Bob Wagner

Bob Wagner

Bob Wagner was the head football coach at the University of Hawaii from 1988 to 1995. he led the Rainbow Warriors to their first top 20 finish in 1992. [ [http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Jun/22/sp/sp09p.html BCS courts Wagner, Yoshida - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper ] ] Wagner, a longtime assistant under Dick Tomey with the Rainbows, took over the head coaching position when Tomey left to take the Arizona Wildcats job. Despite Wagner's overall success, he was let go, nonetheless, after a 4-8 season in 1995, [ [http://starbulletin.com/98/08/17/sports/story1.html Honolulu Star-Bulletin Sports ] ] and replaced by former Bill Walsh assistant Fred von Appen. Wagner was out of coaching for a few years, but quickly got a hankering to return to the game, after standing around on the sidelines for several games, as an idle spectator. So after the 1997 season ended, Wagner agreed to take over the defensive coordinator position for TCU under new coach Dennis Franchione for the 1998 season. On a Monday morning, five minutes after receiving information for a flight to Dallas, his old mentor Dick Tomey called, asking if he wanted to take over an assistant position on his staff. Wagner gladly accepted and ended up coaching inside linebackers for Arizona. [ [http://starbulletin.com/98/08/17/sports/story1.html Honolulu Star-Bulletin Sports ] ] Wagner is currently the athletic director for Kamehameha Schools-Hawai'i on the Big Island. [ [http://starbulletin.com/blogs/uhsportsextra/view-from-the-big-island-bob-wagner-on-the-uh-warriors/ UH Sports Extra » Blog Archive » View from the Big Island: Bob Wagner on the (UH) Warriors/ESPN picks up Fresno game ] ] While head coach at Hawaii, Wagner helped the Rainbow Warriors to their first WAC title in 1992 and engineered their first upset of unpopular rival BYU. [ [http://starbulletin.com/98/08/17/sports/story1.html Honolulu Star-Bulletin Sports ] ]

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