Hand began his coaching career at West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1991 as a defensive graduate assistant, spending three seasons in that role.
[3] Hand has also spent time as the defensive coordinator at Glenville State from 1994 to 1996 under Rich Rodriguez and at Concord College in Athens, West Virginia.
Hand was named the offensive line coach at Vanderbilt University in 2010, joining Robbie Caldwell's staff.
His units blocked for Zac Stacy who broke the Vanderbilt season and career (3,143 yards) rushing records at that time.
[5] After Caldwell resigned at the end of the 2010 season, Hand was retained by newly hired head coach James Franklin.
In 2016, Kamryn Pettway led the SEC and ranked 11th in the nation in rushing yards per game, making him a Doak Walker Award semifinalist (top running back in college football).
The line paved the way for running back Kerryon Johnson to earn 2017 SEC Offensive Player of the Year and All-American honors.
[6][7] Hand was named the co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at the University of Texas in 2018, joining Tom Herman's staff.
All five of the starting offensive linemen in 2018 were named to the All-Big 12 team, led by Calvin Anderson, Zach Shackelford, and Patrick Vahe.