Mark Hawkins (born 28 December 1985) is a British handball coach, currently head coach of Great Britain senior women's national team.[1] He was born in Horsham, West Sussex.[2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed with the Great Britain men's national handball team in the men's tournament.[3]
Playing career
[edit]Hawkins took up handball after deciding he was too short to play basketball.[4] At club level, he played in Iceland with UMF Afturelding at the time of his Olympic selection.[5] From 2014 to 2016, he played for Ruislip Eagles.[6]
He represented Britain at the 2012 Olympics as well as in Euro qualifying, scoring against Italy.[7] As of 2016, he had scored 135 goals in 60 matches at international level.[8]
Coaching career
[edit]Hawkins coached Britain's teams at youth level and eventually took the role of under 20 coach, before becoming an assistant coach for China women's national team.[9] From 2018-2022 he was head coach of Norwegian club IK Våg[10] after which he was part of the coaching staff for the Saudi Arabia men's national team at the 2023 World Championships in Sweden and Poland.
Current Life
[edit]Mark Hawkins now works at Carshalton Boys Sports College as a PE Teacher.
References
[edit]- ^ "Mark Hawkins names as GB Senior Women's Head Coach".
- ^ Profile
- ^ Profile Archived 2013-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ https://www.skysports.com/olympics/news/21857/7903379/high-hopes-for-handball [dead link]
- ^ "London 2012 handball: Meet the GB team who will go for gold next year". TheGuardian.com. 4 November 2011.
- ^ "MARK ALAN HAWKINS - Career & Statistics | EHF".
- ^ "GB handball men lose final match". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Hawkins to take up China coaching appointment - England Handball Association".
- ^ "Hawkins to take up China coaching appointment - England Handball Association".
- ^ "IHF | Worldwide interest in England Handball webinars".
