Template:Illawarra Hawks season by season

NBL champions

League champions

Runners-up

Finals berth

Season	Tier	League	Regular season					Post-season	Head coach	Captain	Club MVP
			Finish	Played	Wins	Losses	Win %
Illawarra Hawks
1979	1	NBL	8th	18	5	13	.278	Did not qualify	Joe Farrugia	Bob Kubbinga	not awarded
1980	1	NBL	6th	22	13	9	.591	Did not qualify	Adrian Hurley	Gordie McLeod	not awarded
1981	1	NBL	8th	22	9	13	.409	Did not qualify	Joe Farrugia	Gordie McLeod	not awarded
1982	1	NBL	9th	26	11	15	.423	Did not qualify	Tom Pottenger	Gordie McLeod	not awarded
1983	1	NBL	7th	22	4	18	.182	Did not qualify	Charlie Ammit	Mike Jones	not awarded
1984	1	NBL	4th	24	13	11	.542	Lost elimination final (Newcastle) 101–108	Charlie Ammit	Gordie McLeod	not awarded
1985	1	NBL	9th	26	10	16	.385	Did not qualify	Ted Weston	Gordie McLeod	not awarded
1986	1	NBL	5th	26	15	11	.577	Won elimination final (West Sydney) 105–86 Lost semifinal (Adelaide) 92–116	Dave Lindstrom	Gordie McLeod	not awarded
1987	1	NBL	3rd	26	20	6	.769	Won elimination final (North Melbourne) 105–97 Lost semifinals (Brisbane) 1–2	Dave Lindstrom	Gordie McLeod	not awarded
1988	1	NBL	7th	24	11	13	.458	Did not qualify	Dave Lindstrom	Gordie McLeod	not awarded
1989	1	NBL	11th	24	7	17	.292	Did not qualify	Dave Lindstrom	Chuck Harmison	Norman Taylor
1990	1	NBL	8th	26	13	13	.500	Did not qualify	Dave Lindstrom	Chuck Harmison	Norman Taylor
1991	1	NBL	13th	26	6	20	.231	Did not qualify	Dave Lindstrom	Chuck Harmison	Norman Taylor
1992	1	NBL	5th	24	13	11	.542	Lost quarterfinals (North Melbourne) 0–2	Dave Lindstrom	Chuck Harmison	Doug Overton
1993	1	NBL	6th	26	15	11	.577	Lost quarterfinals (Melbourne) 0–2	Alan Black	Chuck Harmison	Melvin Thomas
1994	1	NBL	8th	26	13	13	.500	Lost quarterfinals (Melbourne) 0–2	Alan Black	Chuck Harmison	Melvin Thomas
1995	1	NBL	7th	26	14	12	.538	Lost quarterfinals (S.E. Melbourne) 1–2	Alan Black	Chuck Harmison	Melvin Thomas
1996	1	NBL	10th	26	9	17	.346	Did not qualify	Brendan Joyce	Chuck Harmison	Terry Johnson
1997	1	NBL	11th	30	7	23	.233	Did not qualify	Brendan Joyce	Matt Zauner	Clayton Ritter
Wollongong Hawks
1998	1	NBL	6th	30	14	16	.467	Lost elimination finals (Perth) 0–2	Brendan Joyce	Clayton Ritter	Clayton Ritter
1998–99	1	NBL	3rd	26	16	10	.615	Lost qualifying finals (Victoria) 0–2 Lost semifinals (Adelaide) 0–2	Brendan Joyce	Clayton Ritter	C. J. Bruton
1999–2000	1	NBL	7th	28	11	17	.393	Did not qualify	Brendan Joyce	Eric Cooks	Glen Saville Melvin Thomas
2000–01	1	NBL	4th	28	21	7	.750	Won qualifying finals (Perth) 2–1 Won semifinals (Adelaide) 2–1 Won NBL finals (Townsville) 2–1	Brendan Joyce	Mat Campbell Glen Saville	Glen Saville
2001–02	1	NBL	4th	30	16	14	.533	Lost qualifying finals (Adelaide) 0–2	Brendan Joyce	Mat Campbell Glen Saville	Glen Saville
