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Bush Hamdan
Current position
TitleOffensive coordinator / quarterbacks coach
TeamKentucky
ConferenceSEC
Biographical details
Born (1986-02-10) February 10, 1986 (age 38)
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Playing career
2004–2008Boise State
Position(s)Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2009Colorado (SA)
2010Maryland (OQC)
2011Sacramento State (TE)
2012Florida (WR)
2013Arkansas State (co-OC/QB)
2014Davidson (OC/QB)
2015Washington (OQC)
2016Washington (WR/PGC)
2017Atlanta Falcons (QB)
2018–2019Washington (OC/QB)
2020–2021Missouri (WR/QB)
2022Missouri (QB)
2023Boise State (OC/QB)
2024–presentKentucky (OC/QB)

Bush Hamdan (born February 10, 1986) is an American college football coach who is the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the University of Kentucky, a position he has held since 2024.

Playing career[edit]

Hamdan was a quarterback at Boise State from 2004 to 2008.[1] He graduated from Boise State in 2008 with a degree in communications.

Coaching career[edit]

After his playing career ended, he joined the coaching staff at Colorado in 2009 as a student assistant. He also had stints at Maryland, Sacramento State, and Florida before his first coordinator job.

He was named the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Arkansas State in 2013, reuniting with his offensive coordinator and position coach in college, Bryan Harsin.[2] He was not one of the assistants brought over to Boise State when Harsin was named the head coach of the program in 2014, and instead accepted a position as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Davidson College in 2014.[3]

Hamdan joined the coaching staff at Washington in 2015 as a quality control coach before being promoted to wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator in 2016.[4] He spent 2017 with the Atlanta Falcons as their quarterbacks coach before rejoining the coaching staff at Washington in 2018 as the Huskies offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach.[5][6] He was fired on December 22, 2019, hours after the team's victory in the Las Vegas Bowl.[7]

Hamdan was named to Eliah Drinkwitz's coaching staff at Missouri in 2020.[8]

Hamdan was hired as the OC of his alma mater Boise State's football team in December 2022.

Hamdan was hired as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach of the Kentucky Wildcats football team on February 14, 2024. [9]

Personal life[edit]

Born in Kuwait City, Hamdan is of Palestinian descent and his mother was from Pakistan. He and his family lived in Kuwait and were on vacation in San Diego when Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1991. The Hamdans stayed in the United States and eventually settled in Gaithersburg, Maryland.[10] Hamdan's brother Gibran was a seventh round draft selection in the 2003 NFL Draft and was a journeyman quarterback throughout his career.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Statue Left: A Mizzou assistant's connection to history". PowerMizzou. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Hamdan Named Arkansas State Assistant Football Coach". Sporting Live Arkansas. January 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  3. ^ "For Washington's Bush Hamdan, changes of location but not of preparation". The Athletic. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Report: Huskies hire former Boise State QB Bush Hamdan as quality control coach". The Seattle Times. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Atlanta Falcons officially announce hire of Bush Hamdan as QBs coach". The News Tribune. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Former Boise State quarterback named offensive coordinator at Washington". Idaho Statesman. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  7. ^ "No Beating Around the Bush: Hamdan, Paopao Out at UW". Sports Illustrated. 22 December 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Mizzou hires former Washington coordinator Bush Hamdan as offensive assistant". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Bush Hamdan Named Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach". Kentucky Wildcats. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  10. ^ "For UW assistant coach Bush Hamdan, Seattle's been a happy reunion personally and professionally". The Seattle Times. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Low on QB depth chart, Hamdan has swagger, international flair". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 7 August 2006. Retrieved 11 October 2020.

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