Three years ago, Florida State athletic director Michael Alford walked with head coach Leonard Hamilton to his post-game press conference before Hamilton stopped in his tracks and pointed at a former player back for a visit.
“That’s a great coach,” Hamilton told Alford, “keep your eye on him.”
Alford obliged.
It almost seems too poetic to be true, then that Luke Loucks, the aforementioned coach to watch, will be the one to take the reins following the Florida State legend.
Hamilton and Loucks’ connections stem back almost 20 years, when Loucks committed to Florida State as an underrecruited guard out of Clearwater, Florida.