A Hilo, Hawai‘i, native, Monica K. Morita is in her second season on the Hawai‘i football staff as executive assistant.
Morita came to UH after a 20-plus-year career at USC, where she earned three degrees, including an Ed.D. in higher education in December 2013. For her final 12 years with USC, she held the title of assistant athletic director/director of student services.
Morita began her career at USC in 1988 as a graduate and admissions advisor in the Leventhal School of Accounting. In 1998, she began a three-year stint as assistant to the head coach of football under Paul Hackett before assuming the role of director of student services in 2002.
In addition, Morita volunteers with the Swim with Mike organization as the director of recipient services.
She is a 1980 graduate from Waiakea High School in Hilo, Hawai‘i, where as a senior, she and her doubles partner advanced to the quarterfinals of the state tennis tournament. She then initially attended the University of Oregon before transferring to USC, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1984. She later received her master’s degree in public administration in 1997.
Morita enjoys boxing and reading in her spare time.
