{"id":213340,"date":"2025-04-04T13:00:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T23:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=213340"},"modified":"2025-04-04T13:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T23:04:10","slug":"uh-manoa-ad-search-announce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/04\/04\/uh-manoa-ad-search-announce\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa launches national search for athletic director"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/manoa-athletics-director-search.jpg\" alt=\"aerial shot of athletic department\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-213345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/manoa-athletics-director-search.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/manoa-athletics-director-search-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/manoa-athletics-director-search-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa has officially launched a national search for its next athletic director. The job announcement was posted today, Friday, April 4, alongside the start of nationwide advertising. Parker Executive Search, the national firm assisting <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa with the search, is actively recruiting top candidates from across the country.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schooljobs.com\/careers\/hawaiiedu\/jobs\/4896898\/director-of-athletics-pos-0089117?sort=PostingDate%7CDescending&#038;pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Director of Athletics job posting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The University encourages members of the community to participate in the search process by providing feedback and submitting nominations for individuals who may be well-suited for the position, using the links provided below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/UHMANOA_AD_CAMPUS_FEEDBACK\">Submit feedback<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/UHMANOA_AD_NOMINATIONS\">Nominate a candidate<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/03\/19\/uh-search-committee-next-ad\/\">10-member search committee<\/a>, appointed by <abbr>UH<\/abbr> President Wendy Hensel, began meeting in late March to define candidate qualifications and expectations. Listening sessions with key groups&#8212;including coaches, staff, student-athletes, faculty, alumni and community partners&#8212;will be held to gather feedback and help guide the search.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This process is designed to be thorough, transparent and inclusive,&rdquo; said <abbr>UH<\/abbr> President Wendy Hensel. &ldquo;We are committed to selecting a visionary leader who will champion our student-athletes and elevate <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa athletics.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Candidates will be recruited over the coming weeks and <abbr>UH<\/abbr> is tentatively scheduled to announce the new athletic director by early summer. Pursuant to <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> state law, applicant and nominee names will remain confidential.<\/p>\n<h2><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa athletics<\/h2>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s athletics program features 21 <abbr>NCAA<\/abbr> Division <abbr title=\"one\">I<\/abbr> teams across men\u2019s, women\u2019s and coed sports, supporting approximately 450 student-athletes. The next athletics director will succeed Craig Angelos, who left <abbr>UH<\/abbr> in December 2024. Associate Athletics Director Lois Manin has been serving as acting <abbr>AD<\/abbr> during the interim period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The university encourages members of the community to participate in the search process by providing feedback and submitting nominations for individuals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,626,714,9,550],"class_list":["post-213340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-executive-search","tag-student-athlete","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213340"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213351,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213340\/revisions\/213351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}