Bush Hamdan

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

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Playing career

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

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

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]

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References

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