Derek Deardorff returns to the University of Hawai‘i football staff in 2015 for his second season as a graduate assistant, assisting with the wide receivers. Deardorff came to UH from Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kan., where he spent two years as a graduate assistant coaching the wide receivers and serving as special teams coordinator during the 2012 and ‘13 seasons. He also assisted the coaching staff with recruiting, running scout teams, film breakdown and preparation of scouting reports.
The Kenton, Ohio native was a four-year letterman (2005-08) as a wide receiver at Malone University in Canton, Ohio. He was a 2008 AFCA All-American and all-Mid-States Football Association Mideast League honoree in 2006 (second team) and 2008 (first team). Deardorff finished his senior season as the NAIA’s leading receiver, averaging 115.5 yards per game and 16.7 yards per reception, establishing new school single-season records with 69 receptions for 1,155 yards and 14 touchdowns. Following his collegiate career, Deardorff spent the 2010 season with the Green Bay Blizzard of the Indoor Football League, where he helped the team win the Central North Division Championship. He finished that season with 24 receptions for 254 yards and five touchdowns.
A 2005 graduate of Kenton High School in Ohio, Deardorff received his bachelor’s degree in community health education from Malone in 2009 and a master’s of business administration from Tabor in 2014. He was a three-sport athlete at Kenton, lettering in football, basketball, and track and field.
