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Bush Hamdan says his year with Steve Sarkisian in the NFL should benefit Huskies’ offense

After a year on the Atlanta Falcons' coaching staff, Hamdan is back as the Huskies' new offensive coordinator.

Bush Hamdan hesitated. Some 14 months ago, when the opportunity came to coach in the NFL, to join an Atlanta Falcons team coming off a Super Bowl run, to be the position coach for MVP Matt Ryan, Hamdan says he wasn’t immediately sold on the job.

He wasn’t sure he should leave the University of Washington and his mentor, Chris Petersen.

“It was so hard to leave here,” Hamdan said Monday. “Any time you have to leave Chris Petersen, you think like seven times about it.