Bush Hamdan (born February 10, 1986) is an

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coach. He is the

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and

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s coach for the

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, positions he has held since 2024.

Playing career

Hamdan was a

Boise State Boise State University (BSU) is a public research university in Boise, Idaho, United States. Founded in 1932 by the Episcopal Church, it became an independent junior college in 1934 and has been awarding baccalaureate and master's degrees It ...

from 2004 to 2008. 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

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in 2009 as a student assistant. He also had stints at

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Sacramento State California State University, Sacramento (CSUS, Sacramento State, or informally Sac State) is a public university in Sacramento, California, United States. Founded in 1947 as Sacramento State College, it is part of the California State Universit ...

, and

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before his first coordinator job. He was named the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at

Arkansas State Arkansas State University (A-State or ASU) is a public research university in Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States. It is the flagship campus of the Arkansas State University System and the second-largest university in the state. The university ...

in 2013, reuniting with his offensive coordinator and position coach in college,

Bryan Harsin Bryan Dale Harsin (born November 1, 1976) is an American college football coach. He is the offensive coordinator at California. He was the head coach for the Auburn Tigers from 2021–2022. Prior to coaching at Auburn, he coached the Boise State ...

. He was not one of the assistants brought over to

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

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in 2014. Hamdan joined the coaching staff at

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in 2015 as a quality control coach before being promoted to wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator in 2016. He spent 2017 with the

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as their quarterbacks coach before rejoining the coaching staff at

in 2018 as the Huskies offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach. He was fired on December 22, 2019, hours after the team's victory in the

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. Hamdan was named to

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's coaching staff at

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in 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.

Personal life

Born in

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, Hamdan is of

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descent and his mother was from

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. He and his family lived in Kuwait and were on vacation in

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when Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1991. The Hamdans stayed in the United States and eventually settled in

Gaithersburg, Maryland Gaithersburg ( ) is a city in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. At the time of the 2020 United States census, Gaithersburg had a population of 69,657, making it the third-largest incorporated city and the ninth-most populous communit ...

. Hamdan's brother

Gibran Gibran Khalil Gibran (January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931), usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran, was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist; he was also considered a philosopher, although he himself rejected the title. ...

was a seventh round draft selection in the

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and was a

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throughout his career.

References

External links

Missouri Tigers bio
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