{"id":226617,"date":"2025-12-08T12:57:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T22:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=226617"},"modified":"2025-12-08T12:58:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T22:58:53","slug":"hilo-baseball-interim-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/12\/08\/hilo-baseball-interim-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Vulcans baseball names Garett Yukumoto interim head coach"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo Athletics<\/a> has named Garett Yukumoto as Vulcans baseball<\/a> interim head coach for the upcoming 2026 season.<\/p>\n

Yukumoto has been on the Vulcans staff as associate head coach since 2019 after serving 13 seasons as head coach at his alma mater Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Pacific University.<\/p>\n

“I am incredibly honored and excited to accept the position of interim head baseball coach at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo,” Yukumoto said. “I want to extend my sincere gratitude to Director of Athletics Patrick Guillen for his trust and for giving me this incredible opportunity to lead the Vulcans. I also want to thank coach Kallen Miyataki for his guidance, mentorship and dedication to this program. He has laid a strong foundation, and I am grateful for the standard he set.”<\/p>\n

“We have been putting in significant work this fall, and I am eager to continue building on that progress,” Yukumoto added. “I can’t wait to get on the field with this group and get our first games started in a few months. Go Vulcans!”<\/p>\n

Long-time Vulcans head coach Kallen Miyataki is set to retire from his position at the end of the current calendar year after 12 seasons as the program’s second-ever head coach\u2014finishing with a 192\u2013306\u20131 record.<\/p>\n

Yukumoto officially begins his duties on January 5, 2026.<\/p>\n

Read more at Hiloathletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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