Sport(s) Football Parents Robert Hauck Sr. Conference Mountain West Name Bobby Hauck | Role Football coach Siblings Tim Hauck Spouse Stacey Hauck | |
Title Special teams coordinator Children Sydney Hauck, Elise Hauck, Alexandra Hauck, Robby Hauck | ||
Unlv head football coach bobby hauck on the upcoming 2012 season
Robert Lawrence Hauck (born June 14, 1964) is a college football coach, currently the special teams coordinator for the San Diego State football team. He most recently was the head coach at UNLV Rebels. Hauck was previously the head coach at Montana, where he led the Grizzlies to seven conference titles and postseason berths in as many seasons, including three national championship game appearances. In 2013, following three losing seasons at UNLV, Hauck led the Rebels to their first winning season since 2000.
Contents
- Unlv head football coach bobby hauck on the upcoming 2012 season
- Unlv introduces new football coach bobby hauck
- Early days
- Early positions
- Montana
- UNLV
- San Diego State
- Coaching tree
- Awards
- References
Unlv introduces new football coach bobby hauck
Early days
Hauck was born in Missoula, Montana, and was schooled at Sweet Grass County High School in Big Timber. His brother Tim was a star defensive back at Montana and went on to play 13 seasons in the NFL. Bobby did his higher studies at the University of Montana (1988) and UCLA (1991). Hauck never played football at the collegiate level, instead competing in track at Montana before getting into coaching.
Early positions
Hauck served as an assistant under Rick Neuheisel at Washington (1999–2002). Additionally, he coach under Neuheisel at Colorado (1995–98). He also served as an assistant at Northern Arizona (1993–94), UCLA (1990–92), and Montana (1988–89).
Montana
Hauck's first season as head coach of Montana team was in 2003 and over the next seven seasons, the Griz won or shared seven straight Big Sky Conference championships. He is the fourth coach to guide Montana to a national championship game. He took the 2004 team to the NCAA Division I-AA national championship game and the 2006 team to the I-AA semifinals. In 2007, he signed a one-year contract, rejecting a three-year deal that he was offered. Montana lost the national championship game in 2008 and 2009.
UNLV
Hauck had been rumored as a candidate for the vacant head coaching position at UNLV in December 2009 and interviewed with UNLV's Athletic Director Jim Livengood on December 20, 2009. On December 22, the Las Vegas Sun reported that Hauck would be named UNLV's next head coach after completing a second interview earlier that day. Hauck and UNLV agreed on a three-year contract worth $350,000 annually in base pay. Hauck can also earn up to $150,000 in completion bonuses that are heavy in incentives. UNLV announced on November 28, 2014 that Hauck had submitted his resignation to the team after going 15-48 in 5 seasons. UNLV is currently on the path of building a new football stadium which might help the program in future years.
San Diego State
On January 16, 2015 Hauck, was hired as the special teams coordinator for the San Diego State football team. In 2016, Hauck was promoted to Associate Head Coach.
Coaching tree
Assistants under Bobby Hauck who became NCAA or NFL head coaches:
Awards
Hauck was also one of the finalists of the 2006 Eddie Robinson Award.