Nine years ago, Luke Loucks sat in Leonard Hamilton's office at Florida State when his former coach asked him a question that changed his career trajectory:
"Have you ever considered coaching?"
That query ultimately sent Loucks on a quick rise through the NBA ranks. Now, in what Loucks described to ESPN as a move that was "meant to be," he will succeed Hamilton at Florida State. The 34-year-old Sacramento Kings assistant signed a five-year deal Sunday as the new Seminoles head coach and will be officially introduced Monday in Tallahassee.
"I don't know how to put it into words, but it's like it was meant to be this whole time," Loucks told ESPN in a phone interview.