List of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors head basketball coaches

The following is a list of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball head coaches. There have been 22 head coaches of the Rainbow Warriors in their 102-season history.[1]

Hawaii's current head coach is Eran Ganot. He was hired as the Rainbow Warriors' head coach in April 2015,[2] replacing Benjy Taylor, who was not retained after serving as interim coach for the 2014–15 season.[3]

No. Tenure Coach Years Record Pct.
– 1912–1916[a] No coach 3 13–6 .684
1 1918–1919 David L. Crawford 1 2–5 .286
2 1919–1920 Edward Williford 1 2–5 .286
3 1921–1923 Otto Klum 2 13–8 .619
4 1923–1926 Charles Jones 3 12–11 .522
5 1926–1929 Leslie Harrison 3 12–10 .545
6 1929–1930 Claude Swann 1 3–4 .429
7 1930–1941 Eugene Gill 11 88–47 .652
8 1941–1947[b] Bert Chan Wa 2 12–13 .480
9 1947–1951 Art Gallon 4 83–37 .692
10 1954–1957 Ah Chew Goo 3 31–46 .403
11 1951–1954
1957–1963 		Al Saake 9 92–124 .426
12 1963–1973 Red Rocha 10 112–136 .452
13 1973–1976 Bruce O'Neil 3 42–32 .568
14 1976*[c] Rick Pitino 1 2–4 .333
15 1976–1985 Larry Little 9 103–143 .419
16 1985–1987 Frank Arnold 2 11–45 .196
17 1987–2007 Riley Wallace 20 334–265 .558
18 2007–2010 Bob Nash 3 34–56 .378
19 2010–2014[d] Gib Arnold 4 36–55 .396
20 2014–2015*[e] Benjy Taylor 1 22–13 .629
21 2015–present[f] Eran Ganot 9 156–102 .605
22 2019*[f] Chris Gerlufsen 1 8–5 .615
Totals 22 coaches 102 seasons 1,243–1,161 .517
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season
* - Denotes interim head coach.
Source[1]
  1. ^ Hawaii did not field a team for the 1913–14 season.
  2. ^ Hawaii did not field teams from 1942 to 1946 due to World War II.
  3. ^ Pitino served as interim head coach for the final 6 games of the 1975–76 season after Bruce O'Neil was fired for NCAA violations.[4]
  4. ^ Hawaii vacated 36 wins from the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons. Arnold's on-court record is 72–55 (.567).
  5. ^ Taylor served as interim head coach for the entirety of the 2014–15 season after Gib Arnold was fired for NCAA violations.[5]
  6. ^ a b Gerlufsen served as acting head coach for the first 13 games of the 2019–20 season after Eran Ganot took a medical leave of absence.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Hawaii Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). University of Hawaii Athletics. pp. 43–45. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  2. ^ Rothstein, Jon (April 8, 2015). "Hawaii hires Saint Mary's assistant Eran Ganot as next coach". CBSSports.com. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  3. ^ "Source: UH hires Ganot as new men's basketball head coach". KHON 2. April 8, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  4. ^ Rhoden, William C. (May 4, 1989). "Pitino Unfazed By Past Infractions". The New York Times. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  5. ^ Goodman, Jeff (October 28, 2014). "Gib Arnold removed as coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  6. ^ "Hawai'i coach Eran Ganot takes leave from team for medical reasons". ESPN.com. Associated Press. November 6, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
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