Maco Hamilton

Maco "Shark" Hamilton, enters his 11th season as the head men's basketball coach for George Fox in 2022-23. Hamilton took charge of the George Fox program prior to the 2013-14 season after building Union HS in Camas, Wash., into the powerhouse program it still is today.

Hamilton and his staff have helped the Bruins climb the Northwest Conference standings through the COVID year and through the 2021-22 season, jumping from the bottom of the conference into sixth in 2021-22. Zac Schmerber was named All-NWC Honorable mention and the Bruins finished 6-10 in conference. Despite the losing record on paper, Fox was always competitive and many of their losses were decided by five points or less.

Hamilton has strong basketball connections in Oregon and Washington. He played at Fort Vancouver High School, Mt. Hood Community College (1998-99) and Eastern Oregon University (1999-01). He has assisted at Mountain View High School in Vancouver (2001-03; 04-06), the University of Portland (2003-04) and Ridgefield (Wash.) High School (2006-07).

A 2001 graduate of Eastern Oregon in business administration management, Hamilton worked as a multicultural youth outreach coordinator and student advocate at Mountain View (2001-06) and as a guidance counselor at Ridgefield (2006-07) and Union (2007-13). He earned his master’s in education from City University in Vancouver in 2006.