Roy Lee Hamilton (born July 20, 1957) is an American former professional
basketball player who played in the
National Basketball Association (NBA) who is currently a coordinating producer for
Fox Sports Net. He played
college basketball at the
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 1975 to 1979. He was drafted in the first round as the 10th overall pick in the
1979 NBA draft by the
Detroit Pistons. He played one season with the Pistons and another with the
Portland Trail Blazers.
He briefly played in the
Continental Basketball Association
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before pursuing another dream of working on
sports television
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. He thought the odds of his return to the NBA were slim after having already been cut, and did not want to become "bitter and disappointed".
Hamilton became a television commentator for
UCLA in the 1982–83 season. He started in an entry-level broadcast position for
CBS Sports in New York and later became one of CBS's top
National Football League (NFL) producers. When the network lost their NFL contract to
Fox
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in 1993, he joined Fox along with some other CBS personnel. As of 2001, Hamilton was one of the highest-ranking
African Americans
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working on sports television production as
Fox Sports Net's coordinating producer of
college football
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Unlike most ...
and regional NBA coverage. He also oversaw Fox's Sunday coverage of
Atlantic Coast Conference basketball.
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References
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1957 births
Living people
All-American college men's basketball players
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Los Angeles
Detroit Pistons draft picks
Detroit Pistons players
Point guards
Portland Trail Blazers players
UCLA Bruins men's basketball players
Verbum Dei High School alumni