Dan Hawkins
Dan Hawkins went 156–92–1 as a head coach, 1993–2023, at Willamette, Boise State, Colorado and UC Davis. Share
12 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1993–97 at Willamette; 2017–23 at UC Davis. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 156–92–1 career
- Seasons
- 22
- Schools
- 4
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2004 11–1, No. 12
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Willamette * | 5–4 | T–2nd (Mount Hood) | |||
| 1994 | Willamette * | 7–2 | 2nd (Mount Hood) | |||
| 1995 | Willamette * | 6–2–1 | T–1st (Mount Hood) | |||
| 1996 | Willamette * | 9–2 | 1st | NAIA Division II Quarterfinal L | ||
| 1997 | Willamette * | 13–1 | 1st | NAIA Division Championship L | ||
| 1998–00: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2001 | Boise State | 8–4 | 2nd | |||
| 2002 | Boise State | 12–1 | 1st | Humanitarian Bowl W | 15 | |
| 2003 | Boise State | 13–1 | 1st | Fort Worth Bowl W | 16 | |
| 2004 | Boise State | 11–1 | 1st | Liberty Bowl L | 12 | |
| 2005 | Boise State | 9–4 | T–1st | MPC Computers Bowl L | ||
| 2006 | Colorado | 2–10 | 5th (North) | |||
| 2007 | Colorado | 6–7 | 3rd (North) | Independence Bowl L | ||
| 2008 | Colorado | 5–7 | T–4th (North) | |||
| 2009 | Colorado | 3–9 | 5th (North) | |||
| 2010 | Colorado coached nine of 12 games | 3–6 | 5th (North) | |||
| 2011–16: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2017 | UC Davis * | 5–6 | 8th | |||
| 2018 | UC Davis * | 10–3 | T–1st | NCAA Division I Quarterfinal L | 8 | |
| 2019 | UC Davis * | 5–7 | T–6th | |||
| 2020 | UC Davis * | 3–2 | T–3rd | 12 | ||
| 2021 | UC Davis * | 8–4 | T–5th | NCAA Division I First Round L | 16 | |
| 2022 | UC Davis * | 6–5 | 5th | |||
| 2023 | UC Davis * | 7–4 | 5th | |||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
Players he coached
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 24 | 4–20 | 17% |
| Against top-10 teams | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
| Against rivals | 28 | 19–9 | 68% |
| Conference games | 77 | 47–30 | 61% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 40 | 20–20 | 50% |
| At home | 59 | 44–15 | 75% |
| On the road | 53 | 23–30 | 43% |
| At neutral sites | 10 | 5–5 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 76 | 61–15 | 80% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 46 | 11–35 | 24% |
His own 122 games on file, 2001–2010, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June Jones 2001–2005 | 5–0 | Hawai’i | 5 | |
| Jack Bicknell Jr. 2001–2005 | 4–1 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | |
| Pat Hill 2001–2005 | 4–1 | Fresno State | 5 | |
| Gary Pinkel 2006–2010 | 0–5 | Missouri | 5 | |
| Fitz Hill 2001–2004 | 4–0 | San José State | 4 | |
| Mark Mangino 2006–2009 | 1–3 | Kansas | 4 | |
| Chris Tormey 2001–2003 | 3–0 | Nevada | 3 | |
| Gary Nord 2001–2003 | 3–0 | UTEP | 3 | |
| Tom Cable 2001–2003 | 3–0 | Idaho | 3 | |
| Steve Fairchild 2008–2010 | 2–1 | Colorado State | 3 |
Dan Hawkins’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Hawai’iseries | 6 | 6–0 |
| San José Stateseries | 5 | 5–0 |
| Idahoseries | 5 | 5–0 |
| Nevadaseries | 5 | 5–0 |
| Fresno Stateseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Louisiana Techseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Colorado Stateseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Iowa Stateseries | 5 | 3–2 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983–85 | UC Davis | Assistant coach | |
| 1986–87 | Christian Bros. HS (CA) high school | Head coach | |
| 1988–91 | Siskiyous | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1992 | Sonoma State | Defensive coordinator | |
| 1993–97 | Willamette | Head coach | |
| 1998–2000 | Boise State | Offensive coordinator, tight ends and special teams coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| 2001–05 | Boise State | Head coach | |
| 2006–10 | Colorado | Head coach | |
| 2013 | Montreal Alouettes CFL | Head coach | |
| 2015 | United States national team | Head coach | |
| 2015 | Carlstad Crusaders | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2016 | Vienna Vikings | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2017–23 | UC Davis | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Tim WalshSonoma State
- Dirk KoetterBoise State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Bob GregoryBoise State, Washington
- Bob FosterUC Davis
- Bryan HarsinArkansas State, Boise State, Auburn
- Chris PetersenBoise State, Washington
- Justin WilcoxCalifornia
