The last of the ACC’s old guard, Leonard Hamilton, is resigning after this season. This means, for the first time in over two decades, Florida State needs a new men’s basketball coach.

This is my top candidate if I were to choose the next head coach at Florida State. Siddle has been at UNCW for four seasons, where he has compiled a record of 141-97, winning the Colonial Conference and the CBI Championship in his second season and beating Kentucky at Rupp Arena in 2023-24. In the three years before he took over, they were 31-66.

The fifth-winningest coach in ACC history announced earlier this week that he’s stepping down as FSU’s coach after this season, which will likely be the Seminoles’ fourth consecutive year of