Armond Hawkins Jr. joined the University of Arizona football program as Assistant Director of Recruiting and Defensive Analyst after spending the 2022 season with the Colorado Buffaloes football program as the assistant director of high school relations.
Prior to assuming his previous role at Colorado, Hawkins, 27, worked at the University of Southern California, where was the director of high school relations for the Trojans’ football team for a little over two years (for the 2020 and 2021 seasons).
He graduated from the University of Idaho in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in Organizational Science. He was a four-year letterman for the Vandals at defensive back, appearing in 44 games (18 starts), with 129 career tackles (eight for losses), with two interceptions, nine passes broken up, five fumble recoveries and three forced fumbles.
He was born December 6, 1994 in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., and graduated from Rancho Cucamonga High School, where he lettered in football. Hobbies include video games, bowling and watching movies (all-time favorite is The Wood). A brother, Chris, was a defensive back at USC (2014-17) and a graduate assistant coach (2019) who now is coaching in the high school ranks.
