Steve Hawkins

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Steve Hawkins
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Western Michigan
Record	181–145 (.555)
Biographical details
Born	(1962-08-03) August 3, 1962 Ventura, California, USA
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1981–1983 1983–1984 1984–1987 1987–1988 1988–1990 1990–1991 1991–2000 2000–2003 2003–present	Villanova (CA) Prep. School St. Bonaventure (CA) HS South Alabama (asst.) Quincy (asst.) St. Andrew's (asst.) Quincy (asst.) Quincy Western Michigan (asst.) Western Michigan
Head coaching record
Overall	318–256 (.554)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships MAC Tournament Champions (2004) MAC West Division Champions (2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013)

Steve Hawkins (born August 3, 1962 in Ventura, California) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Western Michigan University.^[1] He had previously served as the head coach at Quincy University.

Background

Following his graduation from high school, Hawkins spent time as a high school basketball coach in the Los Angeles area at Villanova Preparatory School and St. Bonaventure High School.^[2] During this time he worked as an assistant at UCLA basketball camps, serving as chauffeur for legendary Bruins coach John Wooden. While the two were stuck in traffic, they were able to talk basketball.^[3]^[4] Hawkins maintained the UCLA connection during his coaching career, often having Wooden speak to his teams at Quincy and Western Michigan.^[3] The head coach of UCLA during that time, Larry Farmer, would later work for Hawkins as an assistant coach at Western Michigan from 2010-2012.^[5]

Hawkins later attended the University of South Alabama, graduating with a bachelors degree in 1987. From 1984-1987 he served as a student assistant to men's basketball head coach Mike Hanks. In 1989 he earned his master's degree in sports science at the United States Sports Academy.^[1]

Western Michigan University

Hawkins was named head coach at Western Michigan University on May 1, 2003, following the departure of head coach Robert McCullum to South Florida.^[1] Hawkins had served as an assistant coach on the WMU staff for the previous three seasons.

Under Hawkins, the Broncos have finished no worse than 3rd in the Mid-American Conference West Division. The team captured both the MAC regular season championship and conference tournament championship in 2003–04. That squad eventually fell to Vanderbilt in the opening round of the 2004 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Following the 2004–05 season, the Broncos participated in the 2005 National Invitation Tournament.

In 2005 Hawkins was a finalist for the head coaching job at DePaul University that eventually went to Jerry Wainwright.^[6] He has also received head coaching offers from the University of San Francisco (2004),^[7] the University of Nevada, and Southern Methodist University. He also received interest from Bradley University and Loyola-Chicago.^[8]

In July, 2007, Hawkins was hospitalised for three days following a seizure in his office.^[9]

Following the 2007–08 basketball season, Hawkins was very critical of the post season basketball tournaments. Despite a 20-win season and a MAC West Division title, WMU was passed over for post season play, including the new College Basketball Invitational.

Following the 2010–11 basketball season, Hawkins coached the Broncos in the 2011 CollegeInsider.com Tournament. After a victory in the opening round against Tennessee Tech, the Broncos fell in the second round to MAC rival Buffalo.

Head coaching record

Through 2012–13 season

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Quincy (Great Lakes Valley Conference) (1991–2000)
1991–92	Quincy	8–20
1992–93	Quincy	16–11
1993–94	Quincy	19–9^[2]			NCAA
1994–95	Quincy	23–7			NCAA Semifinals
1995–96	Quincy	17–10
1996–97	Quincy	20–9			NCAA
1997–98	Quincy	12–14
1998–99	Quincy	12–15
1999–00	Quincy	10–16
Quincy:		137–111^[2]
Western Michigan (Mid-American Conference) (2003–present)
2003–04	Western Michigan	26–5	15–3	1st (West)	NCAA 1st Round
2004–05	Western Michigan	20–13	11–7	T–1st (West)	NIT 2nd Round
2005–06	Western Michigan	14–17	10–8	T–2nd (West)
2006–07	Western Michigan	16–16	9–7	2nd (West)
2007–08	Western Michigan	20–12	12–4	1st (West)
2008–09	Western Michigan	10–21	7–9	T–1st (West)
2009–10	Western Michigan	18–15	8–8	T–2nd (West)
2010–11	Western Michigan	21–13	11–6	1st (West)	CIT 2nd Round
2011–12	Western Michigan	14–20	6–10	T–3rd (West)
2012–13	Western Michigan	22–13	10–6	1st (West)	CBI semifinals
Western Michigan:		181–145	99–68
Total:		318–256
National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Conference division champion

References

External links

Steve Hawkins - WMUBroncos.com—Official Web Site of Western Michigan Athletics

v t e Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball head coaches

William H. Spaulding (1913–1922) Buck Read (1922–1949) William Perigo (1949–1952) Joe Hoy (1952–1958) Don Boven (1958–1966) Sonny Means (1966–1970) Eldon Miller (1970–1976) Dick Shilts (1976–1979) Les Wothke (1979–1982) Vernon Payne (1982–1989) Bob Donewald (1989–2000) Robert McCullum (2000–2003) Steve Hawkins (2003–)

v t e Current men's basketball head coaches of the Mid-American Conference

East Division	Keith Dambrot (Akron) Louis Orr (Bowling Green) Bobby Hurley (Buffalo) Rob Senderoff (Kent State) John Cooper (Miami) Jim Christian (Ohio)

West Division	James Whitford (Ball State) Keno Davis (Central Michigan) Rob Murphy (Eastern Michigan) Mark Montgomery (Northern Illinois) Tod Kowalczyk (Toledo) Steve Hawkins (Western Michigan)

v t e Western Michigan University

Academics	Haworth College of Business International Congress on Medieval Studies New Issues Poetry & Prose Paper engineering Sunseeker

Athletics	Basketball Broncos Buster Bronco Central Collegiate Hockey Association Ebert Field Football Hyames Field Ice hockey Kanley Track Lawson Arena Michigan MAC Trophy Mid-American Conference Seelye Athletic Center University Arena Waldo Stadium WMU–CMU Rivalry Trophy

Campus	East Campus Kalamazoo Miller Auditorium Oakland Drive Campus

History	William McCracken Bill Spaulding Buck Read Charles Van Riper Dwight B. Waldo Western State Normal Railroad

People	Alumni John Dunn P. J. Fleck Diether Haenicke Steve Hawkins Paul L. Maier Andy Murray Michael Swords

Student life	Western Herald WIDR WMUK

Persondata
Name	Hawkins, Steve
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	August 3, 1962
Place of birth	Ventura, California, USA
Date of death
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