Steve Hawkins

Hawkins later attended the University of South Alabama, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1987. From 1984–87 he served as a student assistant to men's basketball head coach Mike Hanks. In 1989 he earned his master's degree in sports science from the United States Sports Academy.

Hawkins served as assistant coach at Quincy University from 1987-1988 and 1990-1991 and St. Andrews Presbyterian College in 1989. He was promoted to head coach at Quincy in 1992, and served there for 9 seasons until joining the staff of Robert McCullum at Western Michigan in the spring of 2000.

Hawkins was named head coach at Western Michigan University on May 1, 2003, following the departure of head coach Robert McCullum to South Florida. Hawkins had served as an assistant coach on the WMU staff for the previous three seasons.

Following the 2004–05 season, the Broncos participated in the 2005 National Invitation Tournament.

In 2005 Hawkins was a finalist for the head coaching job at DePaul University that eventually went to Jerry Wainwright. He has also received head coaching offers from the University of San Francisco (2004), the University of Nevada, and Southern Methodist University. He also received interest from Bradley University and Loyola-Chicago.

In July 2007, Hawkins was hospitalised for three days following a seizure in his office.

Following the 2010–11 basketball season, Hawkins coached the Broncos in the 2011 CollegeInsider.com Tournament. After a victory in the opening round against Tennessee Tech, the Broncos fell in the second round to MAC rival Buffalo.

Following the 2012-13 basketballs season, Hawkins and Broncos participated in the 2013 College Basketball Invitational. They won their first 2 games before falling to George Mason in the semifinals.