{"id":229150,"date":"2026-02-05T15:30:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T01:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=229150"},"modified":"2026-02-05T15:30:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T01:30:47","slug":"wahine-basketball-assistant-top-leadership-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/02\/05\/wahine-basketball-assistant-top-leadership-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow Wahine basketball assistant coach selected for top leadership program"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

\"Khalilah<\/p>\n

University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa women\u2019s basketball<\/a> assistant coach Khalilah Mitchell was selected to participate in the 2026 Women\u2019s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA<\/abbr>) Next Generation Institute, a leadership development program for experienced assistant coaches aspiring to become collegiate head coaches.<\/p>\n

Now in its fourth year, the program focuses on developing the CEO<\/abbr>-level skills required to lead a college basketball program, including business operations, communications, marketing and personnel management.<\/p>\n

Mitchell, in her seventh season with the Rainbow Wahine, has been part of multiple championship teams, contributing to three Big West regular-season titles, a conference tournament championship and four postseason appearances during her tenure at UH<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n

Mitchell joined the UH<\/abbr> staff in 2018 and her selection reflects both her experience and leadership within the program, as well as UH<\/abbr>\u2019s continued presence in national coaching development initiatives.<\/p>\n

The institute will take place in April in conjunction with the WBCA<\/abbr> Convention in Phoenix.<\/p>\n

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

Khalilah Mitchell was selected to participate in the 2026 WBCA<\/abbr> Next Generation Institute, a national program for aspiring collegiate head coaches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":229151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,82,9,550],"class_list":["post-229150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-basketball","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t