Seraphine Hamilton '06 was appointed the head coach of the William Smith golf program in May 2024. The former two-sport star for the Herons will also direct the William Smith basketball team.
Over the past seven years, Hamilton has served as an educator and coach at the high school level. She was an English teacher, head varsity soccer coach and assistant varsity basketball coach at Newark Academy before accepting a new position at Princeton Day School where she spent five years as an upper school English teacher, the assistant varsity soccer coach, and the head varsity basketball coach. Hamilton also worked on the Admissions Committee and was the Dean of the Class of 2024.
As a student at William Smith, Hamilton played basketball and soccer. In her time as a Heron, Hamilton led the basketball team to a 64-42 record, including back-to-back 20-win seasons, two Liberty League Championships and three postseason appearances, including a pair of NCAA tournament bids. On the pitch, she was a two-time NSCAA All-American defender, leading the Herons to a pair of NCAA soccer tournament appearances.
A 2022
Heron Hall of Honor inductee, Hamilton excelled in her athletic and academic pursuits. She earned the 2004 Hazel Nettleship Hardy '65 Award, the 2005 Susan Bassett Award, and the 2006 Marion Harrison Greene '20 Award.
After earning a bachelor's degree in Africana studies and English in 2006, Hamilton obtained a master's degree in African studies from Yale University. She returned to William Smith as an assistant basketball coach from 2015-17. In 2016, Hamilton and the rest of the Heron coaches were voted the Liberty League Co-Coaching Staff of the Year after guiding William Smith to a 17-9 record and the No. 2 seed in the Liberty League Tournament.
