Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
The University of Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wāhine are the athletic teams that represent the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UH), in Honolulu, Hawaii. The UH athletics program is a member of the Big West Conference in most sports and competes at the NCAA Division I level. It comprises seven men's, 12 women's, and two coed athletic teams.
A controversial change in 2000 allowed each team to pick its own team name; the football, men's volleyball, golf, and tennis teams became the Warriors, while the men's basketball and swimming & diving teams remained Rainbow Warriors, and the baseball team became the Rainbows. The women's teams, however, all remained the Rainbow Wāhine. At the same time, the school changed its athletics logo to the current stylized "H," omitting the rainbow of the old logo altogether.
On July 1, 2013, the nicknames of the university's men's sports teams were once again standardized, and all male teams at the university are now referred to as the Rainbow Warriors. More recently, the women's beach volleyball team, while still officially Rainbow Wāhine, generally uses SandBows.
Football
| First Season |
|---|
| 1909 |
| Team History |
| Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (1924-99, 2013-present) Hawaii Warriors (2000-12) Hawaii Deans (1909-23) |
| Conference |
| Mountain West Conference (2012-present) Western Athletic Conference (1979-2011) Independent (1909-78) |
| Venue |
| Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex (2021-present) Aloha Stadium (1975-2020) Honolulu Stadium (1926-74) Moiliili Field (1909-25) |
| Key People |
| Players • Coaches |
Programs by season
1930s
| Season/Date | Opponent | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii Rainbows | |||
| 1938 | |||
| January 2, 1939 | vs. UCLA | Honolulu Stadium | |
1940s
| Season/Date | Opponent | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | |||
| October 2 | at Michigan State | Macklin Stadium | |
| 1949 | |||
| January 2, 1950 | vs. Stanford | Honolulu Stadium | |
1950s
| Season/Date | Opponent | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | |||
| January 1, 1952 | vs. San Diego State | Honolulu Stadium | |
| 1952 | |||
| September 20 | at Arizona | Arizona Stadium | |
| 1958 | |||
| September 13 | at Kentucky | Fairgrounds Stadium | |
1960s
| Season/Date | Opponent | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | |||
| September 17 | at Utah | Ute Stadium | |
| September 24 | at Fresno State | Ratcliffe Stadium | |
| October 1 | at Pacific | Pacific Memorial Stadium | |
1970s
| Season/Date | Opponent | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | |||
| December 2 | vs. Stanford | Honolulu Stadium | |
| 1973 | |||
| December 1 | vs. Utah | Honolulu Stadium | |
| 1978 | |||
| December 2 | vs. USC | Honolulu Stadium | |
1980s
| Season/Date | Opponent | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | |||
| December 6 | vs. Michigan | Aloha Stadium | |
| 1988 | |||
| December 3 | vs. Oregon | Aloha Stadium | |
| 1989 | |||
| October 28 | vs. BYU | Aloha Stadium | |
| December 25 | vs. Michigan State | Aloha Stadium | |
1990s
| Season/Date | Opponent | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | |||
| December 30 | vs. Illinois | Jack Murphy Stadium | |
2000s
| Season/Date | Opponent | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii Warriors | |||
| 2003 | |||
| December 25 | vs. Houston | Aloha Stadium | |
| 2007 | |||
| January 1, 2008 | vs. Georgia | Louisiana Superdome | |
2010s
| Season/Date | Opponent | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii Rainbow Warriors | |||
| 2018 | |||
| December 22 | vs. Louisiana Tech | Aloha Stadium | |
Media guides and yearbooks by season
Media guides
| 1970s | 1974 |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 1980 • 1985 • 1986 • 1989 |
| 2020s | 2021 • 2022 |
| Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football head coaches |
|---|
| Austin Jones (1909-11) • No team (1912-14) • John Peden (1915) • W. H. Britton (1916) • David L. Crawford (1917-19) • Raymond Elliot (1920) • Otto Klum (1921-39) • Eugene Gill (1940) • Eugene Gill & Tom Kaulukukui (1941) • No team (1942-45) • Tom Kaulukukui (1946-50) • Archie Kodros (1951) • Hank Vasconcellos (1952-60) • No team (1961) • Jim Asato (1962-64) • Clark Shaughnessy (1965) • Phil Sarboe (1966) • Don King (1967) • Dave Holmes (1968-73) • Larry Price (1974-76) • Dick Tomey (1977-86) • Bob Wagner (1987-95) • Fred von Appen (1996-98) • June Jones (1999-07) • Greg McMackin (2008-11) • Norm Chow (2012-15) • Chris Naeole* (2015) • Nick Rolovich (2016-19) • Todd Graham (2020-21) • Timmy Chang (2022-present)
*interim head coach |
