Timmy Chang, 25th head coach of the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors

The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors college football team represents the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (Hawaii) in the Mountain West Conference (Mountain West). The Warriors compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The program has had 22 head coaches since it began play during the 1909 season.[1] Timmy Chang was hired in January 2022 as the head coach at Hawaii.[2]

The team has played in over 950 games over 97 seasons of Hawaii football.[1] In that time, three coaches have led the Warriors in postseason bowl games: Bob Wagner, June Jones and Greg McMackin.[3] Two of those coaches also won conference championships: Jones and McMackin won or shared a combined three as a member of the Mountain West.[4]

Otto Klum is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 84 victories during his 19 years with the program.[1] Dave Crawford has the highest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .857.[1] Fred von Appen has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .139.[1] Of the 22 different head coaches who have led the Warriors Clark Shaughnessy has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana.[5]

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
General Overall Conference Postseason[A 1]
No. Order of coaches[A 2] GC Games coached CW Conference wins PW Postseason wins
DC Division championships OW Overall wins CL Conference losses PL Postseason losses
CC Conference championships OL Overall losses CT Conference ties PT Postseason ties
NC National championships OT Overall ties[A 3] C% Conference winning percentage
† Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O% Overall winning percentage[A 4]

Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[A 5]
No. Name Term G W L T PCT CW CL CT PCT PW PL PT CCs NCs Awards
1 Austin Jones 1909–1911 14 8 6 0 0.571 — — — — 0 0 0 — 0 —
2 John Peden 1915 7 5 1 1 0.786 — — — — 0 0 0 — 0 —
3 William Britton 1916 6 3 2 1 0.583 — — — — 0 0 — 0 —
4 Dave Crawford 1917–1919 14 11 1 2 0.857 — — — — 0 0 0 — 0 —
5 Raymond Elliot 1920 8 6 3 0 0.750 — — — — 0 0 0 — 0 —
6 Otto Klum 1921–1939 142 84 51 7 0.616 — — — — 0 0 0 — 0 —
7 Eugene Gill 1940–1941 16 10 6 0 0.625 — — — — 0 0 0 — 0 —
8 Tom Kaulukukui 1941
1946–1950 		64 42 19 3 0.680 — — — — 0 0 0 — 0 —
9 Archie Kodros 1951 11 4 7 0 0.364 — — — — 0 0 0 — 0 —
10 Hank Vasconcellos 1952–1960 92 44 45 3 0.495 — — — — 0 0 0 — 0 —
11 Jim Asato 1962–1964 27 15 12 0 0.556 — — — — 0 0 0 — 0 —
12 Clark Shaughnessy† 1965 10 1 8 1 0.150 — — — — 0 0 0 — 0 —
13 Phil Sarboe 1966 10 4 6 0 0.400 — — — — 0 0 0 — 0 —
14 Don King 1967 10 6 4 0 0.600 — — — — 0 0 0 — 0 —
15 Dave Holmes 1968–1973 64 46 17 1 0.727 — — — — 0 0 0 — 0 —
16 Larry Price 1974–1976 33 15 18 0 0.455 — — — — 0 0 0 — 0 —
17 Dick Tomey 1977–1986 112 63 46 3 0.576 33 24 2 0.576 0 0 0 0 0 WAC Coach of the Year (1981)[9]
18 Bob Wagner 1987–1995 110 58 49 3 0.541 31 40 1 0.438 1 1 0 0 0 WAC Coach of the Year (1989, 1992)[9]
19 Fred von Appen 1996–1998 36 5 31 — 0.139 2 22 — 0.083 0 0 — 0 0 —
20 June Jones 1999–2007 117 76 41 — 0.650 47 24 — 0.662 4 2 — 2 0 Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year (1999)
American Football Coach/Schutt Sports National COY (1999)
CNN/SI National Coach of the Year (1999)
WAC Coach of the Year (1999, 2006, 2007)[9]
21 Greg McMackin 2008–2011 54 29 25 — 0.537 18 13 — 0.581 0 2 — 1 0 —
22 Norm Chow 2012–2015 46 10 36 — 0.217 4 26 — 0.133 0 0 — 0 0 —
23 Chris Naeole 2015 4 1 3 — 0.250 0 3 — .000 0 0 — 0 0 —
24 Nick Rolovich 2016–2019 55 28 27 — 0.509 15 17 — 0.469 2 1 — 0 0 Mountain West Coach of the Year (2019)[10]
25 Todd Graham 2020–2021 22 11 11 — 0.500 7 9 — 0.438 1 0 — 0 0 —
26 Timmy Chang 2022–present 26 8 18 — 0.308 5 11 — 0.313 0 0 — 0 0 —

Notes

  1. ^ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[6]
  2. ^ A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
  3. ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[7]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[8]
  5. ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

References

General

  • "Hawaii coaching records". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  • 2012 University of Hawaiʻi Warrior Football Media Guide (PDF). Honolulu, Hawaii: University of Hawaiʻi Sports Media Relations Office. 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2013.

Specific

  1. ^ a b c d e 2012 University of Hawaiʻi Warrior Football Media Guide, pp. 128–129
  2. ^ Thamel, Pete (January 22, 2022). "Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors hire Timmy Chang as next head football coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  3. ^ 2012 University of Hawaiʻi Warrior Football Media Guide, p. 110
  4. ^ 2012 University of Hawaiʻi Warrior Football Media Guide, pp. 136–137
  5. ^ "Hall of Fame inductee: Clark Shaughnessy". National Football Foundation. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  6. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  7. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  8. ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
  9. ^ a b c 2012 University of Hawaiʻi Warrior Football Media Guide, p. 142
  10. ^ "Rolovich picked MWC Coach of the Year; Record 11 conference honorees". UH News. University of Hawai'i. December 5, 2019. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
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