{"id":8096,"date":"2013-09-10T12:43:07","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T16:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?p=8096"},"modified":"2014-01-25T18:09:51","modified_gmt":"2014-01-25T23:09:51","slug":"end-of-an-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?p=8096","title":{"rendered":"End of an Era"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8097\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8097\" style=\"width: 199px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Hamilton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8097 \" alt=\"Eric Hamilton, seen here last season, compiled a 212-144-6 record during his 37 years as head coach of the football team. \" src=\"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Hamilton-199x300.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Hamilton-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Hamilton-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Hamilton.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcnjathletics.com\/news\/2013\/7\/19\/FB_0719130501.aspx?path=fball\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Hamilton, seen here last season, compiled a 212-144-6 record during his 37 years as head coach of the football team.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcnjathletics.com\/news\/2013\/7\/19\/FB_0719130501.aspx?path=fball\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Eric Hamilton \u201975<\/b>, the head coach of the Lions football team for the past 37 years, announced his retirement in July. <\/a><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Hamilton compiled a career record of 212-144-6, all of those wins and losses coming on the Lions\u2019 sideline. During his tenure, the Lions advanced to seven postseason appearances in the ECAC and the NCAA Division III championship tournament. The program enjoyed 22 winning seasons under Hamilton and eight conference championships. The first in school history came in 1980 when his squad compiled an 8-1-1 record. Hamilton\u2019s teams added conference titles in 1983, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1998, and 2007. In October 2010, Hamilton became just the 12th coach in Division III history to capture his 200th victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am extraordinarily grateful to all those who have played for me throughout the years and the loyal and dedicated coaches I was fortunate to have on my staff, along with the alumni who have been the heart and soul of our football family,\u201d Hamilton said. \u201cI am also appreciative of the many colleagues who have supported me and our program during my tenure, and my loving family for being the wind beneath my wings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcnjathletics.com\/news\/2013\/7\/30\/FB_0730133401.aspx?path=fball\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Wayne Dickens<\/b> is serving as interim head coach this season.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime football coach Eric Hamilton \u201975 announces his retirement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":8098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fall-2013","category-on-campus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}