Yeah, I wasn't surprised at all by this. Now I don't personally know Hawk, but everything we've every heard from him is that family is before everything else. I think the "Hawkins Bowl" last season was likely tough for him.
I talked to Dan last season after the ISU game and he was saying it was the worst experience having to coach against his son. That game seemed to suck the life out of him - and we won.
Nice situation for him. Closer to family and gets to mentor without the day to day stress of coaching.
It's unfortunate that game impacted him to the degree that he felt he needed to step down. That being said, I'm glad that we have a coach in place who won't have qualms about going against another conference coach.
Cody was well qualified for both those roles. He was a highly regarded high school recruit at Colorado. He was clearly overqualified for his first job under Hawkins here, which was offensive quality control.
Cody Hawkins didn’t quickly become OC here. He became a receiver coach after Tolver the receiver coach went to Cal. Cody coached wide receivers two seasons before becoming QB coach and OC, when Plough vacated the position. Cody had been a FBS QB and an OC at a community college with an 11-0 record.
Compare Cody Hawkin’s credentials when he became OC here with either Mike Cody’s credentials last year, or our current OCs credentials and Cody Hawkins’ are the best.
Hawk did a fantastic job bringing us back, identifying and landing Jake Maier, and likely playing a role in getting the Edward's Performance Facility built.
It sounds like the Business major is a small but key addition.
Question: did JM work harder than our other QBs, or did he bring skills others don't have?