HOMETOWN: Warrenton, Ga.
EDUCATION: B.S., Augusta State, 2005
COACHING: Video Coordinator, Arizona, 2010-14
Head Coach, Sabino (Ariz.) High, 2017-20
Head Coach, Arizona Compass Prep School, 2020-23
Associate Coach-Player Relations, Kentucky, 2023-24
Assistant Coach, Hampton, 2024-present
Jaamal Rhodes joined Head Coach Tamisha Augustin’s staff in April 2024 after a season as associate coach of player development at Kentucky under Coach Kyra Elzy.
In his first season at Hampton, the Pirates provided a glimpse of the future as the Pirates knocked off another Power Four school en route to a solid opening campaign. On December 1, 2024, Hampton took on SEC member Georgia and came out with a 76-74 overtime win on a Tyra Kennedy floater at the horn. Hampton had first-time wins over CAA opponents Stony Brook, Towson and Northeastern.
Prior to his time at Kentucky, Rhodes spent four years at Arizona under head coach Niya Butts as the team’s video coordinator from 2010-14. A veteran of the high school and club coaching ranks, Rhodes spent nearly 20 years developing and coaching players at the highest level in Arizona. He served as the national girl’s head coach of the Arizona Compass Prep School. After starting the program in August 2020, the team posted a three-year record of 66-29 against a nationwide schedule. In his three seasons, 17 of 20 seniors in the program went on to play collegiate basketball including nine Division I Players.
Rhodes continued to build winning programs in the state of Arizona. Taking a program at Sabino High in Tucson, Ariz. that had posted an 18-28 record in the two seasons prior to his arrival, Rhodes immediately turned the program around. The Sabercats were 43-15 in his first two seasons as head coach. The 2019-20 team won the Class 3A State Championship and he coached three future Division I players and a Top 50 ESPN HoopGurlz player.
At the same time, Rhodes served as a skills development trainer at Grind2Go Skill Development where he was responsible for skills development of male and female youth, collegiate and professional players. Rhodes also worked as the coach/director of the Arizona Supreme Hoops where he developed numerous Division I women’s basketball players.
Rhodes began his coaching career in 2006 at Warren County, Ga. where he taught social studies and math while coaching basketball at various levels. In addition, Rhodes aided in the development of a top 25 point guard, Candice Warthen.
Rhodes played at Augusta State where he was a member of the 2001 Peach Belt Conference championship squad. He earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Augusta State in 2005 after attending Coastal Georgia Community College.
Rhodes and his wife, Erica, have three daughters: Kam’Ren, JaiDen, and Kynedy.
