Dan Hawkins (American football)
| Dan Hawkins | |
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 Hawkins in April 2007 |
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| Sport(s) | Football |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 10, 1960 Fall River Mills, California |
| Playing career | |
| 1978–1980 1981–1982 |
Siskiyous CC UC Davis |
| Position(s) | Fullback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1983–1985 1986–1987 1988–1991 1992 1993–1997 1998–2000 2001–2005 2006–2010 |
UC Davis (assistant) Christian Brothers HS (CA) Siskiyous CC (OC) Sonoma State (DC) Willamette Boise State (assistant) Boise State Colorado |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 112–61–1 (college) |
| Bowls | 2–3 |
| Tournaments | 4–2 (NAIA playoffs) |
| Statistics College Football Data Warehouse |
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| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships 3 NWC (1995–1997) 4 WAC (2002–2005) |
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| Awards 2x WAC Coach of the Year |
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Dan Hawkins (born November 10, 1960) is a sportscaster and former American football player and coach in the United States. He served as the head football coach at Willamette University, Boise State University, and the University of Colorado at Boulder, compiling a career college football record of 112–61–1. Hawkins is currently a studio analyst for college football with ESPN.[1]
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[edit] Education and early positions
Hawkins grew up in tiny Bieber, California, in the northeast corner of the state. [2] He attended junior college at College of the Siskiyous in Weed and transferred to UC Davis, where he played fullback,[1] and earned a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1984. He later completed a master’s degree in educational administration from St. Mary's College in 1993.
He began his coaching career at UC Davis under coach Jim Sochor the fall before he graduated, spending three years there (1983–1985). He then served as head coach at Christian Brothers High School in Sacramento for the 1986 and 1987 seasons. He spent four seasons (1988–1991) as the offensive coordinator at the College of the Siskiyous, then served as defensive coordinator at Sonoma State in 1992.
[edit] Head coaching career
[edit] Willamette
In 1993, Hawkins became the head coach at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, and led the Bearcats to a 40–11–1 overall record (.779) in five seasons. In his final season Willamette was 13–1, falling 14–7 in the 1997 NAIA Division II National Championship Game.
[edit] Boise State
Hawkins moved up to NCAA Division I-A football at Boise State in 1998 as an assistant under first-year head coach Dirk Koetter. After three seasons, Koetter accepted the head coaching job at Arizona State, and Hawkins was promoted from assistant head coach to head coach on December 2, 2000. In 2004, Hawkins was honored with his second Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Coach of the Year title in three years. Through the 2005 season, he compiled a 53–11 record (.828) in five seasons as Boise State's head coach, including a 37–3 record (.925) in WAC competition with four straight WAC titles. Only Walter Camp, George Washington Woodruff and Bob Pruett had more total wins in their first five years of head coaching. He holds a 31–game WAC winning streak, the longest in conference history.[3] One of his first hires at Boise State was Chris Petersen as his offensive coordinator; Petersen was a quarterback at UC Davis while Hawkins was an assistant coach, and was the wide receivers coach at Oregon under head coach Mike Bellotti. Petersen succeeded Hawkins as head coach following the 2005 season, when Hawkins departed for Colorado.
[edit] Colorado
Hawkins was introduced as head football coach at the University of Colorado on December 16, 2005.[4] Hawkins was signed to a five-year contract paying him $900,000 annually with incentives totaling to $1.5 million.[5] Hawkins took over the Colorado football program from Gary Barnett, who had spent some of his tenure mired in controversy.
Hawkins earned national attention in February 2007 during the National Signing Day press conference. He passionately expressed his disappointment in the attitude of a player's parent who had anonymously complained about the reduction in the players' time off before the summer conditioning program started, famously saying "It's Division I football! It's the Big 12! It ain't intramurals! You've got two weeks after finals. You've got a week at July 4th. You've got a week before camp starts. That's a month! That's probably more vacation than you guys (reporters) get. And we're a little bummed out that we don't get three weeks? Go play intramurals, brother. Go play intramurals."[6]
Prior to the 2009 season, Hawkins, under fire for his performance at Colorado thus far, publicly pledged "ten wins no excuses". The team ended that year with a 3–9 record. On November 26, 2009, Colorado athletic director Mike Bohn announced that Hawkins would return as head football coach for the 2010 season, despite an overall record at Colorado of 16–33.
