Leonard Hamilton, head coach of the FSU Men’s Basketball team, will be the special guest for Chipola’s Endless Summer Dinner/Dance, Aug. 21 at the Marianna National Guard Armory.
The Villagers, a popular Chipola band from the 1960’s will provide the perfect musical backdrop for the occasion. A professional DJ will spin dance tunes for the remainder of the evening.
Hamilton led the Seminoles to a 22-10 record in 2010 and a berth in the NCAA Tournament. He was named the National Coach of the Year by Basketball Times and the ACC Coach of the Year by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association in 2009. He guided the Seminoles to a 25-10 mark in 2009 with a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament and the first ACC Championship game appearance in school history.
As he continues to build his program into one of the nation’s best, he attracts the top talent and helps those players reach their goals of not only playing at the next level, but of excelling academically, with a 100 percent graduation rate.
With 20 or more wins in three of the last four seasons, Hamilton has 131 victories during his tenure at FSU. In earning ACC Coach of the Year honors in 2009, Hamilton became the first coach to be named the coach of the year in both the ACC and the Big East. He recently inked a new five-year contract which will take him through the 2013-14 season.
Hamilton has guided five of his first seven Seminole teams into postseason play as he continues to return Florida State to a program of significance both nationally and in the ACC. Hamilton was the Washington Wizards’ head coach in 2001 and the head coach at the University of Miami from 1991-2000 when he became the seventh head coach in Florida State men’s basketball history.
Tickets for Endless Summer are $25 per person. A social hour begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner and dancing. Tables of eight are available for $200. Barbecue chef Bobby Sims will prepare his famous, mouth-watering, pulled pork for the dinner.
For ticket information, call Lillie Hamil at 850-718-2375.
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