Pep Hamilton Position: Andrew Luck Dir. of Offense / Offensive Coord./QB Experience: Third Season Alma Mater: Howard '97

Coaching Career

Feature Stories: 9/10/11 in Charlotte Observer | 12/27/11 in San Francisco Chronicle |

The 2012 season will mark Pep Hamilton's third season on the Stanford coaching staff and his second as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

Prior to his appointment at Stanford in 2010, Hamilton spent three seasons (2007-09) was the quarterbacks coach of the Chicago Bears, one season (2006) as an offensive assistant and quarterbacks coach of the San Francisco 49ers and three seasons (2003-05) with the New York Jets, where he served as offensive quality control coach (2003) and offensive assistant/quarterbacks coach (2004-05).

He also spent time on staffs of the Kansas City Chiefs (2000), Washington Redskins (2001) and Baltimore Ravens (2002) before landing his first full-time position with the Jets in 2003.

In his first season as Stanford's offensive coordinator in 2011, the Cardinal scored a school-record 561 points and averaged 43.15 points a game, seventh most in the nation..

Stanford also set a school single-season record for total offense (6,361) and finished eighth nationally in total offense per game (489.3). Its rushing average of 210.6 yards per game ranked 18^th nationally.

The Cardinal also ranked 10^th nationally in first downs per game (25.0) and third nationally in third down conversion percentage (92-175; 52.6).

Hamilton's play calling also contributed to the Cardinal leading the nation in red zone efficiency, as Stanford converted 97 percent (67 of 69) of its scoring opportunities when inside the opponent's 20-yard line.

As quarterback's coach, Hamilton worked closely with quarterback Andrew Luck, who earned Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year honors for a second straight season and was also voted Walter Camp Football Foundation Player of the Year and was the winner of the Maxwell Award, which goes to the nation's top player. With 82 touchdown passes in 38 career games, Luck broke John Elway's career record for touchdown passes and also moved to the top of Stanford's career list in total offense, finishing with 10,387..

Stanford's well-balanced attack was keyed by a deep running game that compiled 2,738 yards on the ground, third most in school history. Stepfan Taylor finished the year with 1,330 yards, becoming just the third back in Stanford history to rush for over 1,000 yards in consecutive seasons.

Hamilton's first season on Stanford's coaching staff in 2010 saw the Cardinal win a school-record 12 games, capped off by its Orange Bowl victory over Virginia Tech.

As wide receivers coach, Hamilton presided over one deepest receiving corps in the nation, despite being without the services of talented junior Chris Owusu for most of the season. A total of 17 players caught passes, including 10 who hauled in at least one touchdown pass from Heisman Trophy runner-up quarterback Andrew Luck.

Stanford's wide receivers and tight ends combined to catch a school-record 32 touchdowns in 2010, as Stanford set single-season record for scoring (524), scoring average (40.3) and total offense (6,142).

In addition to his duties with the wide receivers, Hamilton also assisted former head coach Jim Harbaugh in tutoring Stanford's quarterbacks. He was the primary play caller in the team's base passing game and in the red zone, where Stanford finished the season tied for ninth nationally in red zone efficiency at 89 percent (62-70). Behind the passing of Heisman Trophy runner-up Luck, the Cardinal ranked first in the Pac-10 and third nationally in passing efficiency (168.4) and third among conference teams in passing offense (258.7). Luck also finished the year with a school-record 32 touchdown passes, breaking the old mark of 27 held by John Elway and Steve Stenstrom.

Prior to his appointment at Stanford, Hamilton spent seven seasons in the NFL. He was the quarterbacks coach of the Chicago Bears (2006-09), an offensive assistant and quarterbacks coach with the San Francisco 49ers in 2006 and from 2003-05, served as offensive quality control coach (2003) and offensive assistant/quarterbacks coach (2004-05) with the New York Jet.

He also spent time as an intern with the coaching staffs of the Kansas City Chiefs (1999) and Washington Redskins (2001). Hamilton enhanced his ability to evaluate talent with serving as pro personnel intern for the Baltimore Ravens (2002) before landing his first full-time position with the Jets in 2003.

In his final season as quarterback's coach with the Chicago Bears, Hamilton helped Jay Cutler set single-season franchise records for completions (336) and passing attempts (555). Cutler also finished second in the team's single season annals for passing yards (3,666) and third in touchdown passes (27). His 60.5 completion percentage was the fifth-best single-season mark in Bears history.

In 2008, Hamilton helped quarterback Kyle Orton to compile the fifth highest completion percentage in team history (58.5, 465 of 272, minimum 300 attempts). Orton also finished sixth in franchise annals in passing yards (2,972), tied for ninth in touchdown-to-interception ratio (1.5, 18 touchdowns and 12 interceptions) and 13^th in passer rating (79.6).

Under Hamilton's direction, Orton threw a string of 205 passes without an interception during the 2008 season, the longest streak in franchise history. Orton did not throw an interception in nine of his 15 starts last year, tied for fourth most in the NFL.

A year earlier, Orton, Rex Grossman and Brian Griese led a passing attack that finished with the third-most gross passing yards in team history (3,701).

Hamilton spent the 2006 season as the offensive assistant and quarterbacks coach of the San Francisco 49ers, where he helped quarterback Alex Smith become the first signal-caller in team history to take every snap from center over an entire campaign while completing 58.1 percent of his passes for 2,890 yards with 16 touchdowns, 16 interceptions and a 74.8 passer rating.

Before joining the 49ers, Hamilton spent three seasons with the New York Jets, joining the team as offensive quality control coach in 2003. In 2004, he was elevated to offensive assistant/quarterbacks coach where he worked closely with Jets signal caller Chad Pennington. Pennington guided the Jets to a 5-0 start in 2004 before an injury forced him to miss the next three games. Hamilton's work with back up quarterback paid dividends as the Jets posted a 2-1 record in Pennington's absence.

Hamilton got his first NFL experience working as a summer coaching intern with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2000 and the Washington Redskins in 2001 and a pro personnel intern with the Baltimore Ravens during the summer of 2002.

Hamilton began his coaching career at his alma mater of Howard University, where he served as the Bison's quarterbacks coach from 1997-2001. He also took on duties as the team's offensive coordinator for three seasons (1999-2001).

A former college quarterback, Hamilton earned Howard's scholar-athlete award two consecutive seasons in 1995 and '96 before earning his business degree in 1997.

Pep and his wife have three children.