Unbelivable News Update: The former head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes, Dan Hawkins, has officially announced his return to the team.
Multiple sources close to the team have confirmed that Dan Hawkins, the football coach at the University of Colorado, was sacked on Monday.
According to a source, Hawkins will meet with his players today morning before making the official announcement of the transfer at a press conference at noon. In the meanwhile, associate head coach Brian Cabral will assume the role of interim head coach for the next three games.
Although other candidates from throughout the nation will be taken into consideration, sources stated that former CU coach Bill McCartney, who guided the Buffs to a national championship, will be a strong contender to follow Hawkins. 1994 saw McCartney’s retirement from coaching.
McCartney expressed her heartbreak for Coach Hawkins and his family on Monday night. “He is a man who gave it his all. It’s a challenging moment. Our thoughts are with him.
McCartney responded, “If Colorado was interested in me, I would definitely be interested in returning,” when asked if he would be a candidate for the position.
Athletic director Mike Bohn is reportedly not interested in hiring a coach who would develop his apparent successor, according to a source close to the department of athletics. That would endanger the prospects of Mullen High School coach Dave Logan, a former Buff, as well as local favorites Eric Bieniemy and Jon Embree, both of whom are currently employed by the NFL.
If the team’s difficulties over the previous five years have made Hawkins’ departure seem inevitable for weeks. A year earlier, CU resisted his termination threat due to the high expense of a buyout. This time, CU will have to pay roughly $1.8 million to acquire the balance of his contract.
A Colorado player reported that there was disagreement among the team on Monday night.
Under the condition of anonymity, he stated, “As a team and as far as players go, we felt we’ve been kind of not heard and not listened to.” The player referred to the coaches’ choice to exclude names off the shirt backs.
We didn’t cast a vote on it. It was their own decision to make it. Things they believed would assist, but in reality, didn’t. We didn’t like it and in the end, it didn’t help. Although it happened recently, I firmly believe that these coaches disregarded the players’ opinions. Our requests were not heard by them. They showed no sign of empathy for us.
He mentioned the circumstances at quarterback, where Hawkins’s son, Cody, played, when asked about additional problems.
“Take a look at the quarterbacks we have brought in throughout Coach Hawk’s five years here. I need not say anything more at all. We missed out on hiring many better players than we could have. Why is it the case?
The player said, “Coach Hawk’s a good guy,” when asked about Coach Hawkins. He is a decent dude. He holds some sound ideologies. Sometimes, I believe that he is a better man than a football coach. He seems to be less concerned with football and more with things like (ideology). I am aware that all of those things are connected, but let’s go specific. Let’s start talking football.
The Buffaloes are 0-5 in the Big 12 Conference and 3-6 overall. The biggest collapse in the history of the program occurred on Saturday when Colorado lost a 28-point fourth-quarter lead over Kansas.
The decision to make the move on Monday rather than after the season was influenced, according to a source, by the fallout from that fiasco, which included harsh criticism of Hawkins’ play calling in the fourth quarter when he kept letting his son, Cody, toss the ball.
Hawkins fails to record a winning season in five years, finishing 19–39 at CU.
Monday night, a source from the athletic department claimed that Hawkins was meeting with Bohn. Bohn could not be reached for comment. Bruce Benson, the president of CU, stated that Bohn would decide whether to remove Hawkins, but he would not corroborate the information.
“Let them keep rumoring, it’s all just a rumor mill,” Benson remarked from New York, where he was attending donor meetings.
Before the Buffs’ disastrous loss to Kansas 52-45 on Saturday, where they blew a 45-17 lead in the fourth quarter, Hawkins was anticipated to play out the season.
On Monday evening, Hawkins could not be reached for comment.
He did speak during Monday morning’s Big 12 coaches conference. When asked about his precarious position at the time, he responded, “Life makes no promises.” Because of the adventurous character of life and the inherent risks involved in this line of work, this occupation is risky.
