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Timmy Chang Named Hawai'i Football Coach After Todd Graham's Exit

Former Hawai'i football star quarterback Timmy Chang is returning to the school to become its next head football coach:

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Per Christian Shimabuku of KHON2, Chang got the job over a list of candidates that included former Hawai'i and Washington State offensive coordinator Brian Smith, Arizona defensive coordinator Johnny Nansen, UCLA associate coach Brian Norwood and BYU associate head coach Ed Lamb.

The news comes one day after Hawai'i announced that it could not come to terms on an agreement with former Rainbow Warriors head coach June Jones to return to the school:

Chang, who played high school ball at Honolulu's Saint Louis School, stayed in-state to star for the Rainbow Warriors.