Hamlet Tibbs is the associate head coach for the University at Buffalo men's basketball program in Buffalo, New York. He joined the Bulls' staff in April 2023, arriving after the 2022-23 season as an assistant coach at Notre Dame under Mike Brey.
Before coming to Buffalo, Tibbs spent seven seasons as an assistant coach at Vermont, where the Catamounts compiled a 166-61 overall record and went 92-18 in America East play. Vermont won four regular-season conference titles and three league tournament championships during his tenure. The program's most notable seasons included a 2019-20 team that captured a record eighth America East title and ranked among the national leaders in scoring defense and field-goal percentage defense, as well as a 2016-17 squad that set school and conference records with 29 wins and a 16-0 league mark. Across his time at Vermont, Tibbs coached four America East Players of the Year, one Rookie of the Year, two Defensive Players of the Year, and 20 all-conference selections.
