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Dan Hawkins

Followed Gary Barnett. Dan Hawkins slid Colorado from Power Program II to Power Program III in 5 seasons.

The ascent
72–50
2001–2010 · 2 stints
Boise StateColorado
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Career arc

His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.

Stature score reached, by season of his head-coaching careerBOISE STATECOLORADOPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelBoise State, 2001: 8-4, National Program III2001Boise State, 2002: 12-1, National Program II2002Boise State, 2003: 13-1, National Program II2003Boise State, 2004: 11-1, National Program I2004Boise State, 2005: 9-4, National Program I2005+14.6Colorado, 2006: 2-10, Power Program III2006Colorado, 2007: 6-7, Power Program III2007Colorado, 2008: 5-7, National Program I2008Colorado, 2009: 3-9, National Program II2009Colorado, 2010: 3-6, National Program II2010-11.1One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Power Program in his 6th career season — faster than 25% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #279 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).

Boise State, 5 seasons
+14.6
National Program III → National Program I.
Colorado, 5 seasons
−11.1
Power Program III → National Program II.

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

10–7 against his rivals. Winless in 5 tries against Gary Pinkel.

Rivalry record
10–7
58.8% · 4 rivals
One-score games
19–20
48.7% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
2–8
20.0%
Rivalry ledger
Fresno State4–180%
Colorado State3–260%
Nebraska1–420%
Idaho2–0100%
The toughest matchupNemesis
vs. Gary Pinkel0–5
5 meetings, 2006–2010
’06 L’07 L’08 L’09 L’10 L
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
2–8 20.0%
Power Program
5–14 26.3%
National Program
12–19 38.7%
Regional Program
49–9 84.5%

Coaching career

2006–2010
Coloradocaretaker
Power Program II → Power Program III
Dan Hawkins slid Colorado from Power Program II to Power Program III in 5 seasons.

9th-best Colorado tenure of 20 by the numbers.

Followed Gary Barnett (1999–2005) · succeeded by Jon Embree (2011–2012).

Where the roster comes from, by position
Grows Tight end from high school
100%
#164 of 188 stints
Grows Interior line from high school
100%
#198 of 224 stints

13 NFL Draft picks: Joe Klopfenstein (2006), Jeremy Bloom (2006), Quinn Sypniewski (2006), Lawrence Vickers (2006), Mason Crosby (2007), Abraham Wright (2007), Jordon Dizon (2008), Terrence Wheatley (2008) + 5 more

19–39
2001–2005
Boise Statebuilder
Regional Program I → National Program I
Dan Hawkins raised Boise State from Regional Program I to National Program I.

5th-best Boise State tenure of 9 by the numbers.

Followed Dirk Koetter (1998–2000) · succeeded by Chris Petersen (2006–2013).

5 NFL Draft picks: Shaunard Harts (2001), Matt Hill (2002), Jeb Putzier (2002), Brock Forsey (2003), Daryn Colledge (2006)

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