Bush Hamdan, left, with former UK assistant coach Bill Glaser, center, and former UK quarterback Paul Karem at the Louisville Quarterback Club. (Larry Vaught Photo)
Bush Hamdan has 15 years of collegiate and NFL coaching experience combined, including his most recent stint as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Boise State.
The new UK offensive coordinator previously coached in the Southeastern Conference at Florida and Missouri. He understands the value/need of depth to compete in the SEC.
“Our starters can really get out there and play with anybody,” Hamdan said. “The critical thing for us is to continue to build that depth. That is such a big part for us and the ability to stay healthy.”
Kentucky’s 2024 schedule has been ranked as the nation’s fourth most difficult schedule and Hamdan said the SEC is about one game at a time and not looking ahead.
“Kentucky is fourth in the SEC in wins over the last 10 years,” Hamdan said. “This is a program built to get in a fight one week at a time. Staying healthy is really important everywhere but it is really important for us because our starters are really good and keeping them healthy is a huge key for us.
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Gonna be a interesting year. Go Cats!
Bush is a sincere dude and that’s what I like about him. His style is like no other. I think he’s an upgrade from what we’ve had. Coen was overrated to me and I think Bush is underrated. His style fits a great college team. Some NFL concepts sprinkled in, but if you want to win and your offense doesn’t really mesh with SEC defenses you better have some style to your offense and I think he brings this to the table. If you remember our team last year was terrible at the fundamentals. A ton of dropped passes illegal formations it was just sloppy and Bush will come in and bring them back to the basics and then go from there. Plus he won’t be a one and done. He will stay at least 2 or 3 years. It will be good to have him before he becomes a head coach somewhere.
Anyone in the country could lose 4 or 5 games with our schedule. I d take 6,7 or 8 wins – get to a bowl and keep building !
you are right about that Paul. Very difficult schedule