Dan Hawkins - photo courtesy CU athletics
Despite the Buffs finishing 3-9 — the fourth losing record in Dan Hawkins’ four seasons as CU football coach — university officials decided to retain Hawkins for a fifth season. He owns a 16-33 record since arriving at CU.
“I know for me it’s been humbling,” said Hawkins, whose contract runs through the 2012 season. “This whole thing has been humbling. That’s not all bad for a person to have to kind of go reinvent yourself.”
Asked after the season what a fair set of expectations would be for 2010, Hawkins said, “Beating Colorado State and Nebraska, getting to a bowl game and winning that bowl game. That ought to be a baseline.”
Shortly after the season, secondary coach and defensive passing game coordinator Greg Brown left Hawkins’ staff to become co-defensive coordinator at the University of Arizona. Also on the assistant coaching front, former NFL defensive back Ashley Ambrose will be promoted to full-time wide receivers coach this year.
CU senior tight end Riar Geer was named to the Associated Press All-Big 12 first team in 2009 and was invited to the East-West Shrine all-star game. Meanwhile, senior cornerback Cha’pelle Brown was named the Buffs’ 2009 most valuable player.
03-08-2010
Really, I do not care about the CU Football Buffs anymore!
All I hope and pray is that CU will have its first ever-ever-
U.S. Olympic Basketball Player to the 2012 London Summer
Olympics and the 2010 FIBA Qualifying Competition in Istanbul,
Turkey…… in the person of Chauncey Billups!
Do not let the issues of family or respect hinder you
from making the USA Team this time, Chauncey.There’ll be stiff
competition in the US backcourt positions, especially the
pointguards, (probably three needed.) Good Luck!