Dan Hawkins (American football)

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Dan Hawkins
Coach Hawkins before 2007 spring practice, April 14.
Coach Hawkins before 2007 spring practice, April 14.
Title Head Coach
College Colorado
Sport Football
Team record 8–17
Born November 10, 1960 (1960-11-10) (age 47)
Place of birth Flag of California Fall River Mills, CA
Career highlights
Overall 61–28 (NCAA Div. I-A)
Coaching stats
College Football DataWarehouse
Championships
4 WAC Conference Champions
Awards
2 WAC Coach of the Year
Playing career
1978-82 UC Davis
Position Fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993-1997
1998-2000
2001-2005
2006-present
Willamette
Boise State (Assist.)
Boise State
Colorado

Dan Hawkins (born November 10, 1960 in Fall River Mills, CA) is the head football coach at the University of Colorado Buffaloes. He has also been an assistant and the head coach at Boise State University and the head coach at Willamette University.

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[edit] Education and early positions

Hawkins played fullback from 1978 to 1982 and graduated in 1984 from the University of California, Davis, earning a bachelor’s degree in physical education. He earned a master’s degree in educational administration in 1993 from Saint Mary's College of California.

He began his coaching career at Davis under coach Jim Sochor the fall before he graduated, spending three years there (1983-85). He then served as head coach at Christian Brothers High School in Sacramento for the 1986 and 1987 seasons. He spent four seasons (1988-91) as the offensive coordinator at the College of the Siskiyous. He then served as defensive coordinator at Sonoma State University in 1992.

Hawkins coached at Willamette University from 1993-97, leading them to a 40-11-1 overall record. In 1997, his Willamette team finished 13-1, losing in the NAIA National Championship Game.

[edit] Boise State

Hawkins was promoted to head coach at Boise State to succeed outgoing coach Dirk Koetter on December 2, 2000, after serving as an assistant coach for the Broncos since 1997. In 2004, Hawkins was honored with his second Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Coach of the Year title in three years. Through the end of the 2005 season, he had compiled a 53-11 record with Boise State, including a 37-3 mark in WAC competition with four straight WAC titles. Only Walter Camp, George 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. [1]

[edit] Colorado

Hawkins was introduced as head football coach at the University of Colorado on December 16, 2005.[2] Hawkins was signed to a five-year contract paying him $900,000 annually with incentives totaling to $1.5 million.[3] Hawkins took over the Colorado football program from Gary Barnett who had spent much of his tenure mired in controversy, including events such as a recruiting scandal that allegedly involved luring recruits to the Colorado football team with sex and alcohol.

Hawkins earned national attention in February of 2007 during the National Signing Day press conference after he passionately expressed his disappointment in the attitude of a player's parent who had complained about the reduction in the players' time off before the summer condition program started, famously saying "It's Division I football! It's the Big 12! It ain't intramurals!".[4]

[edit] Record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl Rank#
Willamette Bearcats (NAIA) (1993 – 1997)
1993 Willamette 5–4 3–2
1994 Willamette 6–3 4–1
1995 Willamette 6–2–1 4–0–1
1996 Willamette 9–2 5–0
1997 Willamette 13–1 5–0
Willamette: 39–12–1 21–3–1
Boise State Broncos (Western Athletic Conference) (2001 – 2005)
2001 Boise State 8–4 6–2
2002 Boise State 12–1 8–0 W Humanitarian 12
2003 Boise State 13–1 8–0 W Fort Worth 15
2004 Boise State 11–1 8–0 L Liberty 13
2005 Boise State 9–4 7–1 L MPC Computers
Boise State: 53–11 37–3
Colorado Buffaloes (Big 12 Conference) (2006 — present)
2006 Colorado 2–10 2–6
2007 Colorado 6–7 4–4 L Independence
Colorado: 8–17 6–10
Career: 100–40–1
     National Championship          Conference Title
#Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2006 Colorado football season. CUBuffs.com (2006). Retrieved on 2007-03-05.
  2. ^ Colorado introduces Hawkins as head coach. ESPN.go.com (2006-12-19). Retrieved on 2007-03-05.
  3. ^ Employment Agreement Between Dan Hawkins and The Regents of the University of Colorado (PDF) (2006-06-30). Retrieved on 2007-03-05.
  4. ^ "Hawkins' rant getting plenty of air time", The Denver Post, 2007-02-16. Retrieved on 2007-02-22. 
Preceded by
Dirk Koetter
Boise State University Head Coach
20012005
Succeeded by
Chris Petersen
Preceded by
Gary Barnett
University of Colorado Head Coach
2006
Succeeded by
Current
Persondata
NAME Hawkins, Dan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION American Football Coach
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Fall River Mills, CA
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH