Hawaii Has A Head Coach. It's Not The Head Coach We Wanted But Is It The Head Coach We Needed?

Hawaii named their new head coach on Saturday. Timmy Chang is the new coach of the Rainbow Warriors family. This was after June Jones turned down the job. Although after listening to Dan Meisenzahl's press conference myself like many walked away thinking they didn't want June, didn't like that the fans wanted June. Wouldn't of fired Graham, and sabotaged the negotiations with June to punish fans. That's what was inferred from the statements released by Meisenzahl.

So the Hawaii kid returns home. Chang was born in Hawaii and played for St. Louis High School. Chang played for the Warriors and set several NCAA records, throwing for over 17, 000 yards at the university of Hawaii. Even though Chang was a great college quarterback he went undrafted and would bounce around the NFL, NFL Europe, and CFL before hanging it up.

From 2012 to 2021 Chang has been an assistant coach. He's bounced back and forth between receivers coach and tight ends coach with short stints as a quarterback coach and offensive coordinator. Chang has never coached in the NFL and this will be his fifth college team he will coach for as Hawaii is taking a risk on a youngster (40 year old) with no head coach experience.

Coach Chang had the following statement after being hired. ""I'm back. I'm home. In my heart, I've never left. Like I've always done, I'm ready to give my all for Hawai'i. The highest privilege in coaching is the right to represent an institution as a head coach. This is beyond indescribable. I get to do it here in Hawai'i, where I am from. I am so proud to represent MY school and state. I'm honored to lead the BRADDAHHOOD."

As for June Jones, he feels no ill will towards Chang saying,  “I always root for my guys, and Timmy Chang, I’ll be rooting for him to get it turned around."

Chang has his work ahead of him. Thanks to Todd Graham and Dave Matlin, UH has lost 19 players to the transfer portal, many of which were key players. And with National signing day being only a few days away.

It's uncertain what the senate investigation will decide about the university but the people at the U before Chang was hired still need be held accountable. The good news is the Todd Graham chapter is almost closed with the signing of Head Coach Timmy Chang. And there are a couple of Hawaii Players in the NFL Draft coming up.