Coaches
Dan Hawkins
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Dan Hawkins
Played at Siskiyous 1978-1980, UC Davis 1981-1982
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983-1985 | UC Davis | Other | assistant | not known |
| 1986-1987 | Christian Bros. HS (CA) (HS) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 1988-1991 | Siskiyous | OC | OC | not known |
| 1992 | Sonoma State | DC | DC | not known |
| 1993-1997 | Willamette | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 1998-2000 | Boise State | OC | OC/TE/ST/RC | Dirk Koetter |
| 2001-2005 | Boise State | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
| 2006-2010 | Colorado | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
| 2013 | Montreal Alouettes (pro) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2015 | United States national team (unknown) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2015 | Carlstad Crusaders (unknown) | OC | OC | not known |
| 2016 | Vienna Vikings (unknown) | OC | OC | not known |
| 2017-2023 | UC Davis | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Boise State | 8-4 | - → - | - | - | 2.4 | 83% wins | 117 |
| 2002 | Boise State | 12-1 | - → 15 | - | - | 13.1 | 67% wins | 117 |
| 2003 | Boise State | 13-1 | - → 16 | - | - | 12.8 | 92% wins | 117 |
| 2004 | Boise State | 11-1 | - → 12 | 13 | 9 | 19.3 | 93% wins | 119 |
| 2005 | Boise State | 9-4 | 18 → - | 51 | 18 | 4.5 | 92% wins | 119 |
| 2006 | Colorado | 2-10 | - → - | 77 | 57 | 1.8 | 54% wins | 119 |
| 2007 | Colorado | 6-7 | - → - | 59 | 55 | 4.2 | 17% wins | 119 |
| 2008 | Colorado | 5-7 | - → - | 84 | 83 | -2.7 | 46% wins | 120 |
| 2009 | Colorado | 3-9 | - → - | 101 | 26 | 0.2 | 42% wins | 120 |
| 2010 | Colorado | 3-6 (9 of 12) | - → - | 51 | 96 | -1.9 | 25% wins | 120 |
| 2017 | UC Davis (FCS) | 5-6 | - → - | - | - | - | 27% wins | - |
| 2018 | UC Davis (FCS) | 10-3 | - → - | - | - | - | 46% wins | - |
| 2019 | UC Davis (FCS) | 5-7 | - → - | - | - | - | 77% wins | - |
| 2021 | UC Davis (FCS) | 8-4 | - → - | 26 | 11 | - | - | 128 |
| 2022 | UC Davis (FCS) | 6-5 | - → - | 16 | 42 | - | 67% wins | 130 |
| 2023 | UC Davis (FCS) | 7-4 | - → - | 82 | 19 | - | 55% wins | 128 |
| Season | Head coach below FBS | Level | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Willamette | Division II | 5-4 |
| 1994 | Willamette | Division II | 7-2 |
| 1995 | Willamette | Division II | 6-2-1 |
| 1996 | Willamette | Division II | 9-2 |
| 1997 | Willamette | NAIA | 13-1 |
| 2020 | UC Davis | FCS | 3-2 |
Worked under
- Dirk Koetter · Boise State 1998-2000 (OC, Other, Position, ST coord.)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 17
- Bob Gregory · Boise State 2001 (DC)
- Bryan Harsin · Boise State 2001-2005 (GA, Position)
- Chris Petersen · Boise State 2001-2005 (OC)
- Justin Wilcox · Boise State 2001-2002 (GA)
- Robert Prince · Boise State 2001-2003 (Other, Position)
- Ron Collins · Boise State 2005 (DC)
- Andy Avalos · Colorado 2006-2008 (GA)
- Brian Cabral · Colorado 2006-2010 (Position)
- Eric Kiesau · Colorado 2006-2010 (OC, Position)
- Greg Brown · Colorado 2006-2010 (Position)
- Mark Helfrich · Colorado 2006-2008 (OC, Position)
- Ron Collins · Colorado 2006-2010 (DC)
- Jeff Grimes · Colorado 2007-2008 (Other, Position)
- Lee Marks · Colorado 2007-2009 (Strength)
- Bush Hamdan · Colorado 2009 (GA)
- Denver Johnson · Colorado 2009-2010 (Position)
- Ryan Walters · Colorado 2009 (Other)
Level 2: on their staffs · 65
- Brent Pease · Boise State 2006-2011 (OC, Other, Position) · under Chris Petersen
- Jeff Choate* · Boise State 2006-2011 (Position, ST coord.) · under Chris Petersen
- Pete Kwiatkowski · Boise State 2006-2013 (DC, Position) · under Chris Petersen
- Sean Kugler · Boise State 2006 (Other, Position) · under Chris Petersen
- Jimmy Lake · Boise State 2012-2013 (Other, Position) · under Chris Petersen
