Dan Hawkins has served as head coach for UC Davis since the beginning of the 2017 season.
25 Facts About Dan Hawkins
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Danny Clarence Hawkins grew up in Bieber, California, in the northeast corner of the state.
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Dan Hawkins attended junior college at College of the Siskiyous in Weed and transferred to UC Davis, where he played fullback, and earned a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1984.
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Dan Hawkins later completed a master's degree in educational administration from St Mary's College in 1993.
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Dan Hawkins began his coaching career at UC Davis under coach Jim Sochor the fall before he graduated, spending three years there.
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Dan Hawkins then served as head coach at Christian Brothers High School in Sacramento for the 1986 and 1987 seasons.
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Dan Hawkins spent four seasons as the offensive coordinator at the College of the Siskiyous, then served as defensive coordinator at Sonoma State in 1992.
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Dan Hawkins moved up to NCAA Division I-A football at Boise State in 1998 as an assistant under first-year head coach Dirk Koetter.
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In 2004, Dan Hawkins was honored with his second Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year title in three years.
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One of his first hires at Boise State was Chris Petersen as his offensive coordinator; Petersen was a quarterback at UC Davis while Dan Hawkins was an assistant coach, and was the wide receivers coach at Oregon under head coach Mike Bellotti.
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Dan Hawkins was introduced as head football coach at the University of Colorado on December 16,2005.
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Dan Hawkins was signed to a five-year contract paying him $900,000 annually with incentives totaling to $1.5 million.
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Dan Hawkins took over the Colorado football program from Gary Barnett, who had spent some of his tenure mired in controversy.
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Dan Hawkins earned national attention in February 2007 during the National Signing Day press conference.
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Dan Hawkins was making approximately $1.5 million a year including incentives and base salary; his buyout was approximately $2 million.
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Between 2011 and 2016, Dan Hawkins served as a college football analyst for ESPN.
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On February 19,2013, Dan Hawkins was named the new head coach of the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.
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On June 27,2013, Dan Hawkins won his first game as Alouettes head coach, defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in Winnipeg.
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Dan Hawkins was replaced by the general manager Jim Popp.
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Dan Hawkins coached the 2015 United States national American football team at the 2015 IFAF World Championship to a gold medal.
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In 2015, Dan Hawkins served as offensive coordinator for Carlstad Crusaders in the Swedish Superserien winning the national title and European Champions League.
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In 2016 Dan Hawkins served as offensive coordinator for Vikings Vienna in the Austrian Football League.
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On November 18,2016, Dan Hawkins accepted an offer to become head coach of the UC Davis Aggies.
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Dan Hawkins had been slated to serve as offensive coordinator at Florida International under Butch Davis when he was offered the position with the Aggies.
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Dan Hawkins is married to Misti Rae Ann Hokanson, a registered nurse.