Herb Hand was born on January 5,1968 and is an American football coach who is currently the offensive line coach for the Florida State.
23 Facts About Herb Hand
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Herb Hand was a three-year starter at Hamilton College, where he played offensive line.
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Herb Hand graduated from Hamilton in 1990 with a degree in history.
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Herb Hand began his coaching career at West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1991 as a defensive graduate assistant, spending three seasons in that role.
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Herb Hand earned his MBA from West Virginia Wesleyan in 1993.
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Herb Hand has spent time as the defensive coordinator at Glenville State from 1994 to 1996 under Rich Rodriguez and at Concord College in Athens, West Virginia.
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Herb Hand joined the coaching staff at Clemson University in 1999 as an offensive graduate assistant, reuniting with Rodriguez who was Clemson's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
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Herb Hand spent six years at West Virginia, serving as tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator.
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When Todd Graham accepted the head coaching position at the University of Tulsa in 2007, he hired Herb Hand to be his co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach, splitting coordinator duties with Gus Malzahn.
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Herb Hand was named the offensive line coach at Vanderbilt University in 2010, joining Robbie Caldwell's staff.
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Herb Hand's units blocked for Zac Stacy who broke the Vanderbilt season and career rushing records at that time.
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Herb Hand added the title of run game coordinator to his duties at the beginning of the 2013 season.
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Herb Hand served as the offensive line coach and run game coordinator for two seasons.
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Herb Hand's unit blocked for Saquon Barkley in 2015, when he broke Penn State's freshman rushing record with 1,076 yards and was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year.
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Herb Hand was named the offensive line coach at Auburn, reuniting with Gus Malzahn, Herb Hand's offensive line was named a semifinalists for the Joe Moore Award in 2016 and 2017.
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Herb Hand was named the co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at the University of Texas in 2018, joining Tom Herman's staff.
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Herb Hand was not retained when Herman was fired and replaced by Steve Sarkisian at the end of the 2020 season.
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Herb Hand was hired to join the coaching staff at UCF, working again with coach Malzahn.
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Coach Herb Hand was the only AAC line coach to have all five of his UCF starters earn some sort of postseason honors in both seasons recognized by Pro Football Focus in both 2021 and 2022.
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Herb Hand suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage in 2006 while recruiting in Orlando, Florida.
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Herb Hand was able to avoid having surgery to repair the bleed, and was able to fly back to Morgantown a week later.
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Herb Hand has stated on a Reddit AMA that he once cooked a meal for a recruit and was later able to get the recruit to commit.
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Herb Hand is an avid rapper, rapping at a Penn State Junior Elite football camp in 2014 to pump up the players, and rapping during a team meeting while at Texas in 2018.