Hawkins is in his first season as the interim head coach of the UBC men’s volleyball program.
He replaced Kerry MacDonald, who joined Volleyball Canada as its new Director of Sport Science, Medicine, and Information. MacDonald remains with the Thunderbirds as an assistant coach.
The Lethbridge, Alta., native comes to UBC with a wealth of coaching experience.
He served as the full-time assistant coach with UBC Okanagan last season, and was the interim head coach at his alma mater, Thompson Rivers, during the 2016-17 campaign.
Before heading back to TRU, Hawkins coached two seasons at Lethbridge College of the Alberta College Athletic Conference, serving as an assistant in 2014-15 before taking the head role the next year.
He began his coaching career after his playing days as a setter concluded at TRU. Hawkins was an assistant for two years with the WolfPack men’s team before also taking on a similar role with the TRU women’s squad in the latter part of his final year in Kamloops, B.C.
Hawkins is a rising star on the national coaching stage as he was an assistant to MacDonald on Canada’s youth national team in 2017, and retained the same position in 2018.
