{"id":2752,"date":"2011-12-08T16:30:03","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T02:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=2752"},"modified":"2021-12-16T11:05:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T21:05:24","slug":"athletics-in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2011\/12\/08\/athletics-in-the-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent athletics events in the news"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

It’s been an eventful week in University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> athletics news. The Rainbow Wahine<\/a> volleyball team prepares to take on the top-ranked University of Southern California<\/a> in their quest to reach the Final Four, while the retirement of Greg McMackin leads to a search for a new UH<\/abbr> head football coach.<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> in the News for the week of 12\/05\/11<\/h2>\n
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Dave Shoji<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Greg McMackin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, volleyball reigns supreme<\/a><\/strong> [espnW.com, 12\/08\/11<\/a>] As the Rainbow Wahine<\/a> get ready to take on USC<\/a><\/abbr> in the regional semifinals of the NCAA<\/abbr> volleyball tournament<\/a>, espnW.com<\/a> takes a look at Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>’s legendary women’s volleyball program and iconic coach Dave Shoji.<\/p>\n

Â鶹´«Ã½search committee formed to find McMackin’s replacement<\/a><\/strong> [Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> News Now<\/em>, 12\/07\/11<\/a>] With Greg McMackin announcing his retirement earlier this week, a six-member search advisory committee is formed to screen candidates and make recommendations for a new UH<\/abbr> head football coach. [Honolulu Star-Advertiser<\/em><\/a> (subscription required) | Pacific Business News<\/em><\/a>]\n

McMackin remembered as a force for student athletes<\/a><\/strong> [KHON 2, 12\/05\/11<\/a>] Despite his shortcomings on the gridiron, which included a 29-25 overall record and only one winning season in four years, University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> head football coach Greg McMackin is being hailed as a game changer when it comes to academic success. [More on McMackin’s retirement in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser<\/em><\/a> (subscription required) | KITV 4<\/a> | ESPN<\/a> | USA Today<\/em><\/a>]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> athletics events are the highlight of UH<\/abbr> in the News coverage this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[58,9],"class_list":["post-2752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uh-in-the-news","tag-athletics","tag-uh-manoa","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