After a state senate hearing where Todd Graham's leadership style was very publicly called into question, Hawaii decided to part with the second-year coach in January of 2022.
The quest for his replacement played out very publicly, as June Jones publicly lobbied for the job before then publicly turning down the job a few days later in a bizarre turn of events.
Hawaii ultimately decided to bring back former start quarterback Timmy Chang to lead the team. Chang spent the past decade coaching college football "on the mainland," most recently as the receivers coach for Jay Norvell at Nevada and Colorado State.
Here, on the Hawaii Staff Tracker page, we lay out the new staff and also provide some perspective by noting who coached the position on the previous staff.
2022 HEAD COACH: TIMMY CHANG
OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR / QBs
IAN SHOEMAKER
Eastern Washington (FCS) OC / QBs
RUNNING BACKS
KEIKI MISIPEKA
Missouri Southern (D-II) RBs
RECEIVERS
JARED URSUA
Weber State (FCS - UT)
OFFENSIVE LINE
ROMAN SAPOLU
Fresno State OL
2021 OFFENSIVE STAFF:
Bo Graham (OC / QBs)
Sam Bennett (Tackles / TEs)
A'Lique Terry (OL)
Marcus Davis (WRs)
Abe Elimimian (RBs)
Graduate Assistant: Koa Kaai, PJ Minaya
Quality Control: Chris Ortiz
DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR / OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS
JACOB YORO
Retained - Hawaii (LBs)
INSIDE LINEBACKERS
CHRIS BROWN
Bishop Gorman HS (Las Vegas, NV) DC
CORNERS
ABRAHAM ELIMIMIAN
Retained - Hawaii (RBs)
SAFETIES
JOSH BROWN
UTEP Safeties / Secondary
DEFENSIVE LINE
ETI ENA
Eastern Washington (FCS) AHC / DC / DEs
2021 DEFENSIVE STAFF:
Trent Figg (Associate HC Defense / DBs)
Victor Santa Cruz (DEs)
Dan Phillips (DL)
Jacob Yoro (LBs)
Kim McCloud (CBs)
Graduate Assistant: Jordan Pu'u-Robinson, Joey Phillips
Quality Control: Josh Buford
SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR / ASSOCIATE HC
THOMAS SHEFFIELD
Colorado State STC
2021 SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR:
None Listed
Quality Control: Ryan Matviko
SUPPORT STAFF
Director of Operations: Matt Chon
Strength and Conditioning: Kody Cooke (retained - S&C)
Director of Player Development: Derek Faavi (Raising Champions LLC QB training director of operations)
2021 SUPPORT STAFF:
Strength and Conditioning: Kody Cooke
Director of Football Operations: Landon Keopple
Director of On-Campus Recruiting / Football Marketing: Addisyn Goodson
Recruiting and Operations Assistant: Chandler Enegren