{"id":40014,"date":"2015-11-02T09:25:12","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T19:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=40014"},"modified":"2021-06-25T15:21:46","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T01:21:46","slug":"chow-relieved-as-football-coach-naeole-named-interim-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/02\/chow-relieved-as-football-coach-naeole-named-interim-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Chow relieved as football coach; Naeole named interim head coach"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> Head Football Coach Norm Chow<\/strong> has been relieved of his duties, effective immediately. Chris Naeole<\/strong> will serve as the interim head coach for the remainder of the 2015 season.<\/p>\n

“I’d like to thank Coach Chow for his dedication to our football program<\/a> for the past four years,” Athletics Director David Matlin<\/strong> said. “Ultimately, we feel this decision is in the best interest of the university and Athletics Department and we need to move in a different direction. Coach Chow should be commended for helping our football program achieve all-time highs in APR<\/abbr> scores and graduation rates.”<\/p>\n

Coach Naeole spoke for a few moments with local media about his new role in the program and looking ahead to the next four games, beginning at UNLV<\/abbr> on Saturday, November 7.<\/p>\n

“I’m looking to transition and help this university to the best it can be,” Naeole said. “I have a new-found respect for the university coaching here for the past three years and I just want to leave it in a better place than I found it.<\/p>\n

“I’m going to coach, I’m going to work hard. I expect the most out of the coaches that are here. The players, I’m going to ask and demand a lot from them in the next four weeks and let’s see where the chips lie at the end,” Naeole added.<\/p>\n

Chow was 10-36 in his four seasons with the Rainbow Warriors, including a 2-7 record this year after Saturday’s loss to Air Force. He took over the program in 2012.<\/p>\n

—A ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½<\/abbr> Athletics Department news release<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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