Wow. He must be off our payroll now.

Looks like he is extremely close to his son, and Cody's exit was a key component to his departure.

$19K a year.

https://footballscoop.com/news/dan-hawkins-is-reportedly-coming-out-of-retirement-for-a-new-coaching-opportunity

I'm sure he has some agreement with Davis given that he left prematurely

Are we really surprised since he made Cody a starter at then BCS school, Colorado and hired Cody when Hawk came here.

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.

He has said he's best friends with Cody, and contemplated stepping aside after Cody left for Idaho State.

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.

Aggies do not match up with Idaho State this season.

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.

He quickly became one of the youngest OCs in the country. Lots of guys can't even get interviewed.Bale?

Cody went from 1-10 to 3-8, and competitive. ISU rewarded him w a new contract, looks like a 1-year extension and small raise.

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.

I didn’t mean to imply that was ‘the’ reason he stepped down. I think last season wore him down and that game (and the playoff snub) didn’t help.

https://www.vacavilleinsider.com/tag/cody-hawkins/

Conspiracy theory: Dan was asked to step down

...and just give Plough his program to run as he sees fit.

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?