Waianae football

SIXTH IN A SERIES This summer, head coaches from all 28 Oahu high school varsity football teams are being asked to recount their football playing days. One coach interviewed for this multi-part series pointed out what he thinks may be the value of this endeavor: “A lot of times, you only hear about coaches when they’re getting released or are having a special season. It’s super hard to have a special season, so this should shed more light on them […]

New Waianae football coach Mike Fanoga has been around the block in college football and he has been a Hawaii resident for about eight years. The list of coaching stops is a long one for the former UTEP player: >> UTEP >> West Alabama >> Iowa Wesleyan >> Valdosta State (Georgia) >> Kentucky >> Western Kentucky >> New Mexico State >> Wyoming >> Lane College (Tennessee) >> Benedict College (South Carolina) >> Virginia Union (two separate occasions) >> Morgan State […]

Waianae is looking for a new football coach. Seariders athletic director Kekoa Kaluhiokalani said Thursday the school is looking to go in a new direction. Walter Young, who replaced Danny Matsumoto four years ago, is out after posting a 26-22 overall record. Kaluhiokalani said the decision was made a few weeks ago and since that time, 20 applications for the job have poured in, including four from the mainland. In the first year of the OIA-ILH Open Division alliance, the […]

When the Waianae Seariders faithful gather to talk about the glory days, they will skip over 2018 unless it is as a springboard to the greatest comeback ever in 2019. The Open Division did not treat the Seariders kindly, leaving them with a 1-8 record for the worst mark in the school’s storied history. The only time Waianae won only one game was in its first season in 1959 but even that squad scored more points than Waianae’s 7.4 this […]