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Hawaii football: Sam Bennett tapped as offensive line coach

By Warrior World on January 29, 2020

Most of the following appears on the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s breaking news. Sam Bennett, who spent the past season as an assistant with the Arizona Cardinals, is joining the University of Hawaii football coaching staff, the school announced today. Bennett will serve as assistant coach on offense. His Twitter account indicates that he will be the offensive line coach. Bennett is the first coach hired on the offensive side since Todd Graham was named UH’s coach last week. Earlier, Graham retained […]

Hawaii men’s volleyball: 3 Rainbow Warriors up for Off The Block awards

By Cindy Luis on January 29, 2020

Rado Parapunov (opposite), Gage Worsley (libero) and Patrick Gasman (middle) are on the ballots for Off the Block national players of the month. It’s a two-round tournament with the winners decided through online voting on the OTB website. Finalists in the first round are placed into one of five ballots based on their position. The five winners on the position ballots will advance to the championship round, along with the runner-up who received the most votes. The online poll for […]

Hawaii men’s basketball: Rarity for UH, Big West as home game vs. UC Irvine picked up on ESPN2

By Brian McInnis on January 28, 2020

It’s a regular occurrence for a Hawaii basketball Big West road game to get picked up on Fox Sports Prime Ticket, ESPN3, ESPNU, or even once in a while, ESPN2. But Big West home games? That’s never happened — until Tuesday. UH announced its marquee home game against Big West co-leader UC Irvine on Feb. 15 will be broadcast on ESPN2, marking the first time in UH’s eight years of Big West membership a conference game at the Stan Sheriff Center […]

Hawaii men’s basketball: Australian point guard Biwali Bayles commits to Rainbow Warriors

By Warrior World on January 27, 2020

Most of the following appears on the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s breaking news. An elite-level point guard from Australia has pledged to join the University of Hawaii basketball this summer. Biwali Bayles, who is 6 feet 1 and 180 pounds, told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser he has accepted a scholarship offer from the Rainbow Warriors for 2020-21 season. His commitment comes on the heels of UH’s 76-75 win over UC Davis on Saturday night, in which guard Eddie Stansberry hit the game-winning 3-pointer […]

Hawaii football: Todd Graham hires Victor Santa Cruz as defensive coordinator

By Warrior World on January 27, 2020

Most of the following appears on the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s breaking news. Former University of Hawaii linebacker Victor Santa Cruz has been hired as the Rainbow Warriors’ defensive coordinator. Santa Cruz, who is Azusa Pacific’s head coach, is the third assistant coach to be hired to new head coach Todd Graham’s staff. Man…I’m digging these ⁦@polynesiabowl⁩ helmets 🔥 pic.twitter.com/C5jLFQHUji — Victor Santa Cruz (@vscwintoday) January 19, 2020 “Santa Cruz is one of the most respected men I know in college coaching,” […]

Rainbow Forecast: Hawaii basketball teams hold down the fort; water polo and tennis teams go forth

By Brian McInnis on January 27, 2020

The basketball world — heck, the world in general — was shaken by the death of NBA legend Kobe Bryant on Sunday. That morning’s helicopter crash in Calabasas, Calif., took the life of Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven others. Locally, the mood changed quickly from the previous night’s wins for the UH basketball teams — at UC Riverside for the women and at home, and a men’s thriller over UC Davis in the program’s 100th season celebration game. UH paid […]

Hawaii men’s volleyball: State Sen., UH alumnus Kai Kahele reflects on unlikely journey

By Cindy Luis on January 27, 2020

Kai Kahele was very candid when sharing how he went from three high schools in three years when growing up in Hilo to a scholar-athlete at the University of Hawaii. How he was told by one high school coach that he’d never be a volleyball player to being voted the most inspirational player as as a senior for the Rainbow Warriors. On Sunday evening at the Stan Sheriff Center, the state senator accepted the program’s Pae Makaukau Recognition Award during […]

Hawaii men’s volleyball: Chaz Galloway Big West freshman of week; Warriors remain No. 1 but not unanimous