Getting to know.....Hawaii...

Living on the east coast and in the deep south.....we rarely get to see the Hawaii football team in action....Thanks to ESPN we get to see high lights of this 9-0 team ranked 13th in the latest AP poll. But.....thanks to our crack research department.....we will enlighten you on just what...and who...is Hawaii.


The University of Hawaii is actually a university system. Now hear this....It has 50,310........yes 50,310 students. Comprising of 3 campuses, 7 community colleges, 5 research centers, 3 university centers, and 4 educational centers.


Hawaii's sports programs include 7 men's sports and 12 women's sports. Also it has 2 "coed sports".......Cheerleading and Sailing.........That's a product of Title IX.....but that's a post for another day.


The team is coached by June Jones..............Yes, that June Jones who played for and coached the Atlanta Falcons from 1994 to 1996. June.....fell in love with the "run-and-shoot" offense when in Atlanta with his friend Mouse Davis. He installed that offense with Hawaii .....and has generated a top college offense that has produced record setting performances. Under Jones, Hawaii has been ranked in the top 40 six of the last eight years, including a high of 24th in the final 2006 USA Today Coaches Top 25 poll. Under Jones, Hawaii has produced 6 all-Americans, 56 all conference performers and 16 NFL draft picks.



George Lumpkin - Assistant Coach.... 38 years......35 on the coaching staff, two as a player and one as a graduate assistant. This guy needs a medal just for hanging around. The 57 year old Lumpkin and June Jones crossed paths during the 1970s when he was a graduate assistant for Hawaii and Jones was a quarterback on the roster. As an aspiring African American assistant football coach, he had few offers....so he remained at Hawaii. He has endured 4 head coaches and has served as defensive coordinator, defensive line coach, linebacker and secondary coach.


Hawaii Football fast facts...........

Conference............Western Athletic

Stadium......Aloha Stadium (50,000)


Roster................Talk about recruiting nationally...check this out....Here is the breakdown of where the current players originated:


Hawaii.............46

California.........35

Texas.................6

Samoa...............4

Florida..............3

Washington ......3

Maryland..........2

Arizona.............2

Mississippi........2

Also Hawaii has a player from these states: Pennsylvania, Illinois, Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma, Nevada, and Utah.