Sam Hunt became an assistant men’s basketball coach at North Carolina A&T on August 1, 2020. Hunt will serve as the third assistant alongside Ahmad Dorsett and Phillip Shumpert.
Included in Hunt's role as an assistant coach, he will also be the director of skill development. He will be responsible for players improving their skill set. His area for recruiting will be North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida.
"Sam is one of the best up-and-coming young coaches in the nation," said Jones. "We are lucky to have him join our staff. His skills on the floor along with his unbelievable personality will allow him to tap into our players and the recruiting trail."
Before coming back to A&T, Hunt spent the last two years as a graduate assistant at N.C. State. After a brief stint in China playing professional basketball, Hunt returned to N.C. State to train when he was offered the position on the Wolfpack coaching staff.
Hunt was a standout prep star at Dudley High School, which is a mile from N.C. A&T's campus. Hunt attended Jacksonville University out of high school before transferring to N.C. A&T for his sophomore and junior seasons starting in 2015. He finished his collegiate career at N.C. State.
In his two seasons as an Aggie, he compiled 853 points and led the Aggies in scoring both seasons. He is one of the best free throw shooters in school history, making 91.7 percent (187-for-204) of his free throws during his time in Greensboro.
During the 2015-16 season, he was fourth in the nation in free throw shooting (90.4 percent). He made 140 3-pointers as an Aggie making 34.7 percent of his attempts.
He finished his collegiate career with 1,157 points.
