Todd Graham has been named as the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa‘s new head football coach, Athletics Director David Matlin announced Tuesday.
Graham will become the program’s 24th head coach.
Graham comes to UH Mānoa with 12 years of head coaching experience at the FBS level, most recently with Arizona State, where he led the Sun Devils to five bowl appearances in six years. He has an overall head coaching record of 95-61 (.609) with stops at Rice (2006), Tulsa (2007–10), Pittsburgh (2011), and ASU (2012–17).
In 12 years as a head coach, 10 of his teams appeared in bowl games; four won conference divisional titles; and three finished the season nationally ranked. He earned two conference coach of the year awards with Rice (2006) and ASU (2013). His Tulsa teams led the nation in total offense in consecutive years in 2007 (543.9 ypg) and 2008 (569.9).
In 2010, his team from Tulsa defeated Hawaiʻi 62-35 in the Sheraton Hawaiʻi Bowl.
Graham succeeds Nick Rolovich who left this month to lead Washington State University after four years of coaching his alma mater.
- Related UH News story: UH introduces new football coach Graham, January 22, 2020
Graham History:
- Overall Record: 95-61 (12 seasons)
- Hometown: Mesquite, Texas
- Alma Mater: East Central University (1987)
- Family: Wife Penni and children Bo, Hank, Natalie, Haylee, Dakota and Michael Todd Jr.
Coaching Experience:
- 1988-90: Poteet High School [Texas], Assistant Coach
- 1991-93: East Central University, Defensive Coordinator
- 1994: Carl Albert High School [Oklahoma], Head Coach
- 1995–2000: Allen High School [Texas], Head Coach and Athletic Director
- 2001–02: West Virginia, Co-Defensive Coordinator
- 2003–05: Tulsa, Assistant Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator
- 2006: Rice, Head Coach
- 2007–10: Tulsa, Head Coach
- 2011: Pittsburgh, Head Coach
- 2012–17: Arizona State, Head Coach
Learn more about the newest UH Mānoa coach at HawaiiAthletics.com.
