Scotty Hamilton

{{short description|American basketball player and coach}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Scotty Hamilton

| image = Scotty Hamilton 1943 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Hamilton in January 1943

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 190

| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|11|21}}

| birth_place = Grafton, West Virginia, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1976|4|11|1921|11|21}}

| death_place = Marietta, Ohio, U.S.

| high_school = Grafton (Grafton, West Virginia)

| college = West Virginia (1940–1943)

| draft_league = BAA

| draft_year = 1947

| draft_round = —

| draft_pick = —

| draft_team = Baltimore Bullets

| career_start =

| career_end =

| career_number =

| career_position = Point guard

| coach_start = 1947

| coach_end = 1959

| years1 = 1944–1945

| team1 = Wilmington Bombers

| cyears1 = 1947–1949

| cteam1 = Welch HS

| cyears2 = 1950–1952

| cteam2 = Washington and Lee

| cyears3 = 1952–1959

| cteam3 = Broadway HS

| highlights =

• First-team All-American – Helms (1942)
• NIT champion (1942)

| cstats_league1 = College

| cwin1 = 13

| closs1 = 39

}}

Floyd Scott Hamilton (November 21, 1921 – April 11, 1976) was an American basketball player and coach.

A Grafton, West Virginia, native, Hamilton played college basketball for the West Virginia Mountaineers. As a junior in the 1941–42 season, Hamilton led the Mountaineers to the 1942 National Invitation Tournament and was named an All-American by the Helms Athletic Foundation at the end of the season. He was the first WVU basketball player to earn this designation.{{cite news|title=In death Scotty remembers his beloved WVU|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78614619/cumberland-sunday-times/|newspaper=The Cumberland Sunday Times|date=April 11, 1976|page=45|via =Newspapers.com|access-date = May 30, 2021}} {{Open access}}

Following the close of his college career in 1943, Hamilton joined the Navy to fight in World War II and upon his return played for a variety of professional and semi-professional teams{{cite news|title=Hamilton aids Bainbridge Commodores make winning basketball look easy|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78612784/muncie-evening-press/|newspaper=Muncie Evening Press|date=January 23, 1945|page=8|via =Newspapers.com|access-date = May 30, 2021}} {{Open access}} and was drafted by the Baltimore Bullets of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), though he never played for the team. He began coaching in 1947 as the head coach for Welch High School in Welch, West Virginia, and in 1950 made a move to the college ranks as he was named head coach for Washington and Lee.{{cite news|title=Hamilton chosen coach of W&L five|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78610779/the-times-dispatch/|newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=May 16, 1950|page=21|via =Newspapers.com|access-date = May 30, 2021}} {{Open access}} Hamilton coached the Generals for two seasons, compiling a record of 13–39, before resigning in 1952.{{cite news|title=Hamilton quits W&L cage post|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78611251/the-baltimore-sun/|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=March 11, 1952|page=14|via =Newspapers.com|access-date = May 30, 2021}} {{Open access}}

Hamilton spent the majority of his remaining years as a high school coach and administrator. He died on April 11, 1976, at age 54.