- Andy AvalosBoise State
- Brian CabralColorado
- Eric KiesauFresno State
- Mark HelfrichOregon
- Lee MarksFresno State
- Denver JohnsonMurray State, Illinois State, Missouri Southern
- Ryan WaltersPurdue
- and 4 more
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Walsh | Sonoma State | 1992 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Dirk Koetter | Boise State | 1998–2000 | Offensive coordinator, tight ends and special teams coach and recruiting coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (16)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Gregory | Willamette, 1993–97: defensive coordinator; Boise State, 2001: defensive coordinator | Boise State, Washington | |
| Bob Foster | Willamette, 1995–97: defensive consultant; Colorado, 2009: linebackers coach | UC Davis | |
| Bryan Harsin | Boise State, 2001: graduate assistant; 2002–05: tight ends coach | Arkansas State, Boise State, Auburn | |
| Chris Petersen | Boise State, 2001–05: offensive coordinator | Boise State, Washington | |
| Justin Wilcox | Boise State, 2001–02: graduate assistant | California | |
| Andy Avalos | Colorado, 2006–08: graduate assistant | Boise State | |
| Brian Cabral | Colorado, 2006–10: inside linebackers coach | Colorado | |
| Eric Kiesau | Colorado, 2006–08: wide receivers coach; 2009–10: offensive coordinator | Fresno State | |
| Mark Helfrich | Colorado, 2006–08: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Oregon | |
| Lee Marks | Colorado, 2007–09: assistant strength and conditioning coach | Fresno State | |
| Denver Johnson | Colorado, 2009–10: offensive line coach | Murray State, Illinois State, Missouri Southern | |
| Ryan Walters | Colorado, 2009: student assistant | Purdue | |
| Maurice Drayton | Montreal Alouettes, 2013: guest coach | The Citadel | |
| Mike Miller | Montreal Alouettes, 2013: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Toronto Argonauts | |
| Cody Hawkins | UC Davis, 2017–20: wide receivers coach; 2021–22: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Idaho State | |
| Tim Plough | UC Davis, 2017–18: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; 2019–20: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | UC Davis |
Other assistants under him (6)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Prince | Boise State, 2001–02: wide receivers coach; 2003: pass game coordinator; Colorado, 2010: pass game coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| Ron Collins | Boise State, 2002–05: defensive coordinator; Colorado, 2006–10: defensive coordinator | |
| Greg Brown | Colorado, 2006–10: defensive backs coach | |
| Jeff Grimes | Colorado, 2007–08: assistant head coach, offensive line coach and running game coordinator | |
| Bush Hamdan | Colorado, 2009: student assistant | |
| Anthony Tucker | Colorado, 2010: offensive technical assistant |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Colorado | head coachbonuses up to $985,444 | $1,391,903 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2009 | Colorado | head coachbonuses up to $900,000 | $1,000,570 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2008 | Colorado | head coach | $1,100,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2007 | Colorado | head coachbonuses up to $550,000 | $935,900 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2006 | Colorado | head coachbonuses up to $550,000 | $1,098,500 USA Today via Leeds |
The same USA Today database for 2006–16, from Michael Leeds’ replication data on Harvard Dataverse (CC0): the season’s contract pay.
Pay of public employees in their public job only: head coaches, and assistants in the seasons our records name them a coordinator, at public universities.
How he coached
Hawkins’s teams went for it on 21% of fourth downs and on 40% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 49% of plays and took 24.4 seconds a play, 2004–2010.
| Season | School | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 10 g | Boise State | 17 of 72 24% | 60% | 40% | 23.6 | +0.10 | |
| 2005 5 g | Boise State | 10 of 37 27% | 50% | 50% | 23.6 | −0.15 | |
| 2006 12 g | Colorado | 13 of 95 14% | 29% | 40% | 27.5 | −0.13 | |
| 2007 13 g | Colorado | 27 of 113 24% | 33% | 51% | 24.6 | −0.08 | |
| 2008 12 g | Colorado | 24 of 101 24% | 42% | 51% | 23.6 | −0.08 | |
| 2009 12 g | Colorado | 25 of 111 23% | 45% | 60% | 23.2 | −0.16 | |
| 2010 12 g | Colorado | 13 of 85 15% | 38% | 49% | 23.9 | −0.03 | |
| All 76 g | 129 of 614 21% | 40% | 49% | 24.4 | −0.07 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.