List of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors head basketball coaches

Last updated November 02, 2024

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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	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^{[lower-alpha 2]}	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*^{[lower-alpha 3]}	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^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Gib Arnold	4	36–55	.396
20	2014–2015*^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Benjy Taylor	1	22–13	.629
21	2015–present^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Eran Ganot	9	156–102	.605
22	2019*^{[lower-alpha 6]}	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]

↑ Hawaii did not field a team for the 1913–14 season.
↑ Hawaii did not field teams from 1942 to 1946 due to World War II.
↑ 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]
↑ Hawaii vacated 36 wins from the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons. Arnold's on-court record is 72–55 (.567).
↑ Taylor served as interim head coach for the entirety of the 2014–15 season after Gib Arnold was fired for NCAA violations.^[5]
1 2 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]

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The 2012–13 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team represented the University of Hawaii at Manoa during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

The 2013–14 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rainbow Warriors, led by fourth year head coach Gib Arnold, played their home games at the Stan Sheriff Center as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 20–11, 9–7 in Big West play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big West Conference tournament to Cal State Northridge. Despite having 20 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.

The 2014–15 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team represented the University of Hawaii at Manoa during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rainbow Warriors, led by interim head coach Benjy Taylor, played their home games at the Stan Sheriff Center as members of the Big West Conference. On October 28, 2014, Gib Arnold was removed as coach at Hawaii following an NCAA investigation. Assistant Benjy Taylor was named interim head coach. Despite a 22 win season and being the runner up in their conference tournament, the Warriors didn't play in a postseason tournament. Taylor was not retained after the season.

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The 2015–16 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team represented the University of Hawaii at Manoa during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rainbow Warriors, led by first year head coach Eran Ganot, played their home games at the Stan Sheriff Center, and were members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 28–6, 13–3 in Big West play to tie for the Big West regular season championship. They beat Cal State Fullerton, UC Santa Barbara, and Long Beach State to become champions of the Big West tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As a #13 seed, they defeated #4 seeded California in the first round for the school's first ever victory in the NCAA Tournament. They fell to Maryland in the second round.

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The 2016–17 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team represented the University of Hawaii at Manoa during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rainbow Warriors, led by second-year head coach Eran Ganot, played their home games at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaii as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 14–16, 8–8 in Big West play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big West tournament to Long Beach State.

The 2017–18 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rainbow Warriors, led by third-year head coach Eran Ganot, played their home games at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 17–13, 8–8 in Big West play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big West tournament to UC Irvine. They were invited to play in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, but they declined the invitation, citing financial concerns.

The 2018–19 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rainbow Warriors, led by fourth-year head coach Eran Ganot, played their home games at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Hawaii was a member of the Big West Conference, and participated in their 7th season in that league. They finished the season 18-13, 9-7 in Big West play. They placed fourth in the conference, losing to Long Beach State in the quarterfinals of the Big West tournament. It was the second straight year Hawaii blew a double digit lead in the tournament en route to being eliminated in the quarterfinals for the third straight year. Despite being eligible, citing health and season length, the team declined an invitation to the CIT for the second consecutive year.

The 2019–20 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rainbow Warriors, led by fifth-year head coach Eran Ganot, played their home games at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Hawaii was a member of the Big West Conference, and participated in their eighth season in that league. On November 6, Ganot took a temporary leave of absence to deal with an undisclosed medical issue. He returned to coaching on December 29 for their game against Maine. First year assistant Chris Gerlufsen served as acting head coach from November 6 to December 28, compiling an 8–5 record. They finished the season 17–13, 8–8 in Big West play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They were set to be the No. 4 seed in the Big West tournament. However, the Big West tournament was canceled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The 2020–21 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team represented the University of Hawaii at Manoa during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rainbow Warriors, led by sixth-year head coach Eran Ganot, played their home games at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Hawaii was a member of the Big West Conference, and participated in their 9th season in that league.

The 2021–22 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rainbow Warriors were led by seventh-year head coach Eran Ganot and played their games at the SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center as a member of the Big West Conference.

The 2022–23 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors men's basketball team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rainbow Warriors, led by Eran Ganot in his eighth season, played their games at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center as a member of the Big West Conference.

The 2010–11 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rainbow Warriors, led by head coach Gib Arnold, played their home games at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, as members of the Western Athletic Conference. The Rainbow Warriors finished 5th in the WAC during the regular season, and lost in the first round of the WAC tournament to San Jose State.

The 2024–25 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team will represent the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rainbow Warriors, led by tenth-year head coach Eran Ganot, will play their home games at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center located in Honolulu, Hawaii as members of the Big West Conference.

References

1 2 "Hawaii Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). University of Hawaii Athletics. pp. 43–45. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
↑ Rothstein, Jon (April 8, 2015). "Hawaii hires Saint Mary's assistant Eran Ganot as next coach". CBSSports.com . Retrieved March 14, 2023.
↑ "Source: UH hires Ganot as new men's basketball head coach". KHON 2. April 8, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
↑ Rhoden, William C. (May 4, 1989). "Pitino Unfazed By Past Infractions" . The New York Times . Retrieved August 7, 2021.
↑ Goodman, Jeff (October 28, 2014). "Gib Arnold removed as coach". ESPN.com . Retrieved August 7, 2021.
↑ "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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[NoTeam-4] Hawaii did not field a team for the 1913–14 season.

[WorldWarII-5] Hawaii did not field teams from 1942 to 1946 due to World War II.

[Pitino-7] 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]

[ArnoldVacated-8] Hawaii vacated 36 wins from the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons. Arnold's on-court record is 72–55 (.567).

[Taylor-10] Taylor served as interim head coach for the entirety of the 2014–15 season after Gib Arnold was fired for NCAA violations.^[5]

[GanotGerlufsen-11] 1 2 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]

[RecordBook-1] 1 2 "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.

[6] Rhoden, William C. (May 4, 1989). "Pitino Unfazed By Past Infractions" . The New York Times . Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[9] Goodman, Jeff (October 28, 2014). "Gib Arnold removed as coach". ESPN.com . Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[12] "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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