Kyre Hawkins was named the Bulls’ quality control analyst for the defensive line in the Spring of 2023.
Hawkins came to USF with four years of defensive graduate assistant experience. He was a part of the University of North Carolina football staff during the 2022 season and was at the University of Colorado for the 2021 football season, while also serving stints at ECU and JMU.
Prior to Colorado, Hawkins spent the summer completing a coaching internship with the NFL’s Los Angeles Chargers, where he was a recipient of a Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship.
Hawkins previously spent time at Emory & Henry College, where he coached the defensive line in the 2020 season. He helped coach a defense that allowed just 40 total points while the team compiled a 3-1 record in an abbreviated schedule. Under his tutelage, the defense led the country in sacks with 26, averaging or 6.5 per game, and boasted the conference defensive player of the year with three all-conference linemen (two earning first-team honors).
In January 2020, Hawkins spent five months as the inside linebackers coach and run game coordinator at Alderson Broaddus University (2020). That followed a year at East Carolina University (2019) where he assisted the Pirates’ defensive line coach and defensive coordinator in several areas as a graduate assistant, while also leading the scout team meetings among his other duties.
Hawkins earned his bachelor’s degree in sports and recreation management with a minor in general business from James Madison University in 2017. He took courses toward a master’s degree in sport and recreation leadership at JMU while serving as a graduate assistant at JMU for the 2018 season. He aided the full-time coaches in film breakdown and playbook installation, as well as running scout team meetings and coordinating the scout team in practice.
Hawkins lettered four years as a linebacker for JMU, appearing in 55 games (46 starts) which included earning an FCS national title his junior year and runner-up in his senior season. JMU went 46-9 during his career, qualifying for the FCS playoffs all four seasons and posting a 28-4 mark in Colonial Athletic Association play, winning three league titles, sharing the crown during his sophomore season and earning outright titles in his junior and senior seasons.
Hawkins recorded 340 career tackles at JMU, 14 passes broken up, five fumble recoveries, one forced fumble and an interception. He earned first-team All-CAA honors and second-team All-America recognition as a senior, when he was also voted the Dukes' most valuable defensive player and one of the team’s captains.
