Dan Hawkins was fired as the head coach at the University of Colorado more than six years ago. But it appears the wound is still fresh.

Hawkins, who recently was hired as head coach at the University of California, Davis, appears to have blocked numerous Twitter accounts that tweet about the CU Buffs football team.

Some fans began tweeting this morning that they were blocked from seeing tweets from Hawkins’ account, @CoachHawk.

RT if you are a CU fan who is blocked by @CoachHawk. — Ted Chalfen (@TheGhostofMarv) December 22, 2016

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This caused other CU fans to check Hawkins’ account, with many of them finding out they had, too, been blocked.

Hey look, me too @CUGoose. This is the great thing Twitter ever did pic.twitter.com/cXZRzkXXrX — Nina Madeleine (@ninamadeleine) December 22, 2016

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The Daily Camera’s Twitter account has been blocked by Hawkins, as has this reporter’s account. While this reporter did send out a tweet about Hawkins in 2013 that could be interpreted as critical of the former coach, others said they were blocked despite never tweeting about Hawkins.

Wait, I’ve never even tweeted at the man before! Or about him. My day’s work is done. pic.twitter.com/vVUIaqKXlL — Goose (@CUGoose) December 22, 2016

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Hawkins’ timeline appears to be mostly motivational tweets since being hired at UC Davis, where he was a fullback from 1983 to 1985.

Calls to UC Davis’ athletics department asking to speak to Hawkins were not returned.

Hawkins was hired by CU in 2006 after a successful stint at Boise State. He led CU to a bowl game in 2007, but never posted a winning season in his five years and finished his career at CU 19-39.

Mitchell Byars: 303-473-1329, byarsm@dailycamera.com or twitter.com/mitchellbyars.