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Assistant Coaches
LEONARD HAMILTON
Associate Coach
Leonard Hamilton was named UK's first associate basketball coach on Oct. 15, 1980.
Hamilton has been a member of the Wildcat coaching staff for eight years. He came to Kentucky
JOE DEAN
Assistant Coach
Enthusiastic, hard-working Joe Dean is in his sixth season with the University of Kentucky basketball program.
The Baton Rouge, La., native earned football and basketball letters at Baton Rouge High and played basketball at Mississippi State, making the 1976 Academic All-SEC squad.
Besides his duties associated with the Wildcat basketball team, 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, 3.
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. In 10 of the 11 years Leonard's been coaching, the team he has been associated with has advanced to postseason play.
A product of Gastonia, N. O, 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 the University of Tennessee at Martin, where he graduated in 1970.
The 34-year-old Hamilton is married to the former Claudette Hale of McLemoresville, Tenn. They have a son, Lenny, 13.
BOB CHAMBERS
Assistant Coach
Bob Chambers, a respected high school coach in Tennessee prep circles for 20 years, is now in his third season with UK.
Prior to the 1979-80 season, Chambers coached nine years at Tennessee High in Bristol, Tenn., where he compiled a shining 228-68 mark and made three trips to the state playoffs.
Of his 20 total years in high school coaching, he spent 13 as a head coach. His overall record is 317-116.
He is married to the former Elva Jean Potter of Elizabethton, Tenn. They have a daughter, Robin Lea, 20 ,a student at UK and 18-year-old Chip.