Missouri made recent change with offensive play-calling duties

Missouri recently made a tweak its offensive play-calling structure.

Quarterbacks coach Bush Hamdan, a former offensive coordinator at Washington, was elevated to offensive play-caller for the Tigers and has handled offensive play-calling duties in the team’s last two games, sources tell On3.

Eli Drinkwitz, who had been Missouri’s offensive play-caller since being hired as the Tigers’ head coach in 2020, acknowledged in late October that he’d be open to the possibility of giving up play-calling responsibilities at some point in the future.

“Absolutely, I can see myself doing that if the timing was right, with the right people or the right scenario and situation,” Drinkwitz said at the time. “… Whatever the future might hold as far as that, we’ll decide at the end of the season, but I’m not opposed to it. What I want to do is win football games.”

In these last two games, Missouri has scored 69 total points after averaging 17.4 points in its previous seven games against FBS opponents.

The Tigers had four offensive scores — three touchdowns and one field goal — in the first 36 minutes against No. 5 Tennessee Nov. 12 and trailed just 28-24 midway through the third quarter before the Vols pulled away for a 66-24 win. Missouri then beat New Mexico State 45-14 Saturday, finishing with its highest point total since a 52-24 season-opening victory over Louisiana Tech.

QB Brady Cook has posted 645 total yards (468 passing, 177 rushing) with five touchdown passes and zero interceptions in these last two games.