Daniel Popper of the Athletic is reporting that the Chargers are hiring former Colts OC Pep Hamilton as their new QBs coach.
The Chargers indicated that they were likely to hire a new quarterbacks coach at some point in the near future and it appears as though Hamilton emerged as their best option.
Hamilton will get the opportunity to work with and develop No. 6 overall pick Justin Herbert in the coming years.
Hamilton, 45, began his coaching career as the QBs coach at Howard back in 1997. He spent five years at Howard and worked his way to offensive coordinator before taking his first NFL coaching job with the Jets in 2003 as an offensive quality control coach.
Hamilton had stints with the 49ers and Bears before he was hired by Jim Harbaugh as Stanford’s quarterbacks coach for the 2006 season. From there, he spent three years with the Colts as their offensive coordinator before being replaced after the 2015 season.
He had was the assistant head coach/QBs coach for the Browns in 2016 and returned to Harbaugh’s staff at Michigan in 2017.
Hamilton was the head coach and general manager for the XFL’s DC Defenders.
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