- Jonathan Smith · Boise State 2012-2013 (Position) · under Chris Petersen
- Anthony Tucker · Arkansas State 2013 (Position) · under Bryan Harsin
- Blake Baker · Arkansas State 2013 (Position) · under Bryan Harsin
- Colin Hitschler · Arkansas State 2013 (GA) · under Bryan Harsin
- Don Pellum · Oregon 2013-2016 (DC, Position) · under Mark Helfrich
- Eli Drinkwitz*+ · Arkansas State 2013 (OC, Position) · under Bryan Harsin
- Joel Filani · Boise State 2013 (GA) · under Chris Petersen
- John Thompson · Arkansas State 2013 (DC, Position) · under Bryan Harsin
- Matt Lubick · Oregon 2013-2016 (OC, Other, Position) · under Mark Helfrich
- Nick Aliotti · Oregon 2013 (DC) · under Mark Helfrich
- Scott Frost* · Oregon 2013-2015 (OC) · under Mark Helfrich
- Erik Chinander · Oregon 2014-2015 (Position) · under Mark Helfrich
- Junior Adams · Boise State 2014-2016 (Other, Position) · under Bryan Harsin
- Marcel Yates · Boise State 2014-2015 (DC) · under Bryan Harsin
- Mike Sanford Jr. · Boise State 2014 (OC, Position) · under Bryan Harsin
- Nate Potter · Boise State 2014 (Analyst) · under Bryan Harsin
- Kirby Moore* · Washington 2015-2016 (GA) · under Chris Petersen
- Matt Miller · Boise State 2015-2020 (Analyst, Other, Position) · under Bryan Harsin
- Brady Hoke · Oregon 2016 (DC) · under Mark Helfrich
- David Yost · Oregon 2016 (Other, Position) · under Mark Helfrich
- Ikaika Malloe · Washington 2016-2019 (Position) · under Chris Petersen
- Jeff Tedford · Washington 2016 (Analyst) · under Chris Petersen
- Scott Huff · Boise State 2016 (OC) · under Bryan Harsin
- Zak Hill · Boise State 2016-2019 (OC, Position) · under Bryan Harsin
- Beau Baldwin · California 2017-2019 (OC, Other, Position) · under Justin Wilcox
- Charlie Ragle · California 2017-2021 (Position, ST coord.) · under Justin Wilcox
- Erik Meyer · California 2017-2019 (Analyst) · under Justin Wilcox
- Jerry Azzinaro · California 2017 (Position) · under Justin Wilcox
- Kane Ioane · Washington 2017-2018 (Analyst) · under Chris Petersen
- Marques Tuiasosopo · California 2017-2020 (Position) · under Justin Wilcox
- Spencer Danielson*+ · Boise State 2017-2020 (DC, GA, Position) · under Bryan Harsin
- Tim DeRuyter · California 2017-2020 (DC, Other, Position) · under Justin Wilcox
- Peter Sirmon · California 2018-2024 (DC, Other, Position) · under Justin Wilcox
- Jeff Schmedding · Boise State 2019-2020 (DC, Position) · under Bryan Harsin
- Zac Alley · Boise State 2019-2020 (Position, ST coord.) · under Bryan Harsin
- Bill Musgrave · California 2020-2022 (OC, Position) · under Justin Wilcox
- Cadillac Williams · Auburn 2021-2022 (Position) · under Bryan Harsin
- Derek Mason* · Auburn 2021 (DC) · under Bryan Harsin
- Frank Maile · Boise State 2021-2022 (Other, Position) · under Andy Avalos
- Keith Heyward · California 2021-2025 (Position) · under Justin Wilcox
- Mike Bobo · Auburn 2021 (OC, Position) · under Bryan Harsin
- Nick Eason · Auburn 2021 (Position) · under Bryan Harsin
- Stacy Collins · Boise State 2021 (Position, ST coord.) · under Andy Avalos
- Tim Plough · Boise State 2021-2022 (OC, Position) · under Andy Avalos
- Dirk Koetter · Boise State 2022 (Analyst, OC) · under Andy Avalos
- Ike Hilliard · Auburn 2022 (OC, Position) · under Bryan Harsin
- Kelly Poppinga · Boise State 2022 (Position, ST coord.) · under Andy Avalos
- Kenny Hill · California 2022 (Analyst) · under Justin Wilcox
- Vic So'oto · California 2022-2025 (DC, Position, ST coord.) · under Justin Wilcox
- Graham Harrell · Purdue 2023-2024 (OC, Position) · under Ryan Walters
- Jake Spavital · California 2023 (OC, Position) · under Justin Wilcox
- Kevin Kane · Purdue 2023-2024 (DC, Position) · under Ryan Walters
- Lance Anderson · Boise State 2023 (Analyst) · under Andy Avalos
- Matt Mattox · Purdue 2023 (Position) · under Ryan Walters
- Seth Doege · Purdue 2023 (Position) · under Ryan Walters
- Jason Simmons · Purdue 2024 (OC) · under Ryan Walters
