Following the sacking, the Oman Football Association appointed Hamad as the interim manager of the national team.
On 19 January 2011, he replaced the Frenchman Sébastien Migné as the manager of the Oman national under-23 football team.
In the preliminary round 2, Oman again put up a great performance against China national under-23 football team defeating them on an aggregate score of 4-1.
On 22 February 2012, Oman faced a 0-3 home loss against South Korea national under-23 football team and hence losing all the chances of finishing at the top of the group which would have earned them a direct spot at 2012 Summer Olympics for the first time.
As a result of this loss, he was shown the door and the country’s London Olympics hopes were now in the hands of the national team coach Paul Le Guen who was appointed as the manager for the Playoff Round and also the AFC–CAF play-off.