Brett Hawke returned to The Plains in the summer of 2006 as an assistant coach for the National Champion Tigers swimming & diving program and now enters his second season on staff. Hawke, a native of Sydney, Australia, was a 17-time All-American swimmer for Auburn from 1997 to 1999. "Brett Hawke is a young coaching genius, particularly in the area of sprinting," said head coach Richard Quick. "He has a great feel for working with the elite level sprinters as well as the developing sprinters that end up making it a core of the success of the Auburn swimming and diving program." During his time in Auburn, Hawke captured nine NCAA titles to go along with seven SEC crowns. In 1997, Hawke became part of Auburn history as he was a member of the first NCAA Championship team. At the 1997 NCAA meet, Hawke won four titles, including one as part of the 200 medley relay team that set a new U.S. Open and NCAA record. Hawke split an 18.62 on the freestyle leg, which was then the fastest split ever recorded. At the same meet, Hawke claimed Auburn's second ever 50m free title. He duplicated the relay performance the following year with the medley relay team that took the crown in a NCAA meet, NCAA and U.S. Open record time. In 1999, Hawke helped lead the Tigers to their second NCAA team title en route to capturing four titles of his own at the meet. During his three years as a student-athlete, Hawke was also part of three SEC team championships. A two-time Olympian, Hawke finished sixth in the 50m free in Athens. Hawke has three Commonwealth Games medals in his collection, including silver in the 50m free from 2002. Adding to his long list of international experience, in 2001 and 2003, Hawke was a World Championship finalist in the 50m free and at the 2002 Pan Pacific Championships, Hawke won bronze in the 50m free. A five-time Australian champion, Hawke is the current Australian record holder in the 50m free with a time of 22.07 that he set at the 2004 Olympic Games in the semifinal round. Hawke is married to the former Trudi James and the couple has one daughter Kirra (7) and one son, Kobe (3). He is currently working towards his bachelor's degree in health and human performance. |
   
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