HONOLULU - University of Hawai`i head football coach Greg McMackin announced the hiring of former Warrior Nick Rolovich to his coaching staff. Rolovich, a two-year letterwinner from 2000-01, will serve as quarterbacks coach.

Most recently, Rolovich was the quarterbacks coach at City College of San Francisco, where he helped guide the Rams to a J.C. Gridwire National Championship in 2007. As a player, Rolovich attended CCSF prior to UH and was a two-time All-American. He directed the school to a national championship in 1999.

"I'm blessed to have this opportunity to come back to UH to coach this great style of football," Rolovich said. "This is a great place to be and I'm fortunate coach McMackin is giving me this chance to coach my alma mater."

A two-year letterman at UH, Rolovich started for much of the 2001 season, replacing an injured Timmy Chang and leading the team to an 8-1 record as a starter. During those nine games, "Rolo" threw for 3,361 yards and 34 touchdowns. In the season finale against fourth-ranked Brigham Young, Rolovich threw for a then school-record 543 yards and current record eight touchdowns against the Cougars.

Rolovich ranked 10th nationally in passing efficiency with a 150.5 rating and broke 19 school passing and eight total offense records. He participated in the 2002 Hula Bowl and was named the game's Most Valuable Player.

Following his UH career, Rolovich participated in the Dallas Cowboys mini-camp before signing with the Denver Broncos. He was released after the team's final preseason game in 2002. The next year, he was allocated to the Rhein Fire of NFL Europe, where he threw for 907 yards and led the Fire to World Bowl XI.

Rolovich returned to Denver in 2003 and was cut following training camp. From there he began a five-year career in the Arena Football League beginning with the San Jose SaberCats. Serving as Mark Grieb's backup, Rolovich was a member of the Arena Bowl championship team.

Rolovich then spent time with the Chicago Rush, Arizona Rattlers, and Las Vegas Gladiators, the latter of which he threw for 1,248 yards and 23 touchdowns and had a passer rating of 104.8 in 2007.

The Novato, Calif., native served as an assistant coach for San Marin High School in 2002 and was a student assistant at UH from 2003-04. He has a bachelor of arts degree in economics from UH and a master's in human performance and sport at New Mexico Highlands.

Rolovich and his fiancé, Analea Donovan, have a 5 month old son Daniel.

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