Norm Parrish may be a new assistant coach with the University of Hawai’i basketball team, but he is not new to Hawai’i basketball.
Although his previous 24 years of coaching took place in the state of Utah, Parrish made numerous trips to Honolulu during that time. Most notable, he established friendships with former head coach Riley Wallace and members of Wallace’s staff.
One of those was Eran Ganot, who was named the new UH head coach in April, and selected Parrish as one of his three assistant coaches on May 15.
“I got really familiar with the program and came over to work camp and just got good friends with the coaching staff,” Parrish said.