The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors volleyball team represents the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in NCAA men's competition. The team currently competes in the Big West Conference after leaving its longtime home of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation in 2018.[2] The Rainbow Warriors are currently coached by Charlie Wade.
| Hawaii Rainbow Warriors | |
|---|---|
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| University | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |
| Head coach | Charlie Wade (15th season) |
| Conference | Big West |
| Location | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Home arena | Stan Sheriff Center (capacity: 10,300) |
| Nickname | Rainbow Warriors |
| Colors | Green, black, silver, and white[1] |
| NCAA Tournament champion | |
| 2002*, 2021, 2022 | |
| NCAA Tournament runner-up | |
| 1996, 2019, 2023 | |
| NCAA Tournament appearance | |
| 1995, 1996, 2002*, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 | |
| Conference tournament champion | |
| Big West: 2019, 2022, 2023 | |
| Conference regular season champion | |
| Big West: 2021, 2023 | |
| Conference division champion | |
| MPSF: 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001 | |
| CIVA appearance | |
| 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986 | |
| WIVA appearance | |
| 1988, 1989, 1992 | |
| * Vacated by NCAA | |
Year-by-year results edit
| Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Shoji (1979–1980) | |||||||||
| 1979 | Dave Shoji | 5–2 | |||||||
| 1980 | Dave Shoji | 13–2 | 10–0 | 1st | |||||
| Dave Shoji (California Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) (1981–1984) | |||||||||
| 1981 | Dave Shoji | 12–9 | 8–8 | 5th | |||||
| 1982 | Dave Shoji | 14–8 | 9–7 | T–4th | |||||
| 1983 | Dave Shoji | 12–7 | 10–6 | T–4th | |||||
| 1984 | Dave Shoji | 11–9 | 9–9 | T–6th | |||||
| Dave Shoji: | 67–37 (.644) | 46–30 (.605) | |||||||
| Dave Shoji/Jim Smoot (California Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) (1985) | |||||||||
| 1985 | Dave Shoji/Jim Smoot [n 1] | 14–11 | 9–9 | 6th | |||||
| Dave Shoji/Jim Smoot: | 14–11 (.560) | 9–9 (.500) | |||||||
| Alan Rosehill (California Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) (1986) | |||||||||
| 1986 | Alan Rosehill | 15–6 | 15–5 | T–2nd | |||||
| Alan Rosehill (Western Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) (1987–1992) | |||||||||
| 1987 | Alan Rosehill | 8–10 | 8–10 | 6th | |||||
| 1988 | Alan Rosehill | 25–5 | 15–3 | 2nd | |||||
| 1989 | Alan Rosehill | 22–7 | 15–5 | 3rd | |||||
| 1990 | Alan Rosehill | 18–9 | 12–4 | T–2nd (Wilson) | |||||
| 1991 | Alan Rosehill | 7–17 | 3–13 | 6th (Wilson) | |||||
| 1992 | Alan Rosehill | 13–14 | 7–9 | 4th (Wilson) | |||||
| Alan Rosehill: | 108–68 (.614) | 75–49 (.605) | |||||||
| Mike Wilton (Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) (1993–2009) | |||||||||
| 1993 | Mike Wilton | 18–10 | 10–9 | 5th (Pacific) | |||||
| 1994 | Mike Wilton | 14–14 | 10–9 | T–3rd (Pacific) | |||||
| 1995 | Mike Wilton | 19–8 | 15–4 | 1st (Pacific) | NCAA Semifinals | ||||
| 1996 | Mike Wilton | 27–3 | 19–0 | 1st (Pacific) | NCAA Runner-Up | ||||
| 1997 | Mike Wilton | 18–11 | 10–9 | 3rd (Pacific) | |||||
| 1998 | Mike Wilton | 23–6 | 16–3 | 1st (Pacific) | |||||
