Steve Hawkins

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Steve Hawkins
Title	Head coach
College	Western Michigan
Sport	Basketball
Born	August 3, 1962 (1962-08-03) (age 45)
Place of birth	Ventura, California
Career highlights
Overall	233-174 (.572)
Championships
MAC Regular Season Champions (2004) MAC Tournament Champions (2004) MAC West Division Champions (2004, 2005, 2008)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984–1987 1987–1988 1988–1990 1990–1991 1991–2000 2000–2003 2003–present	South Alabama (asst.) Quincy (asst.) St. Andrew's (asst.) Quincy (asst.) Quincy Western Michigan (asst.) Western Michigan

Steve Hawkins (born August 3, 1962 in Ventura, California) is the head men's basketball coach at Western Michigan University. He had previously served as the head coach at Quincy University.

Hawkins attended the University of South Alabama, graduating with a bachelors degree in 1987. In 1989 he earned his masters degree in sports science at the United States Sports Academy.

Following his graduation from high school, Hawkins spent time as a high school basketball coach in the Los Angeles, California area. During this time he worked as an assistant at UCLA basketball camps, serving as chauffeur for legendary Bruins coach John Wooden.

[edit] Western Michigan University

Hawkins was named head coach at Western Michigan University on May 1, 2003. He had served as an assistant coach on the WMU staff for the previous three seasons. Under Hawkins, the Broncos have finished no worse than 2nd in the Mid-American Conference West Division. The team captured both the MAC regular season championship and conference tournament championship in 2003-2004. That squad eventually fell to Vanderbilt in the opening round of the 2004 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

In 2005 Hawkins was a finalist for the head coaching job at DePaul University.

[edit] Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Quincy (Great Lakes Valley Conference) (1991 — 2000)
1991–1992	Quincy	8-20
1992–1993	Quincy	16-11
1993–1994	Quincy	19-9			NCAA
1994–1995	Quincy	23-7			NCAA Semifinals
1995–1996	Quincy	17-10
1996–1997	Quincy	20-9			NCAA
1997–1998	Quincy	12-14
1998–1999	Quincy	12-15
1999–2000	Quincy	10-16
Quincy:		137-111
Western Michigan (Mid-American Conference) (2003 — present)
2003–2004	Western Michigan	26-5	15-3	1st (West)	NCAA 1st Round
2004–2005	Western Michigan	20-13	11-7	T-1st (West)	NIT 2nd round
2005–2006	Western Michigan	14-17	10-8	T-2nd (West)
2006–2007	Western Michigan	16-16	9-7	2nd (West)
2007–2008	Western Michigan	20-12	12-4	1st (West)
Western Michigan:		96-63	57-29
Total:		233-174
National Champion         Conference Champion         Conference Tournament Champion

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