Steve Hawkins

College coach infobox

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Name = Steve Hawkins
Sport = Basketball
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College = Western Michigan
Title = Head coach
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Championships = MAC Regular Season Champions (2004)
MAC Tournament Champions (2004)
MAC West Division Champions (2004, 2005, 2008)
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OverallRecord = 233–174 (.572)
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CoachYears = 1984–1987 1987–1988 1988–1990 1990–1991 1991–2000 2000–2003 2003–present
CoachTeams = South Alabama (asst.) Quincy (asst.) St. Andrew's (asst.) Quincy (asst.) Quincy Western Michigan (asst.) Western Michigan
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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 master's 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. [ [http://www.betterbasketball.com/members/ed_articledetail.asp?artID=angela-lento-001hyt498gfg Basketball Videos - Basketball Training and Basketball Coaching at Better Basketball ] ]

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. [ [http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/conferenceusa/depaul/050417.htm Collegehoopsnet - DePaul Coaching Search ] ]

Head coaching record

CBB Yearly Record Start
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name = Quincy
conference = Great Lakes Valley Conference
startyear = 1991
endyear = 2000CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1991–1992
name = Quincy
overall = 8–20
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championship =
season = 1992–1993
name = Quincy
overall = 16–11
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championship =
season = 1993–1994
name = Quincy
overall = 19–9
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ranking = no
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championship =
season = 1994–1995
name = Quincy
overall = 23–7
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postseason = NCAA Semifinals
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1995–1996
name = Quincy
overall = 17–10
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season = 1996–1997
name = Quincy
overall = 20–9
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ranking = no
ranking2 = noCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1997–1998
name = Quincy
overall = 12–14
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championship =
season = 1998–1999
name = Quincy
overall = 12–15
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ranking = no
ranking2 = noCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1999–2000
name = Quincy
overall = 10–16
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name = Quincy
overall = 137–111
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name = Western Michigan
startyear = 2003
conference = Mid-American Conference
endyear =CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
season = 2003–2004
name = Western Michigan
overall = 26–5
conference = 15–3
confstanding = 1st (West)
postseason = NCAA 1st Round
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2004–2005
name = Western Michigan
overall = 20–13
conference = 11–7
confstanding = T-1st (West)
postseason = NIT 2nd round
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2005–2006
name = Western Michigan
overall = 14–17
conference = 10–8
confstanding = T-2nd (West)
postseason =
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2006–2007
name = Western Michigan
overall = 16–16
conference = 9–7
confstanding = 2nd (West)
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ranking = no
ranking2 = noCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2007–2008
name = Western Michigan
overall = 20–12
conference = 12–4
confstanding = 1st (West)
postseason =
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Western Michigan
overall = 96–63
confrecord = 57–29CBB Yearly Record End
rivalrygame = no
overall = 233–174
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References

External links

* [http://www.wmubroncos.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=24352&SPID=1924&DB_OEM_ID=4600&ATCLID=120939&Q_SEASON=2008 Official WMUBroncos.com page]