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HONOLULU – University of Hawai'i officials along with the Warrior football staff, state legislators and other dignitaries were in attendance Thursday morning for the dedication of the new football wing on the third floor of the athletics complex.

 

UH-Manoa Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw, Athletics Director Jim Donovan and head football coach Greg McMackin were joined by House speaker Calvin Say, Rep. Mark Takai,, Paramount Builders president Steven Lee, WCIT Architecture president Rob Iopa UH assistant athletics director Teri Chang, and assistant director for UH-Manoa construction management Shawn Kodani with the untying of the maile-lei and a traditional Hawaiian blessing ceremony by Kahu Kordell Kekoa.

 

The facility includes 12 new offices for coaches and staff, two conference rooms, one video room and reception area adorned with an “H” logo. The new offices will include state-of-the-art equipment, including SMART boards in both the offensive and defensive conference rooms. Each office, meanwhile, will be equipped with presentation boards and 40-inch flat-screen televisions. The football staff will begin its move into the new facility after the conclusion of spring practice on Friday, April 30.

 

“This is a great day for our football program,” McMackin said. “This new wing is going to provide a great environment for our coaches and players. It's just first-class. This, along with the T.C. Ching Field is going to be a great place for coaching, teaching and learning and is going to be an outstanding recruiting tool. It shows that the University of Hawai'i is serious about having a first-class football program. You can just see it by walking through here and the people of Hawai'i have created this. We are just really excited.”

 

The facility was funded by a $1.3 million appropriation from the State Legislature and construction began in January 2010. The renovation was designed by WCIT Architecture and completed by Paramount Builders.

 

“This new wing is just absolutely beautiful and this is going to help us in recruiting and it helps us to be a lot more efficient too,” Donovan said. “There are so many people who contributed to this incredible addition. The State Legislature in particular has just been phenomenal in their support of us, both UH-Manoa and UH Athletics.”