  {"id":89356,"date":"2019-01-08T16:34:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T02:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=89356"},"modified":"2019-01-08T16:35:50","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T02:35:50","slug":"rolovich-contract-extended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/01\/08\/rolovich-contract-extended\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolovich contract extended through 2022"},"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><figure id=\"attachment_89354\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89354\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/manoa-athletics-rolovich-field.jpg\" alt=\"Coach walking the sidelines\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/manoa-athletics-rolovich-field.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/manoa-athletics-rolovich-field-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick Rolovich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> head football coach <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/coaches.aspx?rc=2061&#038;path=football\"><strong>Nick Rolovich<\/strong><\/a> has received a two-year extension to his contract, running through the 2022 season. Rolovich\u2019s initial contract expires following the 2020 season.<\/p>\n<p>If <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> qualifies for a bowl game under Rolovich in either the 2019 or 2020 seasons, another year will be tacked on to the extension, running through 2023.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We\u2019re very appreciative of what Nick and his staff have accomplished in his first three seasons,&rdquo; said <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Athletics Director <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/staff.aspx?staff=467\"><strong>David Matlin<\/strong><\/a>. &ldquo;Nick has elevated our football program with two bowl appearances and this season with the most wins since 2010. He is a great representative of our university and his &lsquo;Live Aloha, Play Warrior&rsquo; slogan has resonated throughout the community. We are thrilled to be able to extend his contract and look forward to the next few years of <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/index.aspx?path=football\">Rainbow Warrior football<\/a>.&ldquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rolovich said, &ldquo;It\u2019s truly an honor to coach at my alma mater, it\u2019s a privilege that many coaches aren\u2019t able to do. I\u2019m thankful to David Matlin and the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> administration who gave me my first head coaching opportunity and now to extend my time here. I realize Rainbow Warrior football means a lot to the university community and the state of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> and my staff, student-athletes, and I will continue to work hard to maintain a successful program.&ldquo;<\/p>\n<p>Read more at the <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/news\/2019\/1\/8\/football-rolovich-contract-extended-through-2022.aspx\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa athletics website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> head football coach Nick Rolovich has received a two-year extension to his contract, running through the 2022 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[58,83,9,550],"class_list":["post-89356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-athletics","tag-football","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\/89356","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=89356"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89362,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89356\/revisions\/89362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}