George Michael Hankwitz was born on December 14,1947 and is a former American football coach and player.
20 Facts About Mike Hankwitz
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Mike Hankwitz was the defensive coordinator at Northwestern University, a position he had held from 2008 to 2020.
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Mike Hankwitz played college football at the University of Michigan from 1966 to 1969.
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Mike Hankwitz has spent most of his coaching career as an assistant at a number of schools.
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Teams for which Mike Hankwitz has coached have had a winning record in 34 of his 40 years.
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Mike Hankwitz has coached 14 first-team All-Americans, including four straight punters at Colorado, five conference defensive players of the year, 47 first-team all-conference choices and 12 team MVPs.
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Mike Hankwitz has recruited eight players who went on to play in the NFL.
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Mike Hankwitz was a three-year football letterwinner for the Wolverines and started on the 1969 Big Ten championship squad that played in the Rose Bowl.
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Mike Hankwitz is considered an X's and O's guru, having built top-five defenses at multiple stops.
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Mike Hankwitz began his coaching career as a graduate assistant from 1970 to 1972 at his alma mater, the University of Michigan, under head coach Bo Schembechler.
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Mike Hankwitz then moved to Purdue University as the outside linebackers and punting coach from 1977 to 1981.
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Mike Hankwitz enjoyed a successful 10-year run in his first stint at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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Mike Hankwitz spent two seasons as defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach for head coach Glen Mason at the University of Kansas.
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The next season, Mike Hankwitz returned to Colorado where he spent two seasons as defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach there.
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Mike Hankwitz served as the program's interim head coach for the Buffaloes in the 2005 Champs Sports Bowl against Clemson after Gary Barnett was forced to resign, though Colorado credits the game to Barnett.
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Mike Hankwitz next moved on to the University of Wisconsin, where he served as the Badgers' defensive coordinator.
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In two years with the Badgers, Mike Hankwitz coached 13 players who received at least honorable mention All-Big Ten honors.
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Mike Hankwitz made an impact in first season in 2008, coach the Wildcats defense to fifth-best improvement in the nation from the previous season.
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Mike Hankwitz retired from coaching at the end of the 2020 season.
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Mike Hankwitz retired with 400 wins over his 51 year career and coached 580 games in his career, both records.