HONOLULU – University of Hawai‘i head women’s basketball coach Dana Takahara-Dias announced today the addition of Patrick Knapp to her coaching staff. Knapp is the third assistant coach to be hired by Takahara-Dias, rounding out her staff.
Knapp comes to UH with 26 years of head coaching experience, spending the last five seasons as head coach at the University of Pennsylvania.
“Coach Knapp brings 26 years of head coaching experience to the Rainbow Wahine basketball program,” Takahara-Dias said. “He has coached in the Big East Conference and in the Ivy League. He will provide an increased geography base in the recruiting department as he is well respected on the East Coast.”
Knapp joins associate coach Da Houl and assistant coach Serenda Valdez to complete Takahara-Dias’ staff.
“I feel blessed to have the caliber and quality of top notch assistant coaches, each will bring a tremendous amount of knowledge to the program,” Takahara-Dias said.
Prior to Pennsylvania, Knapp was head coach at Georgetown University for 18 seasons. In four of his last six years at Georgetown, his teams advanced to the Women’s National Invitation Tournament and his teams won at least 17 games six times.
Knapp was named the Big East Conference Coach of the Year and began his head coaching career at New Mexico State in 1983. Overall, Knapp has won 341 career games in 26 years as head coach.
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