Posts Tagged ‘Steve Hawkins’
‘There were a lot of tears’: Hawkins resigns as QU men’s basketball coach after two seasons at helm
QUINCY — When opportunity knocked, Steve Hawkins needed to listen. He owed that to his family. After discussing an offer to join NCAA Division I coaching staff with his wife, Kelly, the Quincy University men’s basketball coach knew the time was right to make a move. Monday, he officially resigned as the Hawks’ coach, two…
Read MoreCold-shooting Hawks fall in double overtime
QUINCY – Despite shooting 1 of 15 from three-point range, the Quincy University Hawks still had ample opportunities to grab a win over William Jewell Saturday afternoon at Pepsi Arena. Orlando Thomas went coast to coast after a QU steal for a bucket to send the game into overtime, but QU missed its last three…
Read MoreBlistering beginning puts Hawks in command as they climb back to .500 mark in GLVC
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – There are fast starts, and then there is what the Quincy University men’s basketball team did Thursday night. The Hawks blitzed Drury by sinking their first nine shots, six of them from 3-point range, to take a 27-13 lead just six minutes into the contest. They held on for an 83-78 victory…
Read MoreEveryone in: Hawks seize opportunity to give bench players needed experience in lopsided win
QUINCY — The early-season schedule is giving the Quincy University men’s basketball team the opportunity to gain the one thing it lacks — experience. All 13 available players logged double-figure minutes Wednesday night as the Hawks overcame a sluggish start to cruise to a 92-39 victory over Hannibal-LaGrange University in their home opener in Pepsi…
Read MoreSchuckman: Coaching camaraderie that brought Izzo to town helps create fervor for QU season
QUINCY — Logistically, it didn’t make sense. Tom Izzo didn’t care. Steve Hawkins needed the right person to headline the Quincy University men’s basketball program’s first tip-off banquet, and the Michigan State Hall of Fame coach willingly obliged, despite the whirlwind schedule it created. Izzo boarded a plane from East Lansing, Mich., to Quincy early…
Read MorePhoto gallery: QU tip-off banquet draws large crowd to hear Michigan State’s Tom Izzo speak
QUINCY — Tom Izzo is entertaining. Steve Hawkins is, too. Put the Michigan State and Quincy University men’s basketball coaches on the stage together and time flies with the stories they tell. That’s what took place Sunday night in QU’s Pepsi Arena where Izzo served as the guest speaker at the QU basketball program’s first…
Read MoreQU men’s basketball welcomes Michigan St. Coach Tom Izzo on Sept. 17
MRN’s Bob Gough talks to QU basketball coach Steve Hawkins about his team’s upcoming fundraiser with special guest Tom Izzo, the legendary basketball coach at Michigan State. The event is Sunday, Sept. 17 at 6 p.m. and you can purchase tickets at www.quincy.edu/tipoff.
Read MoreHall of Fame coach Tom Izzo to speak at QU men’s basketball program’s Tip-Off Banquet
QUINCY — Hall of Fame college basketball coach Tom Izzo will be the featured speaker during the Quincy University men’s basketball program’s annual Tip-Off Banquet, scheduled to take place at 6 p.m. Sept. 17 in Pepsi Arena on the QU campus. Izzo has been the head coach at Michigan State University since 1995. Izzo was elected to…
Read More‘We’ve got some dogs, man’: QU men take top-seeded Indianapolis into double OT before losing
ST. CHARLES, Mo. — An outsized and physically overmatched Quincy University men’s basketball team did everything it could on Thursday afternoon, but it couldn’t change the outcome — a gritty 79-77 double-overtime loss to top-seeded Indianapolis in the first round in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament. What the Hawks did change this season, however,…
Read MoreCrim: Postseason fate still in question, but Hawks have undoubtedly made strides in Hawkins’ first season back
QUINCY — As the Great Lakes Valley Conference enters the final week of the basketball regular season, the only certainty on the men’s side is that nationally-ranked Indianapolis will finish first and be the top seed for the league tournament March 2-5 in St. Charles, Mo. Otherwise, we’re left to decipher the GLVC’s rating system…
Read MoreHawks lose rematch with William Jewell, drop third straight
QUINCY — It was hard to say which was colder Thursday night: the Quincy University offense or the temperature outside Pepsi Arena. With the starting five struggling to score, the Hawks received a bit of a bench boost in the first half as the team fought its way to being only down two at the…
Read MoreFrustrated by fouls, Foster fuels final flourish as Hawks snap three-game losing streak
QUINCY — Sitting on the bench tested Isaiah Foster’s patience. Three fouls limited the freshman guard to just 4 minutes, 35 seconds of playing time Saturday until he checked into the game with 11:40 remaining in the second half. Foster helped the Quincy University men’s basketball team go on a 10-point run to take the…
Read MoreCrim: Hawks hope turbulent stretch subsides and more memorable moments await
QUINCY— Quincy University coach Steve Hawkins likes to compare a basketball season to an airplane flight. “There’s always going to be some turbulence,” he explained. His team is trying to navigate its choppiest stretch yet. After surprising preseason prognosticators by winning six of their first seven Great Lakes Valley Conference games to rise to the…
Read MoreSchuckman: Emotion hits Hawkins leading up to second home debut as QU men’s basketball coach
QUINCY — Every version of the national anthem is unique and different. Singers with big, booming voices tend to drag out high notes, especially at the top of their vocal range. Nervous singers hurry through it, praying they don’t forget a word or miss a note and fight just to finish. Steve Hawkins would have…
Read MoreQU men’s basketball team comes up short in final exhibition at Northwestern
After taking care of the basketball before halftime with only four turnovers, Quincy University had 10 turnovers in the second half and fell to the Wildcats 69-49 at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
Read MorePhoto gallery: Practice officially opens on second Hawkins era with QU men’s basketball program
QUINCY — More than two decades have passed since Steve Hawkins last walked into Pepsi Arena to coach the first official practice of the college basketball season, but his expectations for the Quincy University men’s basketball players aren’t any different. The Hawks better be prepared to tirelessly work to get better. Saturday morning, the Hawks…
Read MoreQU men’s basketball team to face tough road tests while launching Hawkins’ second stint as coach
QUINCY — Ideally, Quincy University men’s basketball coach Steve Hawkins wouldn’t want to launch his second stint with the Hawks by playing four of the first five games on the road. “I wish there was a way to start our tenure here at home,” the veteran skipper said. This schedule doesn’t accommodate such a wish.…
Read MoreSchuckman: Path to Hawkins’ return as QU men’s basketball coach began with meal at Portillo’s
QUINCY — Steve Hawkins isn’t shy about his appreciation for quality cuisine. He is loyal to the restaurants he finds reliable and appetizing. So it came as no surprise Wednesday morning, hours before he was to be introduced as the new Quincy University men’s basketball coach, Hawkins ate breakfast at the Coach House, a longstanding…
Read MoreHawk homecoming: QU hires former hoops coach Hawkins to return to helm of men’s program
QUINCY — Steve Hawkins made the 430-mile drive from Kalamazoo, Mich., to Quincy by himself Tuesday night, but he was hardly alone. “Word started to seep out the last couple of days in the coaching world,” said Hawkins, who was introduced Wednesday as the next Quincy University men’s basketball coach. “My phone … well, it…
Read MoreCrim: Hawkins remains passionate about coaching and committed to helping steer basketball in right direction
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — When Steve Hawkins answered a phone call from a number he didn’t recognize in September, he wasn’t surprised the caller wanted to know if he would be interested in a basketball coaching opening. After all, he had fielded numerous inquiries since Western Michigan University administrators decided not to renew his contract in…
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