2002–03	1	NBL	4th	30	18	12	.600	Won qualifying finals (Townsville) 2–0 Lost semifinals (Perth) 0–2	Brendan Joyce	Mat Campbell Glen Saville	Glen Saville
2003–04	1	NBL	2nd	33	25	8	.758	Lost semifinals (West Sydney) 0–2	Brendan Joyce	Mat Campbell	Glen Saville
2004–05	1	NBL	2nd	32	20	12	.625	Won semifinals (Townsville) 2–0 Lost NBL finals (Sydney) 0–3	Brendan Joyce	Mat Campbell	Glen Saville
2005–06	1	NBL	3rd	32	19	13	.594	Lost quarterfinal (Perth) 101–121	Brendan Joyce	Rotating captaincy	Cortez Groves
2006–07	1	NBL	9th	33	11	22	.333	Did not qualify	Brendan Joyce Eric Cooks	Glen Saville	Adam Ballinger
2007–08	1	NBL	11th	30	9	21	.300	Did not qualify	Eric Cooks	Mat Campbell	Kavossy Franklin
2008–09	1	NBL	7th	30	11	19	.367	Did not qualify	Eric Cooks	Mat Campbell	Glen Saville
2009–10	1	NBL	2nd	28	16	12	.571	Won semifinals (Townsville) 2–1 Lost NBL finals (Perth) 1–2	Gordie McLeod	Mat Campbell	Larry Davidson
2010–11	1	NBL	5th	28	15	13	.536	Did not qualify	Gordie McLeod	Mat Campbell	Gary Ervin
2011–12	1	NBL	8th	28	9	19	.321	Did not qualify	Gordie McLeod	Mat Campbell	Oscar Forman
2012–13	1	NBL	3rd	28	13	15	.464	Lost semifinals (Perth) 0–2	Gordie McLeod	Oscar Forman	Adris Deleon
2013–14	1	NBL	4th	28	13	15	.464	Lost semifinals (Perth) 0–2	Gordie McLeod	Oscar Forman	Rotnei Clarke
2014–15	1	NBL	8th	28	6	22	.214	Did not qualify	Gordie McLeod	Oscar Forman	Tim Coenraad
Illawarra Hawks
2015–16	1	NBL	3rd	28	17	11	.607	Lost semifinals (Perth) 1–2	Rob Beveridge	Oscar Forman	Kevin Lisch
2016–17	1	NBL	4th	28	15	13	.536	Won semifinals (Adelaide) 2–1 Lost NBL finals (Perth) 0–3	Rob Beveridge	Oscar Forman	Rotnei Clarke
2017–18	1	NBL	5th	28	12	16	.429	Did not qualify	Rob Beveridge	Kevin White	Demitrius Conger
2018–19	1	NBL	7th	28	12	16	.429	Did not qualify	Rob Beveridge	Kevin White	Todd Blanchfield
2019–20	1	NBL	9th	28	5	23	.179	Did not qualify	Matt Flinn	David Andersen Todd Blanchfield	Todd Blanchfield
2020–21	1	NBL	3rd	36	20	16	.556	Lost semifinals (Perth) 1–2	Brian Goorjian	Andrew Ogilvy	Tyler Harvey
2021–22	1	NBL	2nd	28	19	9	.679	Lost semifinals (Sydney) 0–2	Brian Goorjian	Andrew Ogilvy	Duop Reath
2022–23	1	NBL	10th	28	3	25	.107	Did not qualify	Jacob Jackomas	Sam Froling Tyler Harvey	Sam Froling
2023–24	1	NBL	4th	28	14	14	.500	Lost seeding qualifier (Tasmania) 76–92 Won play-in game (New Zealand) 88–85 Lost semifinals (Melbourne) 1–2	Jacob Jackomas Justin Tatum	Sam Froling Tyler Harvey	Gary Clark
Regular season record				1260	588	672	.467	0 regular season champions
Finals record				74	23	51	.311	1 NBL championships

As of the end of the 2023–24 season

*Note: In 1983 and 1984, the NBL was split into Eastern and Western divisions during the regular season.