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Hawkins in a 2011 game against Oakland University
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| Current position | |
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| Title | Assistant coach |
| Team | Southern Illinois |
| Conference | MVC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | August 3, 1962 Ventura, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | South Alabama (1987) (BA) United States Sports Academy 1989 (MA) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1981–1983 | Villanova Prep. School |
| 1983–1984 | St. Bonaventure HS |
| 1984–1987 | South Alabama (asst.) |
| 1987–1988 | Quincy (asst.) |
| 1988–1990 | St. Andrew's (asst.) |
| 1990–1991 | Quincy (asst.) |
| 1991–2000 | Quincy |
| 2000–2003 | Western Michigan (asst.) |
| 2003–2020 | Western Michigan |
| 2022–2024 | Quincy |
| 2024–present | Southern Illinois (asst.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 453–405 (.528) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2× MAC tournament (2004, 2014) 2x MAC regular season (2004, 2014) 8× MAC West Division (2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017) |
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| Awards | |
| MAC Coach of the Year (2014) | |
Stephen Greg Hawkins, born on August 3, 1962, is a well-known American college basketball coach. He is currently an assistant coach for the men's basketball team at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He started this job in 2024. Before this, he was the head coach at both Western Michigan University and Quincy University.
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Coach Hawkins' Career Journey
Starting Out as a Coach
Stephen Hawkins was born in Ventura, California. After finishing high school, he began coaching basketball at high schools in the Los Angeles area. In the early 1980s, he coached at Villanova Preparatory School and St. Bonaventure High School.
During this time, he also helped at basketball camps for UCLA. He even drove the famous Bruins coach, John Wooden, around. They often talked about basketball when they were stuck in traffic. Coach Hawkins kept in touch with Wooden throughout his career. Wooden would even speak to his teams at Quincy and Western Michigan.
Later, Coach Hawkins went to the University of South Alabama. He earned his bachelor's degree in 1987. From 1984 to 1987, he was a student assistant for the men's basketball head coach, Mike Hanks. In 1989, he earned his master's degree in sports science.
Hawkins also worked as an assistant coach at Quincy University from 1987 to 1988 and again from 1990 to 1991. He also coached at St. Andrews Presbyterian College in 1989. In 1992, he became the head coach at Quincy. He stayed there for nine seasons. In 2000, he joined the coaching staff at Western Michigan.
Leading the Western Michigan Broncos
On May 1, 2003, Coach Hawkins became the head coach at Western Michigan University. He had been an assistant coach there for three years before that.
Under Coach Hawkins, the Western Michigan Broncos basketball team always did well. They finished at least 3rd in their division in the Mid-American Conference. In the 2003–04 season, his team won both the MAC regular season championship and the conference tournament. That year, they played in the 2004 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament but lost in the first round.
After the 2004–05 season, the Broncos played in the 2005 National Invitation Tournament.
Coach Hawkins was considered for other head coaching jobs over the years. In 2007, he had a health issue that required him to stay in the hospital for a few days.
In the 2010–11 season, the Broncos played in the 2011 CollegeInsider.com Tournament. They won their first game but lost in the second round. In 2012-13, they played in the 2013 College Basketball Invitational. They won two games before losing in the semifinals.
The 2013-14 season was one of the best for Coach Hawkins at Western Michigan. The team won the Rainbow Classic Championship, the MAC regular season championship, and the MAC tournament championship. They made it to the NCAA tournament again. They were a #14 seed and lost to #3 seed Syracuse in the first round. After this successful season, Coach Hawkins was named the 2014 MAC Men's Basketball Coach of the Year.
On March 11, 2020, Western Michigan announced that Coach Hawkins would no longer be their head coach. This ended his 17 years with the team.
Return to Quincy University
On March 9, 2022, Coach Hawkins was hired again as the head coach for the Quincy Hawks men's basketball team. He coached them for two seasons. On April 15, 2024, he decided to leave Quincy to explore a new coaching opportunity.
Coaching at Southern Illinois University
On April 15, 2024, Coach Hawkins joined the Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball team as an assistant coach. He works under head coach Scott Nagy.
Coach Hawkins' Overall Record
Coach Hawkins has coached many games throughout his career. Here is a summary of his time as a head coach:
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Quincy Hawks (Great Lakes Valley Conference) (1991–2000) | |||||||||
| 1991–92 | Quincy | 8–20 | |||||||
| 1992–93 | Quincy | 16–11 | |||||||
| 1993–94 | Quincy | 19–9 | NCAA DII first round | ||||||
| 1994–95 | Quincy | 23–7 | NCAA DII Semifinals | ||||||
| 1995–96 | Quincy | 17–10 | |||||||
| 1996–97 | Quincy | 20–9 | NCAA DII Regional semifinals | ||||||
| 1997–98 | Quincy | 12–14 | |||||||
| 1998–99 | Quincy | 12–15 | |||||||
| 1999–00 | Quincy | 10–16 | |||||||
| Western Michigan Broncos (Mid-American Conference) (2003–2020) | |||||||||
| 2003–04 | Western Michigan | 26–5 | 15–3 | 1st (West) | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
| 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 | 11–5 | 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 | ||||
| 2013–14 | Western Michigan | 23–10 | 14–4 | T–1st (West) | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
| 2014–15 | Western Michigan | 20–14 | 10–8 | 3rd (West) | CIT 1st Round | ||||
| 2015–16 | Western Michigan | 13–19 | 7–11 | 6th (West) | |||||
| 2016–17 | Western Michigan | 16–16 | 11–7 | T–1st (West) | |||||
| 2017–18 | Western Michigan | 17–15 | 9–9 | 4th (West) | |||||
| 2018–19 | Western Michigan | 8–24 | 2–16 | 6th (West) | |||||
| 2019–20 | Western Michigan | 13–19 | 6–12 | T–5th (West) | |||||
| Western Michigan: | 291–262 (.526) | 158–134 (.541) | |||||||
| Quincy Hawks (Great Lakes Valley Conference) (2022–2024) | |||||||||
| 2022–23 | Quincy | 14–15 | 10–10 | T–8th | |||||
| 2023–24 | Quincy | 11–17 | 6–14 | 13th | |||||
| Quincy: | 162–143 (.531) | 16–24 (.400) | |||||||
| Total: | 453–405 (.528) | ||||||||
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National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion |
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