Campbell football

Hawaii Prep World will be releasing summer previews of all 29 Oahu varsity football teams in advance of the 2017 season that kicks off in early August. 12TH IN A SERIES CAMPBELL SABERS >> 2016 record and finish: 7-5 (5-2 OIA Blue); lost 25-7 to Farrington in the OIA quarterfinals, beat Moanalua 2-0 by forfeit in an OIA consolation playoff game, beat Waiakea 48-0 in the Division I state tournament first round, lost 35-12 to ‘Iolani in the D-I state […]

Darren Johnson is back and he is more energetic than ever. Johnson, the former football head coach at Kailua and Kaimuki, was introduced as Campbell’s new head coach Friday. Peanut butter and jelly? Lobster and melted butter? After the initial jolt of realizing that Johnson — the North Shore boy — is taking his football knowledge Westward to Ewa Beach, it strikes up the idea that Johnson and Campbell are the perfect match. Adjectives that come to mind are blue […]

Darren Johnson will be the new football coach at Campbell, he confirmed Friday afternoon. Johnson was expected to be announced as the coach today on campus, when he will meet with the Sabers players. Johnson, who grew up on the North Shore and still lives in Punaluu, is looking forward to the new challenge, the source said. He is a former Kailua head coach and an assistant at Kahuku and Kapolei. A source added that Johnson is looking at this […]

It took almost no time at all for Amosa Amosa to go from former head coach at Campbell to offensive coordinator at another OIA powerhouse. Kapolei head coach Darren Hernandez announced on Thursday morning the hiring of Amosa as the Hurricanes’ new offensive coordinator. Amosa will fill the void left by former OC June Jones, who departed after one season to become Director of Athletics Programs and Development at Saint Louis. “We talk all the time,” Hernandez texted. In fact, […]

After nine years at his dream coaching gig, the era of Amosa Amosa as Campbell football coach has come to a close. Here is the full story in Wednesday’s Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Amosa got the news today, stepping down after Campbell athletic director Sam Delos Reyes indicated that the program “will go in a different direction.” The Sabers, who finished second in the OIA Blue (Division I) during the regular season, lost to Farrington in the league playoffs. Campbell reached the […]