Florida State has announced the hiring of Luke Loucks as the basketball team's eighth head coach in program history, succeeding the legendary Leonard Hamilton. He had been the favorite to take over since it was announced that Coach Hamilton would be resigning at the conclusion of the season, and the two sides worked quickly to get the deal done.

Florida State formally announced the hiring of former Seminoles guard Luke Loucks as its men’s basketball coach Sunday afternoon. Loucks will be introduced Monday morning on campus. He replaces the man for whom he played at FSU,

Sacramento Kings assistant coach Luke Loucks is returning to Florida State to take over as the coach of the Seminoles. Florida State announced the hire on Sunday. The 34-year-old Loucks is replacing Leonard Hamilton,