Bush Hamdan
{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1986)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Bush Hamdan
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| current_title = Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach
| current_team = Kentucky
| current_conference = SEC
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|2|10}}
| birth_place = Kuwait City, Kuwait
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| player_years1 = 2004–2008
| player_team1 = Boise State
| player_positions = Quarterback
| coach_years1 = 2009
| coach_team1 = Colorado (SA)
| coach_years2 = 2010
| coach_team2 = Maryland (OQC)
| coach_years3 = 2011
| coach_team3 = Sacramento State (TE)
| coach_years4 = 2012
| coach_team4 = Florida (WR)
| coach_years5 = 2013
| coach_team5 = Arkansas State (co-OC/QB)
| coach_years6 = 2014
| coach_team6 = Davidson (OC/QB)
| coach_years7 = 2015
| coach_team7 = Washington (OQC)
| coach_years8 = 2016
| coach_team8 = Washington (WR/PGC)
| coach_years9 = 2017
| coach_team9 = Atlanta Falcons (QB)
| coach_years10 = 2018–2019
| coach_team10 = Washington (OC/QB)
| coach_years11 = 2020–2021
| coach_team11 = Missouri (WR/QB)
| coach_years12 = 2022
| coach_team12 = Missouri (QB)
| coach_years13 = 2023
| coach_team13 = Boise State (OC/QB)
| coach_years14 = 2024–present
| coach_team14 = Kentucky (OC/QB)
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Bush Hamdan (born February 10, 1986) is an American football coach. He is the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the University of Kentucky, positions he has held since 2024.
Playing career
Hamdan was a quarterback at Boise State from 2004 to 2008.{{cite web |title=Statue Left: A Mizzou assistant's connection to history |url=https://missouri.rivals.com/news/statue-left-a-mizzou-assistant-s-connection-to-history |website=PowerMizzou |date=7 April 2020 |accessdate=11 October 2020}} 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.{{cite web |title=Hamdan Named Arkansas State Assistant Football Coach |url=https://www.sportinglifearkansas.com/bush-hamdan-named-arkansas-state-assistant-football-coach/ |website=Sporting Live Arkansas |date=January 2013 |accessdate=11 October 2020}} 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.{{cite web |title=For Washington's Bush Hamdan, changes of location but not of preparation |url=https://theathletic.com/243125/2018/02/19/bush-hamdan-washington-huskies-football-offensive-coordinator/?redirected=1 |website=The Athletic |accessdate=11 October 2020}}
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.{{cite web |title=Report: Huskies hire former Boise State QB Bush Hamdan as quality control coach |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-football/report-huskies-hire-former-boise-state-qb-bush-hamdan-as-quality-control-coach/ |website=The Seattle Times |date=28 February 2015 |accessdate=11 October 2020}} 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.{{cite web |title=Atlanta Falcons officially announce hire of Bush Hamdan as QBs coach |url=https://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/college/university-of-washington/huskies-insider-blog/article133336899.html |website=The News Tribune |accessdate=11 October 2020}}{{cite web |title=Former Boise State quarterback named offensive coordinator at Washington |url=https://www.idahostatesman.com/sports/college/mountain-west/boise-state-university/boise-state-football/article187866294.html |website=Idaho Statesman |accessdate=11 October 2020}} He was fired on December 22, 2019, hours after the team's victory in the Las Vegas Bowl.{{cite magazine |title=No Beating Around the Bush: Hamdan, Paopao Out at UW |url=https://www.si.com/college/washington/football/lake-fires-hamdan-paopao-from-uw-coaching-staff |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=22 December 2019 |accessdate=11 October 2020}}
Hamdan was named to Eliah Drinkwitz's coaching staff at Missouri in 2020.{{cite web |title=Mizzou hires former Washington coordinator Bush Hamdan as offensive assistant |url=https://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/mizzou-hires-former-washington-coordinator-bush-hamdan-as-offensive-assistant/article_16d6de84-f88b-5f14-9f67-12fbf97a5d39.html |website=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=2 January 2020 |accessdate=11 October 2020}}
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. {{cite web |title=Bush Hamdan Named Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach |url=https://ukathletics.com/news/2024/02/14/bush-hamdan-named-offensive-coordinator-quarterbacks-coach/ |publisher=Kentucky Wildcats |access-date=15 February 2024}}
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.{{cite web |title=For UW assistant coach Bush Hamdan, Seattle's been a happy reunion personally and professionally |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-football/for-uw-assistant-coach-bush-hamdan-seattles-been-a-happy-reunion-personally-and-professionally/ |website=The Seattle Times |date=8 September 2016 |accessdate=11 October 2020}} Hamdan's brother Gibran was a seventh round draft selection in the 2003 NFL draft and was a journeyman quarterback throughout his career.{{cite web |title=Low on QB depth chart, Hamdan has swagger, international flair |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/football/article/Low-on-QB-depth-chart-Hamdan-has-swagger-1210977.php |website=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date=7 August 2006 |accessdate=11 October 2020}}
References
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External links
- [https://mutigers.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/bush-hamdan/1674 Missouri Tigers bio]
{{Southeastern Conference offensive coordinators}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Kuwait City
Category:Players of American football from Gaithersburg, Maryland
Category:American football quarterbacks
Category:Boise State Broncos football players
Category:Colorado Buffaloes football coaches
Category:Maryland Terrapins football coaches
Category:Sacramento State Hornets football coaches
Category:Florida Gators football coaches
Category:Arkansas State Red Wolves football coaches
Category:Davidson Wildcats football coaches
Category:Washington Huskies football coaches