[2] He held assistant coaching positions at Oberlin, Eastern Illinois, Penn, Western Michigan, Army, West Virginia, and Rutgers.
Hazell then served as the wide receivers coach at Ohio State under Jim Tressel from 2004 to 2010.
On December 5, 2012, Purdue named Hazell their new head coach, replacing Danny Hope.
[7] As a junior in 1984, Hazell earned All-OAC honors again helping the team tie a school record 9 wins in a single season.
Hazell spent two seasons at Oberlin before accepting the position of running backs and wide receivers coach at Eastern Illinois University in 1988.
While at Eastern Illinois, Hazell worked under former Purdue starting quarterback Bob Spoo, who was in his second year with the program.
[13] In 2004, Hazell accepted the wide receivers coach position at Ohio State University.
A 31–17 win over Army at Michie Stadium was the first victory for Kent State over a non-conference team on the road since 2007.
Kent State was also ranked for the first time in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) standings at No.
[22] The team climbed as high as 17th in the BCS standings following their regular season-ending win over Ohio at Dix Stadium on November 23, which clinched their first-ever undefeated season in MAC play and set a record for most wins in a season with 11.
[24][25] Kent State, however, fell in overtime to Northern Illinois in the MAC Championship Game.
Paul Haynes, a Kent State alum who had previously been an assistant at Arkansas, was hired December 18.
[36] With Etling at quarterback, Hazell showed he was playing the 2013 season to gain experience for younger players.
Austin Appleby beat out David Blough and Elijah Sindelar to win the starting quarterback job.
The season started with a narrow loss against Marshall, but the team bounced back with an easy win over their FCS opponent, Indiana State.
2 Michigan State), Purdue continued to lose, finishing the season with a 54–36 home loss to Indiana Hoosiers, bring the team's record to 2–10.
After a bye week the Boilermakers escaped with a 24–14 win over Nevada and were then defeated in a blow-out loss by Maryland 50–7 in their first Big Ten contest of the year.
On October 16, 2016, after a loss to Iowa, Purdue University fired Hazell with a 3–3 record on the season.