Luke Loucks played college basketball for the Florida State Seminoles between 2008 and 2012 before playing professionally in Latvia, Cyprus, Belgium, Germany, and the NBA Development League.
24 Facts About Luke Loucks
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Luke Loucks served as a player development coach with the Warriors between 2017 and 2021.
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Luke Loucks joined the Sacramento Kings as an assistant in 2022 and served in the role until 2025 when he returned to his alma mater, joining the Seminoles as head coach.
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Luke Loucks attended Clearwater High School in Clearwater, Florida, where he was a four-year member of the varsity basketball team and team captain as a sophomore, junior and senior.
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On November 14,2007, Luke Loucks signed a National Letter of Intent to play college basketball for Florida State University.
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Luke Loucks chose Florida State over Georgia Tech, St Joseph's, Pittsburgh, Wake Forest, Tennessee, South Florida and UCF.
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Luke Loucks ranked third among all freshmen in the ACC with 2.1 assists per game, averaged 16.9 minutes, played a total of 593 minutes and finished fifth on the team with 16 three-point field goals made.
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Luke Loucks averaged a career-high 19.8 minutes per game as he played both guard positions while concentrating mostly on point guard.
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Luke Loucks played in all 34 games for the Seminoles and earned his fourth career start against the Florida Gators.
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Luke Loucks was one of only three players on the team who started all 35 games and ranked third on the team with a career-high 27.0 minutes per game average.
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Luke Loucks subsequently earned first-team ACC All-Tournament honors in leading Florida State to its first ever ACC championship with averages of 11.0 points, 7.3 assists and 5.7 rebounds per game.
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Luke Loucks became one of only three players in school history to earn first-team ACC All-Tournament honors and one of only six players in school history to earn ACC All-Tournament honors.
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Luke Loucks finished his four-year college career with 136 career games played with averages of 4.4 points, 2.9 assists and 2.2 rebounds in 19.6 minutes per game.
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Luke Loucks was named the Seminoles' outstanding student-athlete at the team award banquets in 2010 and 2012, earned the Otto Petty Most Assists Award and shared the Tip of the Spear Award with his senior teammates at the team banquet in 2012, named to the ACC All-Academic team in 2010,2011 and 2012, and finally, named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll in 2009,2010 and 2011.
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On June 18,2012, Luke Loucks signed a one-year deal with VEF Riga of the Latvian Basketball League.
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Luke Loucks went on to average 10.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 6.4 assists in 11 games for Apollon.
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On May 28,2013, Luke Loucks signed a one-year deal with Kangoeroes Willebroek of the Ethias League.
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On November 1,2014, Luke Loucks was selected by the Maine Red Claws in the fourth round of the 2014 NBA Development League Draft.
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Luke Loucks played most of the season with a ruptured disc in his back.
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Luke Loucks then returned to the United States, where he recovered in Tallahassee.
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Luke Loucks was promoted to a player development coach with the full NBA squad in 2019, going on to serve in that role for two seasons.
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In 2020, Luke Loucks was hired as an assistant coach and player development coach for the Nigerian national team.
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Luke Loucks served on the Olympic staff in July and August 2021.
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On March 9,2025, Luke Loucks was appointed head coach of the Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team, returning to his alma mater.