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.2012 University of Hawaiʻi Warrior Football Media Guide, pp. 128–129 Timmy Chang was hired in January 2022 as the head coach at Hawaii.
Since 1909, five coaches have led the Warriors in postseason bowl games: Bob Wagner, June Jones, Greg McMackin, Nick Rolovich, and Chang.2012 University of Hawaiʻi Warrior Football Media Guide, p. 110 Two of those coaches also won conference championships: Jones and McMackin won or shared a combined three as a member of the Mountain West.2012 University of Hawaiʻi Warrior Football Media Guide, pp. 136–137
Otto Klum is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 84 victories during his 19 years with the program. Dave Crawford has the highest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .857. Fred von Appen has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .139. 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.
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Coaches + List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards No. Name Term G W L T PCT CW CL CT PCT PW PL PT CCs NCs Awards 1 1909–1911 — — — — — — 2 1915 — — — — — — 3 1916 — — — — — — 4 1917–1919 — — — — — — 5 1920 — — — — — — 6 1921–1939 — — — — — — 7 1940–1941 — — — — — — 8 19411946–1950 — — — — — — 9 1951 — — — — — — 10 1952–1960 — — — — — — 11 1962–1964 — — — — — — 12 1965 — — — — — — 13 1966 — — — — — — 14 1967 — — — — — — 15 1968–1973 — — — — — — 16 1974–1976 — — — — — — 17 1977–1986 WAC Coach of the Year (1981)2012 University of Hawaiʻi Warrior Football Media Guide, p. 142 18 1987–1995 WAC Coach of the Year (1989, 1992) 19 1996–1998 — — — — 20 1999–2007 — — — 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) 21 2008–2011 — — — — 22 2012–2015 — — — — 23 2015 — — — — 24 2016–2019 — — — Mountain West Coach of the Year (2019) 25 2020–2021 — — — — 26 2022–present — — — —
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