- Mike Bloesch · California 2024 (OC) · under Justin Wilcox
- Sterlin Gilbert · California 2024 (Other, Position) · under Justin Wilcox
- Nick Rolovich · California 2025 (Analyst) · under Justin Wilcox
- Terrence Brown · California 2025 (DC) · under Justin Wilcox
Level 3: on their staffs · 78
- Jeff Hecklinski · San Diego State 2009-2022 (OC, Other, Position) · under Brady Hoke
- Brian Natkin · UTEP 2013-2016 (Position, ST coord.) · under Sean Kugler
- Patrick Higgins · UTEP 2013-2015 (OC, Position) · under Sean Kugler
- Scott Stoker · UTEP 2013-2015 (DC, Position) · under Sean Kugler
- Todd Whitten · UTEP 2013-2015 (Position) · under Sean Kugler
- Chuck Bresnahan · UCF 2016 (DC, Position) · under Scott Frost
- Jovan Dewitt · UCF 2016-2017 (Other, Position, ST coord.) · under Scott Frost
- Mack Leftwich · UTEP 2016 (Other) · under Sean Kugler
- Ryan Held · UCF 2016-2017 (Position) · under Scott Frost
- Tom Mason · UTEP 2016 (DC, Position) · under Sean Kugler
- Troy Walters · UCF 2016-2017 (OC, Position) · under Scott Frost
- Clayton White · Western Kentucky 2017-2018 (DC, Position) · under Mike Sanford Jr.
- Jamar Cain · Fresno State 2017-2018 (Position) · under Jeff Tedford
- Kalen DeBoer*+ · Fresno State 2017-2018 (OC, Position) · under Jeff Tedford
- Maurice Crum Jr. · Western Kentucky 2017-2018 (Position) · under Mike Sanford Jr.
- Mike Sanford Sr. · Western Kentucky 2017-2018 (Position, ST coord.) · under Mike Sanford Jr.
- Orlondo Steinauer · Fresno State 2017 (DC) · under Jeff Tedford
- Ryan Grubb · Fresno State 2017-2019 (OC, Other, Position) · under Jeff Tedford
- Steve Spurrier Jr. · Western Kentucky 2017 (Other, Position) · under Mike Sanford Jr.
- Bert Watts · Fresno State 2018-2019 (DC) · under Jeff Tedford
- Brian Lindgren · Oregon State 2018-2023 (OC, Position) · under Jonathan Smith
- Jim Michalczik · Oregon State 2018-2023 (Other, Position) · under Jonathan Smith
- Kefense Hynson · Oregon State 2018-2023 (Other, Position) · under Jonathan Smith
- Mike Riley · Oregon State 2018 (Analyst) · under Jonathan Smith
- Steve Cooper · Nebraska 2018-2021 (Analyst, Position) · under Scott Frost
- Tim Tibesar · Oregon State 2018-2021 (DC, Position) · under Jonathan Smith
- Trent Bray · Oregon State 2018-2023 (DC, Position) · under Jonathan Smith
- Charlie Harbison · App State 2019 (Position) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- D. J. Smith · App State 2019 (Position) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Danny Langsdorf · Fresno State 2019 (Position) · under Jeff Tedford
- Garrett Riley · App State 2019 (Position) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Greg Gasparato · App State 2019 (Position) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Shawn Clark · App State 2019 (Other, Position) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Ted Roof · App State 2019 (DC) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Bill McGovern · Nebraska 2020 (Analyst) · under Scott Frost
- Casey Woods* · Missouri 2020-2021 (Other, Position) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Curtis Luper · Missouri 2020-2026 (Position) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- David Gibbs · Missouri 2020 (Position) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Jeff Horton · San Diego State 2020-2022 (Position) · under Brady Hoke
- John Donovan · Washington 2020-2021 (OC, Position) · under Jimmy Lake
- Kevin Wolthausen · San Diego State 2020-2023 (Analyst) · under Brady Hoke
- Kurt Mattix · San Diego State 2020-2023 (DC, Position) · under Brady Hoke
- Matt Linehan · San Diego State 2020 (GA) · under Brady Hoke
- Thomas Ford · Washington 2020-2021 (Analyst) · under Jimmy Lake
- Bill Busch · Nebraska 2021 (Analyst) · under Scott Frost
- Steve Wilks · Missouri 2021 (DC) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Chris Wilson · Colorado 2022 (DC, Position) · under Mike Sanford Jr.
