University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

• Former UH lineman (1998-2001) begins his fourth season as associate head coach and offensive coordinator while also handling the running backs.
• Eighth season overall at his alma mater after a four-year stint on former coach Greg McMackin’s staff from 2008-11.
• Oversaw the No. 9-ranked passing offense in all of college football in 2018, averaging 310 yards per game.
• Mentored quarterback Cole McDonald who ranked nationally in a number of statistical categories in 2018, including No. 6 in passing touchdowns with 36 and No. 8 in total passing yards with 3,875.
• Produced the nation’s leading touchdown receiver in 2018 as junior John Ursua snagged 16 touchdown catches, while also finishing No. 5 in receiving yards with 1,343.
• UH averaged 163.8 rushing yards per game in 2016 and 168.2 rushing yards per game in 2017, the highest averages since 1995.
• Mentored running back Diocemy Saint Juste, who became the first rusher in program history to record consecutive 1,000-yard seasons. Saint Juste also set the single-season rushing record in 2017 with 1,510 yards while also breaking 18 school records.
• In the last two years, UH averaged 163.8 rushing yards per game in 2016 and 168.2 rushing yards per game in 2017, the highest averages since 1995.
• In 2016, directed an offense that scored 40 or more points three times, including a season-best 52 in a Hawai‘i Bowl win over Middle Tennessee.
• UH featured a 1,000-yard rusher (Diocemy Saint Juste, 1,006) and 1,000-yard receiver (Marcus Kemp, 1,100) in the same season (2016) for just the second time in program history.
• Spent three seasons (2013-15) as offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Occidental College in Los Angeles, Calif., where the team averaged 33.8 points and 480.6 yards of total offense per game in 2015 and featured Conference Player of the Year running back Kwame Do, who ran for a single-season record 1,571 yards (174.6 avg.) and 13 touchdowns.
• Prior to Occidental, was offensive line coach at California Lutheran in 2012, his second stint at the school where he began his collegiate coaching career. Helped the Kingsmen to a league championship and second-best scoring offense in NCAA Division III. First full-time coaching job was at Cal Lutheran in 2005, coaching the running backs and receivers.
• In his first stint at UH, coached the offensive line in 2008 and running backs from 2009-11.
• Running back Alex Green broke a 60-year-old single-game rushing record by scampering for 327 yards against New Mexico State in 2010 and finished the season with 1,199 yards, then the second-highest total in school history.
• Student assistant at UH under former head coach June Jones in 2004.
• Graduate assistant at Oregon State in 2006 and coached the offensive line at Portland State in 2007.

Personal

Years at UH: 8th season
Hometown: Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Alma Mater: Hawai‘i, B.A. (2005); California Lutheran, M.A. (2013)

Playing Experience

• 1998-2001, Hawai‘i

Coaching Experience

• 2016, 2018-: Hawai‘i (Offensive Coordinator/RBs)
• 2017-: Hawai‘i (Offensive Coordinator/RBs/TEs)
• 2013-15: Occidental College (Offensive Coordinator/OL)
• 2012: California Lutheran (Offensive Line)
• 2009-11: Hawai‘i (Running Backs)
• 2008: Hawai‘i (Offensive Line)
• 2007: Portland State (Offensive Line)
• 2006: Oregon State (Graduate Assistant)
• 2005: California Lutheran (Running Backs/Receivers)
• 2004: Hawai‘i (Student Assistant)
• 2003: Royal High School (Calif.) (Offensive Line)