Former Sandpoint High girls basketball coach Hamilton dies

SANDPOINT - Former Sandpoint High girls basketball coach Bob Hamilton, who coached against Coeur d'Alene in one of the most memorable Idaho state championship basketball games of all time, died last week at age 80.

Hamilton coached the Bulldogs from 1975-85, including state runner-up finishes in 1982, '83 and '84. In the 1984 state A-1 title game, Sandpoint lost to Coeur d'Alene in overtime before an overflow crowd at Coeur d'Alene High, a game that put high school girls basketball on the map in Idaho.

While at Sandpoint High, Hamilton was advisor for the school paper, and was the resident historian for all things Bulldog athletics.