Top 25
4-20
- Games
- 24
- Win rate
- 16.7%
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Coach Profile
Dan Hawkins
2001-2010 • Boise State, Colorado
2 schools coached, anchored by Boise State.
Dan Hawkins coached 10 seasons, won 59.0%, and posted an average SRS of 3.9. Best season: 2004 Boise State. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 72-50
- Career win rate
- 59.0%
- Average SRS
- 3.9
- Peak SRS
- 15.3
Career Dossier
One glance at the full arc.
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
- Seasons coached
- 10
- Career span
- 10 years
- Best finish
- #12
- Consistency
- 48.4
Primary school anchor
Boise State
Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 74.2.
Career Arc
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Dan Hawkins
EliteStrongAverageLean
Dan Hawkins: 2006 Colorado
2001Actual season year • SRS range -4.4 to 15.32010
Active comparison point
Dan Hawkins • 2004
2004 Boise State
Best season11-1 • SRS 15.3 • SP Overall 19.3
Win %
91.7%
YoY SRS
+4.8
SP Off / Def
50.9 / 36.9
Finish
#12
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Ranked opponent record
Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.
Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.
Top 10
1-5
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 16.7%
Top 5
1-2
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 33.3%
View ranked game results24
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Colorado
2006-2010 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS -1.5 • Win % 32.8%
Boise State
2001-2005 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 9.2 • Win % 82.8%
- Longest tenure
- Colorado • 5 seasons
- Best tenure
- Boise State • 9.2 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Boise State • 82.8%
Style and Strength Profile
Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.
Overall Strength
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Dan Hawkins sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeDan Hawkins sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Dan Hawkins
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 5.4
- Percentile
- 73th pct
Strong
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Impact by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
Colorado
2006-2010 • 19-39
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -1.5Win % 32.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.8 during vs 7.8 baseline
-4.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-1.5 during vs 7.1 baseline
-8.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
0.3 during vs 12.4 baseline
-12.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
-40.0%
Boise State
2001-2005 • 53-11
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 9.2Win % 82.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
10.6 during vs 6.2 baseline
+4.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
9.2 during vs -9.2 baseline
+18.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
10.4 during vs -10.6 baseline
+21.0
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
60.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+60.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Boise State 2004
11-1 • SRS 15.3
Biggest Improvement
Boise State 2002
12-1 • 12.8 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Boise State 2004
11-1 • SP Off 50.9
Best Defensive Season
Colorado 2006
2-10 • SP Def 18.9
Setbacks
Worst Season
Colorado 2009
3-9 • SRS -4.4
Biggest Drop
Boise State 2005
9-4 • -9.9 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Colorado | 2010 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -1.7 | -1.9 | 27.3 | 27.7 | +2.7 | +8.3% |
| Colorado | 2009 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -4.4 | 0.2 | 20.6 | 19.3 | -2.3 | -16.7% |
| Colorado | 2008 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -2.1 | -2.7 | 23.0 | 23.2 | -5.1 | -4.5% |
| Colorado | 2007 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | 3.0 | 4.2 | 29.1 | 23.9 | +5.4 | +29.5% |
| Colorado | 2006 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.7% | — | — | -2.4 | 1.8 | 20.1 | 18.9 | -7.8 | -52.6% |
| Boise State | 2005 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #18 | — | 5.4 | 4.5 | 29.5 | 24.9 | -9.9 | -22.4% |
| Boise State | 2004 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | — | #12 | 15.3 | 19.3 | 50.9 | 36.9 | +4.8 | -1.2% |
| Boise State | 2003 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 92.9% | — | #16 | 10.5 | 12.8 | 41.5 | 31.6 | -3.4 | +0.5% |
| Boise State | 2002 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 92.3% | — | #15 | 13.9 | 13.1 | 44.1 | 33.7 | +12.8 | +25.6% |
| Boise State | 2001 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 1.1 | 2.4 | 35.9 | 34.4 | — | — |
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