On November 6, 2010, Colorado blew a 28-point fourth quarter lead over the Kansas Jayhawks and lost, 52–45, the biggest collapse in the 121-year history of Colorado football.[7] While still nursing that large lead in the fourth quarter, Hawkins continued to have his team throw the ball on offense instead of running out the clock, allowing Kansas time to mount its comeback. There has been widespread suspicion Hawkins made that choice because he was more concerned about his quarterback, son Cody Hawkins, breaking the school's all-time passing record than winning the game.[8]
After the Kansas loss, Hawkins was criticized for cutting his contractually-obligated post-game interview with radio station KOA short after just two questions and 27 seconds. After the interviewer asked him why Colorado didn't run the ball more to protect their shrinking lead, he dismissively replied, "We were playing football moving it both ways. A tough day. Thanks, guys."[9]
Hawkins was fired by the University of Colorado on November 9, 2010.[10] He was making approximately $1.5 million a year including incentives and base salary; his buyout was approximately $2 million.[7]
[edit] Personal life
Hawkins is married to the former Misti Rae Ann Hokanson, a registered nurse. They are the parents of four grown children, daughters Ashley and Brittany, and sons Cody [11] and Drew, former Boise state quarterback.[12]
[edit] Head coaching record
[edit] College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| Willamette Bearcats (Northwest Conference) (1993–1997) | |||||||||
| 1993 | Willamette | 5–4 | 3–2 | ||||||
| 1994 | Willamette | 7–2 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1995 | Willamette | 6–2–1 | 4–0–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1996 | Willamette | 9–2 | 5–0 | 1st | L NAIA Division II Quarterfinal | ||||
| 1997 | Willamette | 13–1 | 5–0 | 1st | L NAIA Division II Championship | ||||
| Willamette: | 40–11–1 | 21–3–1 | |||||||
| Boise State Broncos (Western Athletic Conference) (2001–2005) | |||||||||
| 2001 | Boise State | 8–4 | 6–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 2002 | Boise State | 12–1 | 8–0 | 1st | W Humanitarian | 12 | 15 | ||
| 2003 | Boise State | 13–1 | 8–0 | 1st | W Fort Worth | 15 | 16 | ||
| 2004 | Boise State | 11–1 | 8–0 | 1st | L Liberty | 13 | 12 | ||
| 2005 | Boise State | 9–4 | 7–1 | T–1st | L MPC Computers | ||||
| Boise State: | 53–11 | 37–3 | |||||||
| Colorado Buffaloes (Big 12 Conference) (2006–2010) | |||||||||
| 2006 | Colorado | 2–10 | 2–6 | 5th (North) | |||||
| 2007 | Colorado | 6–7 | 4–4 | 3rd (North) | L Independence | ||||
| 2008 | Colorado | 5–7 | 2–6 | T–4th (North) | |||||
| 2009 | Colorado | 3–9 | 2–6 | 5th (North) | |||||
| 2010 | Colorado | 3–6[n 1] | 0–5[n 1] | 5th (North) | |||||
| Colorado: | 19–39 | 10–27 | |||||||
| Total: | 112–61–1 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll. |
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[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Hawkins was fired after nine games. Brian Cabral coached the final three games of the season.
[edit] References
- ^ a b http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2011/09/12/hawkins_dan/ ESPN Media Zone3.com] - profile - Dan Hawkins - 2011-09-12 - accessed 2011-10-16
- ^ 5280.com - Dan Hawkins and the power of positve thinking - September 2009 - accessed 2011-10-16
- ^ "2006 Colorado football season". CUBuffs.com. 2006. http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=3854&SPID=255&DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=221170&Q_SEASON=2006. Retrieved 2007-03-05.
- ^ "Colorado introduces Hawkins as head coach". ESPN.go.com. 2006-12-19. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2261324. Retrieved 2007-03-05.
- ^ "Employment Agreement Between Dan Hawkins and The Regents of the University of Colorado" (PDF). USA Today. 2006-06-30. http://images.usatoday.com/sports/graphics/coaches_contracts/pdfs/colorado_fb.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-05.
- ^ "Hawkins' rant getting plenty of air time". The Denver Post. 2007-02-16. http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_5237981. Retrieved 2007-02-22.
- ^ a b http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5783419
- ^ Krieger, Dave (2010-11-08). "Krieger: Suspicion infects CU football program". Denver Post. http://www.denverpost.com/krieger/ci_16552227.
- ^ Saunders, Dusty (2010-11-08). "Dusty Saunders: Dungy's quiet style cuts through noise". Denver Post. http://www.denverpost.com/dustysaunders/ci_16552190.
- ^ "Reports: Dan Hawkins out at Colorado". ESPN.go.com. 2010-11-09. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5782842. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
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