"Mike Hankwitz" is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the defensive coordinator at Northwestern University, a position he has held since 2008. Hankwitz has twice served as an interim head football coach, for seven games in 2003 at the University of Arizona and for one game in 2005, the 2005 Champs Sports Bowl/Champs Sports Bowl, with the University of Colorado–Boulder, compiling a career head coaching record of 1–7.

Hankwitz played college football at the University of Michigan from 1966 to 1969. He has spent most of his coaching career as an assistant at a number of schools. Teams for which Hankwitz has coached have had a winning record in 34 of his 40 years. Ten of those clubs won conference championships and 12 more were league runners-up. Hankwitz has coached in 25 bowl games, including every major New Year's Day bowl game—Rose Bowl Game/Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl Classic, Outback Bowl and Capital One Bowl.

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I think the players should be able to hold their heads high. It wasn't a win. It wasn't what we came to do, but it's hard to explain all the distractions and all the turmoil and all the things that have happened and the effect it could have on these kids. For them to come and play like they did, I'm extremely proud of them.

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I'm counting on our guys to finish with pride and great dignity against an outstanding opponent.

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Even though it's a difficult time, and our coaches realize that, we've always been about doing the right thing by our players anyway.

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His symptoms are getting better, but he still hasn't been cleared. If he does get clearance from the doctors and trainers, we'll have him available for spot duty.

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It's not the easiest situation for a quarterback to have his first start amidst all the things we've been through. I'd have liked for him to have more experience going into it, but that's the hand he was dealt.

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In our league, we've had some pretty excellent running backs. He did an excellent job tonight, and he's got a great future.

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I think our players should be able to hold their heads high. That wasn't a win, and that's what we came to do. It's hard to explain all the distractions and turmoil and the impact that has had on the kids. For them to come out and fight like they did, I'm extremely proud of them.

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We are professionals. We are going to finish that way. In reality, how we conduct ourselves in this period and how well our players play will be as good an interview as you can do - better than anything you could say.

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In our league we have some excellent running backs, but he did an excellent job tonight. He's got a great future, a young man like that. He certainly made our guys miss tonight.

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