LEONARD HAMILTON Associate Coach
Leonard Hamilton was named the University of Kentucky's first associate basketball coach on Oct. 15, 1980.
Hamilton has been a member of the Wildcat coaching staff for seven years. He came to Kentucky after serving three years as an assistant coach at Austin Peay.
He has always been noted as an outstanding recruiter and as a defensive specialist. Most remarkable in his coaching career is the fact that in nine of his 10 years as a coach on the collegiate level, the team he has been associated with has advanced to postseason play. Only in his first season at Austin Peay has Hamilton not been involved in a postseason tournament.
A native of Gastonia, N.C.,
Hamilton lettered three years in football and two years in basketball in high school. He captained his basketball team for two years at Gastonia Community College, and also served as team captain at Tennessee-Martin, where he graduated in 1970.
The 33 year old Hamilton is married to the former Claudette Hale of McLemoresville, Tenn. They have a son, Lenny, 11.
COACH HALL: "Coach Hamilton continues to expand his duties with the Kentucky staff. He has become a fixture in the Kentucky program, heading up our recruiting and assuming more administrative responsibility."
JOE DEAN Assistant Coach
Enthusiastic, hard-working Joe Dean is beginning his fourth season with the University of Kentucky basketball program.
The Baton Rouge, La., native earned letters in both football and basketball at Baton Rouge High School. From high school, he went to Mississippi State University where he played three seasons against the Wildcats. Dean was a member of the 1976 Academic All-SEC squad.
After earning an undergraduate degree from Mississippi State in 1976, he served one season as a Bulldog graduate assistant coach while earning a master's degree.
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Besides his duties associated with the Wildcat regular basketball season, Dean also serves as director of the annual Wildcat Coaching Clinic and the popular Joe B. Hall Wildcat Basketball Summer Camp.
He is married to the former Ellen Anger of Jackson, Miss. They have a son, Scott, 2.
COACH HALL: "Coach Dean contributes with his youthful enthusiasm and is becoming a promising young coach. He contributes in all phases of the Kentucky program."