Courtney Tyrone Hawkins Jr. (born December 12, 1969) is an American football coach and former player who is currently wide receivers coach for the Michigan State Spartans.[1] He was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the second round of the 1992 NFL draft.[2][3] A 5'9", 190 lbs wide receiver from Michigan State University, Hawkins played in nine NFL seasons from 1992 to 1996 for the Buccaneers and then the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1997 to 2000.[4]
| Michigan State Spartans | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Wide receivers coach | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born | December 12, 1969 Flint, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 183 lb (83 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school | Beecher (Beecher, Michigan) | ||||||||
| College | Michigan State | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1992: 2nd round, 44th overall pick | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
Playing | |||||||||
Coaching | |||||||||
| |||||||||
| Awards and highlights | |||||||||
| |||||||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
| |||||||||
Hawkins is formerly the head coach and athletic director at his alma mater, Beecher High School in Flint, Michigan.
NFL career statistics
editCoaching career
editOn February 19, 2020, Hawkins was hired as the wide receivers coach at Michigan State under new head coach Mel Tucker.[5] Hawkins was the only coach retained on the new coaching staff by newly hired head coach, Jonathan Smith. After the hiring of new head coach Pat Fitzgerald, Hawkins was once again retained as the wide receivers coach at Michigan State. Buffalo Bills wide receiver Keon Coleman credits his skills to Hawkins and his time at Michigan State, despite having finished off his college career with Florida State University. Beyond Coleman, Courtney Hawkins has cemented his place as a coach by producing several other prominent wide receivers, including Jalen Nailor, Jayden Reed, and Nick Marsh, amongst others. [6]
References
edit- ↑ "COURTNEY HAWKINS". MSUSpartans.com. Michigan State Spartan Athletics. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
- ↑ "1992 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
- ↑ "Courtney Hawkins". Pro Football Reference.
- ↑ "Courtney Hawkins #88 WR". ESPN.
- ↑ "Michigan State football adds Courtney Hawkins to Mel Tucker's staff". Freep.com. www.freep.com. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
- ↑ Bondi, Robert (December 1, 2023). "Jonathan Smith to reportedly retain Harlon Barnett, Courtney Hawkins on new staff". SpartansWire.usatoday.com. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
External links
edit
 | This biographical article relating to an American football wide receiver born in the 1960s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |