professionally for three seasons in Sweden, Switzerland and Hungary.

Coaching career

Westside High School From 2001 to 2005, Hamilton coached at Westside High School in his hometown of Memphis. The Wildcats played in the 15 AA District (MIAA) Memphis Interscholastic Athletic Association. He coached at Indiana Tech for three seasons and under his tutelage, the team tied for the most wins during the 2011–12 season for only the third time since 2003.

Austin Peay On March 30, 2023, Hamilton was named associate head coach at Austin Peay under head coach Corey Gipson.