Dan Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Danny Clarence Hawkinsis an American former gridiron football player, coach, and sportscaster. He served as the head football coach at Willamette University, Boise State University, and the University of Colorado, compiling a career college football record of 112–61–1. Hawkins was the head coach of the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football Leaguefor five games in 2013 before he was fired mid-season. He was a studio analyst for college football with ESPN...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth12 December 1976
bubble deal life love
I'd love to have a bubble . . . but you've got to deal with what you've got to deal with. That's life as we know it and we'll deal with it.
coach
I'm getting more used to it because the more you coach and the more you get around, that's the way it is.
good job
I'm not doing a good job right now.
age aiming early easier exactly knew life musician
I knew from an early age exactly what I wanted to do. I wanted to be a musician and that was it. It made life a lot easier knowing what I was aiming for.
ahead credit final hanging oregon state until
You've got to give Oregon State a lot of credit. They weren't ahead until the final ticks, and you've got to give them credit for hanging in there.
circumstance deal lives piece team terrible trying
You've got a terrible tragedy, and everybody's trying to piece their lives back together, ... Everybody's got their own circumstances to deal with. It's not so much about what he can do for the team, but more what the team can do for him.
football guys people philosophy similar type
You can still have multiracial, multi-religion, multi-geographic guys who have a similar type philosophy about what they want out of school, what they want out of football and what kind of people they are.
attention chance detail guys hard offense pause special talented teams work
All of those other guys were working really hard to get it set up. We always look at special teams as a chance to get something big done. It's just not a pause between offense and defense. All of that work and attention to detail comes into play, and you have to have a guy who is talented and fast, which (Jones) is.
diligent hang hard moment until work
And he did all those things and he was diligent enough to hang in there and work hard until his moment came, and then he made the most of it.
came great return score
The kickoff return came at a great time. We were pretty much controlling the game, but unfortunately by the score you couldn't tell it.
came games gave great jump return
The kickoff return came at a great time. It kind of gave us a jump start. Most games turn on big plays, and this one was no different.
centered difference grounded key today
The key difference between this and anything we see out there today is it would be grounded and centered in the community.
best bit ready sad sure trying
I'm sure it will be sad to some degree. I'm just trying to get us ready to play as best we can. Once it's over I'm sure it'll be a little bit of a shock.
until
I can't wait until we get to the stage where we don't have to explain anymore.