Howard George Hawkes[1] (October 28, 1894 – May 15, 1970) was an American football and basketball coach. He served the head football coach at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois for four seasons, from 1922 to 1925, compiling a record of 14–15–2.[2] Hawkes was also the head basketball coach at Western Illinois from 1923 to 1926, tallying mark of 37–14. A native of Windham, Maine, Hawkes graduated from Windham High School in 1911. He received his B.P.E. degree from International Y.M.C.A. College at Springfield, Massachusetts in 1923.[3]
 Hawkes pictured in Sequel 1923, Western Illinois yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 28, 1894 Windham, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | May 15, 1970 (aged 75) South Windham, Maine, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1922–1925 | Western Illinois |
| Basketball | |
| 1923–1926 | Western Illinois |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 14–15–2 (football) 37–14 (basketball) |
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Illinois Leathernecks (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1922–1925) | |||||||||
| 1922 | Western Illinois | 5–3 | 2–1 | 6th | |||||
| 1923 | Western Illinois | 1–6–1 | 1–4–1 | T–19th | |||||
| 1924 | Western Illinois | 4–3 | 3–3 | T–10th | |||||
| 1925 | Western Illinois | 4–3–1 | 4–3–1 | T–9th | |||||
| Western Illinois: | 14–15–2 | 10–11–9 | |||||||
| Total: | 14–15–2 | ||||||||
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