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Winterhawk Leighton

Winterhawk Leighton

  • Title
    Assistant Offensive Line/Run Game
Winterhawk Leighton joined the University of Hawai‘i football program in 2022 as a graduate assistant.
 
ALMA MATER
  • Central Washington, BS, business administration, 2021
 
COACHING EXPERIENCE
  • Hawai‘i, Graduate Assistant (2022-)
  • Idaho State, Graduate Assistant – Offensive Line (Spring 2022)
  • Central Washington, Running Backs/Recruiting Coordinator (2021)
  • Central Washington, Student Assistant – Offensive Line (2020)
 
COACHING HIGHLIGHTS
  • Began his coaching career at his alma mater Central Washington where he was a student assistant in 2020, working with offensive line.
  • He coached the running backs and was recruiting coordinator in 2021, helping CWU capture the league championship and finish second in the nation in scoring offense.
  • Helped coach GNAC Newcomer of the Year Rashaad Boddie and first team all-league Tyler Flanagan.
  • Spent the 2022 spring season at Idaho State, where he was an offensive graduate assistant before joining Hawai‘i in the fall.
 
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
  • Central Washington, 2017-19

PLAYING HIGHLIGHTS
  • Redshirted during the 2017 season.
  • Appeared in seven games in 2018 and caught two touchdown passes.
  • Saw action in seven games on the offensive line in 2019.
 
HOMETOWN
  • Ferndale, Wash.