| 1999 | Mike Wilton | 19–10 | 11–8 | 2nd (Pacific) | |||||
| 2000 | Mike Wilton | 19–10 | 13–6 | 3rd (Pacific) | |||||
| 2001 | Mike Wilton | 19–7 | 12–5 | T–1st (Pacific) | |||||
| 2002 | Mike Wilton | 24–8 | 17–5 | 2nd (Pacific) | NCAA Champion (vacated) [n 2] | ||||
| 2003 | Mike Wilton | 24–6 | 17–5 | 2nd (Pacific) | |||||
| 2004 | Mike Wilton | 17–12 | 13–9 | 6th | |||||
| 2005 | Mike Wilton | 19–9 | 15–7 | 4th | |||||
| 2006 | Mike Wilton | 23–5 | 19–3 | 2nd | |||||
| 2007 | Mike Wilton | 13–14 | 11–11 | T–6th | |||||
| 2008 | Mike Wilton | 11–16 | 8–14 | 9th | |||||
| 2009 | Mike Wilton | 9–18 | 6–16 | 10th | |||||
| Mike Wilton: | 316–167 (.654) | 222–123 (.643) | |||||||
| Charlie Wade (Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) (2010–2017) | |||||||||
| 2010 | Charlie Wade | 19–10 | 14–8 | 4th | |||||
| 2011 | Charlie Wade | 15–13 | 13–9 | 5th | |||||
| 2012 | Charlie Wade | 7–20 | 4–18 | 12th | |||||
| 2013 | Charlie Wade | 11–17 | 10–14 | 9th | |||||
| 2014 | Charlie Wade | 15–12 | 13–11 | 9th | |||||
| 2015 | Charlie Wade | 24–7 | 18–4 | 2nd | NCAA Play-In | ||||
| 2016 | Charlie Wade | 16–12 | 11–11 | 7th | |||||
| 2017 | Charlie Wade | 27–6 | 14–4 | 3rd | NCAA Semifinals | ||||
| Charlie Wade (Big West Conference) (2018–present) | |||||||||
| 2018 | Charlie Wade | 19–8 | 6–4 | T–2nd | |||||
| 2019 | Charlie Wade | 28–3 | 8–2 | 2nd | NCAA Runner-Up | ||||
| 2020 | Charlie Wade | 15–1 [n 3] | |||||||
| 2021 | Charlie Wade | 17–1 | 10–0 | 1st | NCAA Champion | ||||
| 2022 | Charlie Wade | 27–5 | 7–3 | 2nd | NCAA Champion | ||||
| 2023 | Charlie Wade | 29-3 | 9-1 | T-1st | NCAA Runner-Up | ||||
| 2024 | Charlie Wade | 23-7 | 5-5 | 3rd | |||||
| Charlie Wade: | 292–125 (.700) | 142–94 (.602) | |||||||
| Total: | 795–408 (.661) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Notes edit
- ^ Shoji and Smoot served as co-coaches.
- ^ National championship was vacated due to an ineligible player.[3]
- ^ Season not played past March 6 due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Home court edit
The Rainbow Warriors have played their home games at the Stan Sheriff Center since 1995, and have had 11 sellouts of their games, the most recent being March 6, 2020 against BYU.[4][5]
Since joining the MPSF, and later, the Big West, Hawaii has consistently been one of the leaders in the country in home attendance. Under Charlie Wade, the Rainbow Warriors are nearly unbeatable at the Stan Sheriff Center, averaging over 12 home wins a season. They also have posted three undefeated home seasons in the last five years, most recently in 2022.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Campus Signature Examples". University of Hawaii Office of Communications. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ Kekaula, Robert. "UH Men's Volleyball Changing Conference Affiliation". KITV News. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ^ Tsai, Stephen. "NCAA penalty strips UH of volleyball title". The Honolulu Advertiser. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ^ "2021 Men's Volleyball History (PDF)" (PDF). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Athletics. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ^ Luis, Cindy. "Hawaii volleyball: BYU match sold out, links, Wahine on Kauai". Hawaii Warrior World. Retrieved 21 October 2020.