Hawaii Tribune-Herald
It’s a tribute to his son that Greg Lum Ho was a national winner of the Positive Coaching Alliance’s Double-Goal Coach Award for his positive impact on youth athletes.
Lum Ho will often see his son Maka‘ala in the student-athletes he coaches for cross country and girls junior varsity basketball at Keaau High.
Maka‘ala, a promising basketball player for the Cougars, was 16 years old when died in a 2011 kayaking accident.
“Because he was such a good kid and so many people knew him, all his friends rallied around me and helped support me,” Lum Ho said.