University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

Paul Durham was UH athletics director from 1968-75. He was instrumental in moving the UH sports program from a club level to the threshold of Division I competition. During his tenure at the University, football and baseball moved to all-collegiate schedules. Prior to moving to Hawai‘i, Durham served as head football coach at Linfield College, where he earned honors as the 1962 NAIA Coach of the Year and the 1962 Oregon Man of the Year. Durham was inducted into the Los Angeles Football College Hall of Fame in 1975.