Lois Manin returns to the University of Hawai‘i as the football program’s director of football operations. Manin spent the past eight-and-a-half years as deputy manager at Aloha Stadium, the state’s largest outdoor arena.
Manin returns to the UH Athletics Department where she spent 17 years (1991-2007) primarily in Media Relations, the last 12 as its director. During her time at UH, Manin was the primary media liaison for the Rainbow Warrior football program which made five bowl appearances during her tenure and won nine or more games in five seasons. She worked with three head football coaches, three athletics directors and spearheaded the Heisman Trophy campaigns for quarterbacks Timmy Chang and Colt Brennan.
At the time, Manin was one of only a handful of female head media relations directors in the country. She is only the fourth female director of football operations in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
The Honolulu native joined Aloha Stadium manager Scott Chan’s staff in 2007. Her responsibilities included the day-to-day operations for numerous areas of the stadium, while also serving as administrator for the swap meet and marketplace and food and beverage contracts. She also handled media and public relations.
Manin fills one of the program’s most important positions which includes assisting the head coach in all aspects of the day-to-day operations of the football program.
Manin is a graduate of Colorado State University where she received a bachelor’s in technical journalism. She was a four-year letterwinner for the school’s softball team and earned all-conference and all-region honors. A three-sport athlete at Honolulu’s Kaiser High School, Manin also earned all-state and all-league honors in softball.
