University of Hawai’i head coach Eran Ganot’s first-year success at the helm of the Rainbow Warriors has not gone unnoticed.
Ganot is on elite short lists for several national coaching awards after leading Hawai’i to unprecedented success this past season.
Most impressive, he is one of 21 finalists for the Jim Phelan Award, which goes to the nation’s top NCAA Division I head coach. Among the other names on the list are Bill Self of Kansas, Roy Williams of North Carolina, Jay Wright of Villanova, Tony Bennett of Virginia and Tom Izzo of Michigan State.
Ganot is also one of 21 finalists for the Hugh Durham Award, which goes to the nation’s top mid-major head coach.