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List of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine head basketball coaches

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The Hawaii Rainbow Wahine basketball program is a college basketball team that represents the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. They play at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA).[1]

Hawaii's current head coach is Laura Beeman who was hired in 2012.[2] She is the second all-time winningest coach in program history after Vince Goo who coached from 1987 until 2004.[2]

Key

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Coaches

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Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season.

# Name Term GC OW OL O% CW CL C% PW PL CCs Awards
1 Patsy Dung 1974–1979 51 31 20 .608
2 Milo Griffin 1979–1982 74 25 49 .338
3 Jerry Busone 1982–1984 58 35 23 .603
4 Bill Nepfel 1984–1987 88 53 35 .602 20 20 .500
5 Vince Goo 1987–2004 450 334 116 .742 194 96 .669 7 9 2 – (1993, 1994) Big West Coach of the Year (1989, 1993, 1994)
6 Jim Bolla 2004–2009 144 64 80 .444 35 47 .427
7 Dana Takahara-Dias 2009–2012 90 32 58 .356 17 27 .386
8 Laura Beeman 2012–present 359 200 159 .557 130 69 .653 0 8 3 – (2015, 2022, 2024) Big West Coach of the Year (2015, 2022, 2024)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ A running total of the number of coaches of the Rainbow Wahine. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is counted only once.

References

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  1. ^ "University of Hawaii, Manoa | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Hawaii women's basketball coach Laura Beeman gets 2-year extension". spectrumlocalnews.com. Retrieved August 20, 2024.