Career
He was the head coach of the Palestine national football team from 2011 to 2014. Jamal coached his long life club, First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Wehdat, under Iraqi head coaches Akram Ahmad Salman (2008–2009) and Tha"er Jassam (2009–2010) until he became head coach himself and transferred to coaching in Palestine. He also led Palestinian national team to the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup title, securing 2015 AFC Asian Cup spot for the first time in the team"s history.
On 10 September 2014, Mahmoud resigned as coach of the Palestinian national team, bringing and end to his three successful years at the helm of the team just four months before the 2015 Asian Cup.
