Oklahoma City · Jason Hawkins
A hawk doesn't just watch. It sees what others miss, moves with precision, and never stops watching over what matters. That's how I approach OKC.
The Hawk Attributes
These aren't just words on a page. They're how a hawk hunts, guards, and survives — and they're the lens through which I do everything I do in Oklahoma City.
A hawk sees eight times farther than a human. It spots the field mouse from five hundred feet up. I've always been wired to see OKC, soccer, and AI before they were obvious — and to act on what I saw.
AI · Future thinking · OKC Growth
Hawks don't miss. Every move is deliberate, every dive calculated. Whether building a front office, coaching a youth side, or deploying AI tools — I believe in doing the right thing the right way.
Soccer · Strategy · Mentorship
Hawks protect their territory and their young with absolute commitment. OKC is my territory. Its youth, its community, its future — I watch over these things because that's what you do when a place is yours.
Youth · Community · Philanthropy
A hawk's power comes from altitude. The higher the vantage, the clearer the picture. I believe in lifting people, lifting ideas, and lifting Oklahoma City — because elevation is how you see what's next.
Mentorship · Special needs · Leadership
The Story
"I thought I was coaching them.Read the full story
They were teaching me.
Every single time."
Born and raised in Oklahoma City. Soccer GM before this city was on the national map. I was in the room for a lot of things that only looked inevitable in hindsight.
I've coached youth sides and watched kids who were written off go undefeated. I've sat with families of special needs children and understood for the first time what the game is really for. I've watched OKC grow from a city people flew over into a city people fly to.
Now I'm doing the same thing with AI that I did with OKC — seeing it early, betting on it before it's obvious, and trying to lift as many people into it as possible.
The Arenas
Soccer. AI. OKC. Youth. Community. Philanthropy. These aren't separate things — they're where Vision, Precision, Guardianship, and Elevation get to work every day.
Twenty years inside the sport as a GM, coach, and believer. OKC has a new stadium coming. The Olympics are coming. I've watched this city become what I always believed it would be.
Vision · Precision
AI is the biggest platform shift of our lifetime. I'm in it every day — studying it, applying it, teaching it to people who don't yet know they need it. OKC should lead this, not follow it.
Vision · Elevation
Thunder. SkyDance Bridge. A new soccer stadium. The Olympics. I was here before all of it was cool. OKC is the biggest underdog story in American sport and culture — and we're not done.
Guardianship · Elevation
The thirty kids nobody cut. The team that went undefeated. The ones who needed someone to believe they belonged on the field. That's the work I'm most proud of.
Guardianship · Precision
Snaps for Hope. Special needs families. The tifo with the Survivor Tree that lives in the Memorial archives. Giving back isn't a program — it's just what you do when you love a place.
Guardianship · Elevation
Short, sharp, honest takes on where OKC is going, where AI is going, and where sport is going. I've been wrong before. But my track record on this city is pretty good.
Vision · Precision
Oklahoma City
OKC is no longer a city people fly over. It's a city people fly to. New stadium. The Olympics. The Thunder. SkyDance lit up at night. We built this. And we're not close to finished.
Think
Short, honest takes. On OKC. On AI. On sport. On what it means to see things early and guard them carefully.
Coming soon
A stranger handed me something in a parking lot in South OKC that changed the direction of my life. I've been thinking about what that means for how we mentor the next generation.
VisionComing soon
Every city has cheerleaders. Ours doesn't need more. What it needs are people with elevation — those who can see what the rest of the country is only just beginning to notice.
ElevationComing soon
The cities that will win the next decade are the ones building the playbook now. Not reacting. Not waiting. Precision — knowing exactly where to move before the moment arrives.
PrecisionComing soon
Thirty kids. No cuts. Undefeated season. I thought I was doing them a favor. I had it exactly backwards. On what guardianship actually means in youth sport.
GuardianshipConnect
If you're building something in this city, thinking about AI, working with youth, or just want to talk shop — I'm genuinely interested. The hawk doesn't just watch. It shows up.
jason@okchawk.com