College - Nebraska-Omaha
Returning for his seventh season as an assistant coach with the Connecticut Sun, Scott Hawk works primarily with the team’s post players, and is also responsible for helping to scout opponents and college players as well as prepare game plans.

In 2008, Connecticut was No. 2 in the league in total defensive rebounds, and fifth in defensive rebound percentage, even as newcomers Sandrine Gruda, Tamika Whitmore and Tamika Raymond were integrated into the frontcourt rotation.

Asjha Jones pulled down a career-high 201 rebounds this past season, the fourth time in five seasons with Connecticut that she has improved her total rebounds. She also had a career-best scoring average of 17 points per game, the fifth straight year she has improved in that category. Gruda had 110 rebounds in her rookie season while Barbara Turner had a career-high 108 rebounds.

Connecticut has shown steady improvement in every rebounding category since 2003, Hawk’s first year with the team. Ranked 13th in rebound percentage, 14th in total rebounds, 14th in total defensive rebounds and 11th in total offensive rebounds following that season, Connecticut steadily improved, finishing the 2006 season ranked first in total defensive rebounds, second in total rebounds and seventh in offensive rebounds. In 2005, the Sun ranked No. 2 in total rebounds, No. 2 in defensive rebounds, and No. 6 in offensive rebounds per game.

Hired on March 27, 2003, Hawk brought more than 20 years of experience coaching men's and women's basketball to the Sun staff. Beginning in 1980, Hawk worked as a teacher, head coach and assistant in some of Nebraska's top high school programs, including Omaha Cathedral, Bellevue West, Plattsmouth and his alma mater, Omaha Creighton Prep. Hawk guided his teams to a pair of Nebraska state championships, and he was twice named Coach of the Year.

Hawk also served as a Director of the Omaha Crusaders, a 501 C3 non-profit corporation created to benefit young people in Nebraska and western Iowa that also happens to be the parent organization of one of the largest high school summer basketball programs in Nebraska. Hawk earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Nebraska (Omaha).

He lives in Connecticut with his daughters Maggie and Clare.