Steve Hawkins
Steve Hawkins (born August 3, 1962)
Current position: Assistant men’s basketball coach
Current team: Southern Illinois Salukis (Head coach: Scott Nagy)
Current conference: Missouri Valley Conference (MVC)
Current team: Western Michigan Broncos, Quincy Hawks
Western Michigan record: 291-262 (.526)
Quincy record: 162–143 (.531)
Overall record^: 453-405 (.528)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (2004, 2014)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2005)
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2013)
- CIT Appearances: 2 (2011, 2015)
- MAC Regular Season Champion: 8 (2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017)
- MAC Tournament Champion: 2 (2004, 2014)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 3 (1994, 1995, 1997)
Awards:
- MAC Coach of the Year: 1 (2014)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2024-present | Southern Illinois (asst) |
2022-2024 | Quincy |
2003-2020 | Western Michigan |
2000-2003 | Western Michigan (asst) |
1991-2000 | Quincy |
1990-1991 | Quincy (asst) |
1988-1990 | St. Andrews (asst) |
1987-1988 | Quincy (grad. asst) |
1984-1987 | South Alabama (student asst) |
Steve Hawkins Facts
- Stephen Greg Hawkins
- Born August 3, 1962
- Hometown: Ventura, California
- Alma Mater: University of South Alabama (BA, 1987) / US Sports Academy (MA)
- Started coaching immediately after graduating from high school with junior varsity head coaching positions at Villanova Prep and St. Bonaventure HS in the Los Angeles area
- Worked as a student assistant at South Alabama under head coach Mike Hanks while he earned his undergraduate degree
- Spent one season as a graduate assistant under Jay Lowenthal at D-II Quincy (IL) then two season as an assistant under Mark Simons at then-NAIA St. Andrews (NC)
- Returned to Quincy as an assistant under Brad Dunn in 1990, then a became the head coach the following season
- Went 137-111 in nine seasons at the school, leading his teams to three D-II NCAA Tournaments
- Joined Robert McCullum‘s staff at Western Michigan in 2000, working as his assistant for three seasons before taking as the Broncos’ new head coach in 2003
- In seventeen years, Hawkins went 291-262, won or shared eight MAC titles, won two MAC Tournaments and earned six postseason bids (two NCAAs, one NIT, one CBI and two CIT)
- Fired in March 2020 following a 13-19 campaign, his fourth season at or below .500 in the preceding five years
- Returned to Quincy in March 2022 for a second stint as the Hawks’ head coach; went 14-15 in his first year back
- After two years, Hawkins resigned to take a position on Scott Nagy‘s staff at Southern Illinois
Steve Hawkins Coaching Tree
- Bacari Alexander (Detroit Mercy)
- Clayton Bates (Western Michigan)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division II levels