In November 2023, Hamza was ruled permanently ineligible by the U.S. Center for SafeSport, which cited "Sexual Misconduct - involving Minors" as the reason for his ban.
[1][3][4] He spent three years serving the Southwest fencing community as volunteer Chairman of the Gulf Coast Division.
[14] In 2021, Hamza was coaching in Egypt, and was the technical director leading the Egyptian National Youth Fencing Team.
[17][18][14] In March 2021, a once aspiring Olympic fencer filed a civil lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court in Arizona against him accusing Hamza of sexually assaulting her in the 1990s when she was a minor.
[19][22][23] In November 2023, Hamza was ruled permanently ineligible by the U.S. Center for SafeSport, which cited "Sexual Misconduct - involving Minors" as the reason for his ban.