The first in a series of 2014 Rainbow Warrior football camps begins this Wednesday’s with the Big Man’s Camp on the UH-Manoa campus. Here’s the schedule: > Big Man’s Camp on UH-Manoa campus • When: Wednesday, June 4 • For: Grades 9-12 • Schedule: Registration at 9 a.m., instruction from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (lunch provided) • Cost: $20 * * * * * > Maui High School • When: Tuesday, June 10 • For: Grades 9-12 • Schedule: Registration at 9 a.m., instruction from 10 […]

All signs point to Luke Matthews being promoted from graduate assistant in charge of receivers to full-time coach. When that happens, here’s what it means: > Continuity: With three newcomers to the full-time staff — defensive coordinator Kevin Clune, linebacker coach Kurt Gouveia and running back coach Wayne Moses —  Matthews offers a measure of stability. He knows the system and the players; the players know him. Matthews, quarterback coach Jordan Wynn and receiver Quinton Pedroza were teammates at Utah. […]

There will be kind of a hush as the football recruiting as football recruiting enters the quiet period tomorrow. For 46 days through today, FBS teams were allowed to assess a prospect’s playing ability at his high school or place where he is competing. During that “evaluation period” coaches were not allowed off-campus, in-person contact with the player and his legal guardians. This “quiet period,” which runs through July 31, coaches are permitted to have in-person contact with a prospect […]

In these search-the-couch-for-loose-change times, the Rainbow Warriors will reside in the school’s dance studios for the 19 days of training camp this August. By staying in the studios, the Warriors will save up to $41,300 in housing costs. It will cost $10,000 to rent 110 cots for the studios, which are located on the second floor of the athletic complex. Bathrooms and showers are available in the team’s locker room on the ground floor. In comparison, it would have cost […]

The offseason conditioning program is actually voluntary, but two on-the-mend players — slotback/running back Samson Anguay and safety Kawika Borden — refuse to be sidelined. While their teammates go through speed, agility and weight drills, Anguay and Borden perform exercises that do not impact their injuries. Anguay, who uses crutches, recently had arthroscopic surgery to clean his right knee. Borden is recovering from hernia surgery. Both should be ready for the Aug. 1 start of training camp.

Brodie Nakama Harold Moleni The 2014 spring semester is officially in the books, and the UH football team made the grades. Fifty-six of the 101 players on the spring roster had grade-point averages of 3.0 or better. Here are the leaders: > Luke Shawley, rush end — 3.82 > Brodie Nakama, long-snapper — 3.82 > Harold Moleni, tight end — 3.80 > Marrell Jackson, safety — 3.76 > TJ Taimatuia, outside linebacker — 3.75 > Jeremy Higgins, quarterback — 3.75 […]

It rained. It was early. It didn’t matter to the Rainbow Warriors, who showed up at 5:45 a.m. on the first day of the NCAA-approved offseason conditioning program.   The players rotated at workout stations. While a group lifted, one group ran shuttle drills, another worked on leg exercises, and so forth. All but two players from the spring roster signed up for one of the three sessions — one is in California because of a family situation; another was […]

There is the Gregorian calendar, of course, and the Chinese calendar. But we all know the most important is the football calendar. Tomorrow is the first day of the football year. That’s when the offseason conditioning program officially begins for the Rainbow Warriors under the direction of strength/conditioning coach Gary Beemer. There are sessions available at 6;30 a.m., 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Session assignments are usually based on class schedule. (All but two UH scholarship players are enrolled in […]