- Clay Patterson · Colorado 2022 (OC, Position) · under Mike Sanford Jr.
- Gerald Chatman · Colorado 2022 (DC) · under Mike Sanford Jr.
- Justin Ena · San Diego State 2022 (Position) · under Brady Hoke
- Kevin Coyle · Fresno State 2022-2023 (DC) · under Jeff Tedford
- Ryan Lindley · San Diego State 2022-2023 (OC, Position) · under Brady Hoke
- Tim Skipper · Fresno State 2022-2023 (Other, Position) · under Jeff Tedford
- Pat McCann · Fresno State 2023 (OC) · under Jeff Tedford
- Bodie Reeder · Middle Tennessee 2024-2025 (OC) · under Derek Mason
- Brian Stewart · Middle Tennessee 2024-2026 (DC) · under Derek Mason
- Chad Wilt · Michigan State 2024-2025 (Position, ST coord.) · under Jonathan Smith
- Chris Ball · Missouri 2024-2026 (Analyst) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Corey Batoon · Missouri 2024-2026 (DC) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- David Blackwell · Missouri 2024-2026 (Position) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Jacob Yoro · Missouri 2024-2026 (Position) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Joe Rossi · Michigan State 2024-2025 (DC, Position) · under Jonathan Smith
- Sean Gleeson · Missouri 2024-2025 (Analyst, Position) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Tyler Stockton · Boise State 2024-2025 (DC, Position) · under Spencer Danielson
- Alex Grinch · UCF 2025-2026 (DC, Position) · under Scott Frost
- Brandon Harris · UCF 2025 (Position) · under Scott Frost
- Danny Hope · UCF 2025 (Position) · under Scott Frost
- David Gilbertson · Nevada 2025 (OC) · under Jeff Choate
- Derek Nicholson · Missouri 2025-2026 (Position) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Mark D'Onofrio · UCF 2025-2026 (Position) · under Scott Frost
- Pete Alamar · UCF 2025-2026 (ST coord.) · under Scott Frost
- Alex Atkins · Missouri 2026 (Position) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Anthony Scelfo · Middle Tennessee 2026 (OC) · under Derek Mason
- Brett Bartolone · Nevada 2026 (OC) · under Jeff Choate
- Chip Lindsey · Missouri 2026 (OC) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Derek Sage · Washington State 2026 (Position, ST coord.) · under Kirby Moore
- John Papuchis · Missouri 2026 (Analyst, ST coord.) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Terrence Brown · Boise State 2026 (DC) · under Spencer Danielson
Coached together
- Brent Guy · Boise State 1998-2000 · him OC, Other, Position, ST coord., them DC
- Dirk Koetter · Boise State 1998-2000 · him OC, Other, Position, ST coord., them Head coach
- Mark Helfrich · Boise State 1998-2000 · him OC, Other, Position, ST coord., them Position
- Jeff Grimes · Boise State 2000 · him OC, Other, Position, ST coord., them Position
- Ted Monachino · Boise State 2000 · him OC, Other, Position, ST coord., them Position
- Bob Gregory · Boise State 2001 · him Head coach, them DC
- Bryan Harsin · Boise State 2001-2005 · him Head coach, them GA, Position
- Chris Petersen · Boise State 2001-2005 · him Head coach, them OC
- Justin Wilcox · Boise State 2001-2002 · him Head coach, them GA
- Robert Prince · Boise State 2001-2003 · him Head coach, them Other, Position
- Ron Collins · Boise State 2005 · him Head coach, them DC
- Andy Avalos · Colorado 2006-2008 · him Head coach, them GA
- Brian Cabral · Colorado 2006-2010 · him Head coach, them Head coach, Position
- Eric Kiesau · Colorado 2006-2010 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Greg Brown · Colorado 2006-2010 · him Head coach, them Position
- Mark Helfrich · Colorado 2006-2008 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Ron Collins · Colorado 2006-2010 · him Head coach, them DC
- Jeff Grimes · Colorado 2007-2008 · him Head coach, them Other, Position
- Lee Marks · Colorado 2007-2009 · him Head coach, them Strength
- Bush Hamdan · Colorado 2009 · him Head coach, them GA
- Denver Johnson · Colorado 2009-2010 · him Head coach, them Position
- Ryan Walters · Colorado 2009 · him Head coach, them Other
- Robert Prince · Colorado 2010 · him Head coach, them Other, Position
- Cody Hawkins · UC Davis 2017-2022 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Tim Plough · UC Davis 2017-2020 · him Head coach, them OC, Other, Position
- Matt Coombs · UC Davis 2021-2023 · him Head coach, them DC
- Mike Cody · UC Davis 2023 · him Head coach, them OC