ATLANTA -- A former Georgia Tech quarterback, just hired to help football players adjust to campus life, was arrested for driving under the influence, possession of marijuana, open container and hit and run on Tuesday.

Joe Hamilton was arrested after a hit and run accident near the campus just after midnight after police pulled him over on Techwood Drive.

The incident report stated Hamilton's Ford Expedition hit the rear of another car and drove off. Another officer said when he tried to stop Hamilton's SUV later on Bobby Dodd Way and, "...He drove head on toward me and came within three feet of hitting my patrol vehicle."

Police said they searched Hamilton's SUV and found an open container of beer and a marijuana joint in the ashtray. An alcohol breath test showed a reading of .199 -- more than twice the legal limit.

"The matter is under investigation. An appropriate action will be taken upon completion of the investigation," said Tech athletics director Dan Radakovich in a release.

Hamilton quarterbacked the Jackets in the late 90s and led them to a share of the ACC championship in 1998.

Tech hired Hamilton in April as the assistant director of player personnel; assigning him to help with on-campus recruiting visits and advising players.

"If they have a problem they don't want to go to their coach about or the head coach, I ought to be able to help them," Hamilton told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution when his hiring was announced.

Hamilton will be making his first court appearance in magistrate court at the jail Tuesday evening.