This week's guest on Hawk Talk is Eric Bronson, the Dean of Criminal Justice for Roger Williams University and an Assistant Coach and the Academic Advisor for the Hawks Wrestling team. He joined host Bryce Johnson and they talked about why he enjoys coaching, how being a wrestler helped him as a football player and what he believes athletics bring to colleges and universities.

https://rwuhawktalk.podbean.com/e/hawk-talk-episode-25-dean-eric-bronson/

https://youtu.be/IZq-JGk09V4



Bronson is in his fourth year in Bristol serving as a professor and the Dean of Criminal Justice after coming north from Lamar University in the summer of 2017. He also aids in the coaching of the RWU wrestling squad as an assistant coach and the team's academic advisor, roles he has held in an official capacity since the 2019-20 campaign.
 
He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in sociology from Western Kentucky University where he played Offensive Line for the Hilltoppers from 1992-95. In high school, Bronson was a two-sport athlete as a standout football player and wrestler. He won a state championship in each sport, on the wrestling team as a freshman and with the football team as a senior.
 
Bronson got into the coaching ranks at the high school level while he was still in graduate school. After college, he coached wrestling and football at multiple high schools.