[2] On January 30, 2017, he accepted a job as head coach of the Stanford volleyball team, replacing John Dunning after he retired.

[6] Hambly holds the BYU school record for solo blocks in a game, which he set with five against Ball State his freshman year.

[7] His first season as head coach saw Illinois place second in the Big Ten Conference and reach the third round of the NCAA Division I Volleyball Tournament.

In his second year as head coach of the Fighting Illini, he guided the team to the sweet sixteen yet again, despite some major injuries suffered by key players during the season.

Both Volleyball Magazine (VBM) and AVCA polls ranked his team at #1 for four weeks.

Later, during the semifinals of the NCAA Tournament, he coached his squad to victory in one of the most memorable matches in school history with an upset over #1 ranked USC.