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• L’Damian Washington is in his first season as the wide receivers coach in 2025.
• Came to the Bluegrass after two seasons (2023-24) as the wide receivers coach and pass game coordinator under head coach Alex Golesh at USF … Served as the wide receivers coach in 2023 before adding pass game coordinator to his title in 2024.
• In 2024, the Bulls earned their 12^th bowl appearance and finished the season 7-6 overall and 4-4 in the American Athletic Conference.
• Under Washington, wide receiver Sean Atkins posted incredible numbers the last two seasons, including becoming the first 1,000-yard receiver (1,054) in program history in 2023 … The former walk-on also broke the USF career receptions record (160) and has at least four catches in 24 of 25 games since the start of the 2023 season – more than any FBS player over that span. Atkins earned second-team All-AAC honors in 2023 after recording 92 catches for 1,054 yards and seven touchdowns … Named a third-team choice in 2024 with a team-high 68 catches for 677 yards and two scores.
• In his first year at USF in 2023, Washington helped the Bulls produce 12 team and 16 individual records, capping the biggest turnaround in program history (a six-win improvement) with a 45-0 rout of Syracuse in the Boca Raton Bowl … The Bulls ranked 17^th nationally in total offense (451.6 yards per game) and tallied 5,871 yards, the third-best mark in program history.
• Spent the 2022 season at Oklahoma under head coach Brent Venables.
• Worked with an offense that produced 32.9 points per game and averaged 8.14 yards per passing attempt … Wide receiver Marvin Mims Jr. was named to the All-Big 12 Football First Team after leading the Sooners with 54 catches for 1,083 yards and six scores … Averaged 20.1 yards per reception which ranked sixth nationally … In 2023, became just the second rookie in Denver Broncos’ history to be selected to the Pro Bowl and AP All-Pro team in the same season.
• Prior to Oklahoma, Washington worked one season at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana under head coach Jason Rollins
• Served as director of player development at his alma mater, Missouri, in 2020, working with then-quarterbacks coach Bush Hamdan.
• Volunteered as the head coach at West Middle School in Columbia, Missouri in 2019 and 2020.
•  Had a standout career as a player at Mizzou from 2009-13.
• The four-year letterwinner and two-year starter caught 100 passes for 1,735 yards and 15 touchdowns.\
• In his first two seasons, he caught 25 passes for 399 yards and three touchdowns before moving into a starting role as a junior.
• In 2012, he caught 25 passes for 443 yards and two scores before exploding for 50 catches and 893 yards (17.9 average) with 10 scores as a senior.
• One of his most memorable plays came in an upset win at Georgia, catching a double-pass from Bud Sasser to help Mizzou to a 41-26 victory between the hedges … The team captain finished with a career-high 115 yards and two scores on seven receptions against the Dawgs … Also caught a 96-yard TD pass against South Carolina as the Tigers would go on to capture the 2013 East crown that season … The Tigers advanced to bowl games four times when he was with the program.
• Following his collegiate playing career, Washington signed with the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2014.
• Over the next two years, he would spend time with seven NFL teams before playing in the CFL.
• Briefly played in the Birmingham Alliance of American Football in 2019 before that league shut down.
• Played for the St. Louis Battlehawks of the XFL before that league was shut down in 2020 due to COVID-19.
• Originally from Shreveport, Louisiana.
• Graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Missouri in 2013.
• While a student-athlete, his personal story garnered national attention, as he lost both of his parents by the age of 15 … Often shares his story and inspires others as a motivational speaker.
• He and his partner, Alexis, have two children, Banks and King.

Washington’s Coaching/Playing Career

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