List of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors head basketball coaches

Last updated June 12, 2025

The following is a list of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball head coaches. There have been 22 head coaches of the Rainbow Warriors in their 103-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	10	171–118	.592
22	2019*^[f]	Chris Gerlufsen	1	8–5	.615
Totals		22 coaches	103 seasons	1,258–1,177	.517
Records updated through end of 2023–24 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]

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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