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Akina Named New Coach
Laie, HI—Brigham Young University Hawaii hired former Kahuku High School
Coach Hiram Akina to lead the Seasiders’ women’s basketball team today.
Akina replaces Wendy Anae, who coached the team for the first four years of its
existence and is leaving to further her education.
Akina, who graduated from BYU–Hawaii in 1983 and obtained his masters from
BYU in 1986, inherits a squad that went 9-17 overall last season and was 5-11
in the Pacific West Conference. He brings a wealth of experience to the
job, having coached the Kahuku boy’s team to a 46-13 mark over the last two
seasons after head coaching jobs at Mililani High School (boys),
Chandler-Gilbert Community College (women), Arizona Boys Ranch, Hopi High
School (girls), Las Vegas High School (boys), and Brinley Middle School (boys)
along with stints as an assistant coach at Valley High School (boys),
BYU–Hawaii (men), and BYU (women) in a career that spans 26 years.
BYU–Hawaii Athletic Director Ken Wagner says he is “excited to have someone
of Coach Akina’s experience and local knowledge take over our program. We
expect him to run a great program here.”
Coach Akina shares Wagner’s excitement. “I have a vision of what this program
can become,” he says. “I can’t wait to get started and I expect to win a
lot of games here.”
BYU–Hawaii added women’s basketball as a varsity sport to
start the 2006-07 season and owns a record of 43-62 in the four years of the
program, all under Coach Anae.
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