Jeffrey Hamilton

Jeffrey Hamilton begins his first year as Head Men's Basketball Coach for the YellowJackets.  Coach Hamilton joined Graceland last season as assistant and helped with the improvements that have been made.        

Experience

Prior to last season Coach Hamilton was a graduate assistant for two years at Campbellsville University, Hamilton helped the Tigers compete to an overall record of 54-13.  During the 2005-2006 season the Tigers captured it's first ever Mid-South Conference Championship and advanced to the second round of post-season play.  The following year Campbellsville again advanced to the second round of post season play. 

Honors

Last season the Yellowjackets made significant strides on and off the court.  For the first time in several years Graceland competed in conference post season play.  Off the court the men's basketball program graduated all three of its seniors and compiled an impressive spring semester GPA.  In Hamilton's two years at CU, he helped develop two conference POY's, both of which were named second-team All-Americans, as well as four other all-conference members.

Hamilton played four seasons at Florida Atlantic University and was a part of FAU's first ever NCAA tournament berth in 2002.   Coach Hamilton graduated from Humble (TX) High School in 2000; where he was a two-time first team all district member along with two years of honorable mention all state honors.  

Education

Hamilton earned his  bachelor's degree in Exercise Science and Health Promotion from Florida Atlantic University in 2004 and his masters in Psychology/Sociology at Campbellsville University in 2007.  

Personal

Jeffrey and his wife Brittany reside in Lamoni and are the proud parents of Carter Jeffrey Hamilton, born May 29, 2008.