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By Gina Mangieri
More than 30 applications have already come in for the University of Hawaii football coach job.

That's within just a day of the job being posted.

UH officials say they're moving quickly on the hiring process despite the athletics director job being in limbo. They want to make the best football coach choice as soon as possible, and with good reason -- recruiting.

"The first opportunity to have a recruiting weekend would not be this weekend, it would be the next weekend to have some young people here -- we're on it, we're going for it," said pending Interim Athletics Director Carl Clapp.

The 5-day job-posting window comes up Tuesday. Officials and a football coach selection committee still being formed hope to announce their pick soon after. They have lots to choose from with dozens of applications received within a day of the posting.

"There's significant interest in the head coaching position at the University of Hawaii," Clapp said.

After years under the often go-it-alone Herman Frazier, the man taking charge of UH athletics for now says this and other decisions will be collaborative.

"There's little I will be able to get done alone, and even less I will be taking credit for," Clapp said.

Whoever fills Frazier's shoes for good had better keep that spirit up. Former A.D. Hugh Yoshida would know.

"Whoever comes on board needs to be able to reach out to the community, to be able to embrace them, let them know that he's a part of the community," Yoshida said.

Whoever takes the football job would do so without knowing who his athletics director would be.

"I'm sure that's going to be a question that might be asked by candidates as we might interact with them," Clapp said. "The chancellor will be heavily involved."

But Yoshida, the man who hired June Jones, says the program has so much to offer to make up for that and other uncertainties.

"They can be part of a program that is on the rise," Yoshida said. "Yhey can make a difference here, and be a winner by being a part of the University Warrior football."

Yoshida says the message should be the same for the student recruits -- join a proven program that is now dedicated all the way to upper campus to making the needed improvements.

http://www.khon2.com/news/local/13664087.html

Another report on the same story:

HONOLULU -- While dozens of people have sent their resumes to the University of Hawaii to apply for the head football coach, sources told KITV that a new coach could be hired as soon as next week.

In a news conference on Wednesday the acting athletic director talked about what kind of candidate will work best with UH officials and players.

Carl Clapp held his first news conference as acting UH athletic director. He took over the reigns of the department a day after the school reached an agreement to terminate his boss Herman Frazier.

"I see my role as a steward of an athletic program that is very important to many people and for a lot of reasons, and I'll take this responsibility very seriously," Clapp said.

His first priority is to fill the vacant head football coach position vacated by June Jones who took the job at Southern Methodist University on Monday. Many people have applied, Clapp said.

"They are probably adding to my e-mail and my voice mail as I sit here and visit. There is certainly significant interest in the position," he said.

UH athletics officials said between 30 and 40 people have sent in their resumes since Monday and more people are e-mailing and faxing their credentials all the time.

Clapp said UH is still putting together a search committee, which will begin reviewing applications on Jan. 15.

"We would like to get an individual who is able to assure a smooth transition for our current team members," he said.

Clapp said head coach applicants must show they have had successful coaching experience at the university level, as well as another important requirement.

"They need to fit in Hawaii. This is a very special place," the acting athletic director said.

Clapp would not discuss Frazier's status. Clapp said he would not comment until after Frazier's $312,510 settlement is approved by the UH regents.

http://www.kitv.com/news/15018020/detail.html

The big question is whether they will exceed the $800K given to Jones in his last year.

After being snubbed by both SMU and UNT for their head coaching jobs...I have decided not to put my name into the hat for UH. Apparently no one is impressed with my national titles won in NCAA 07

I think you will all be surprised at the staff coach Jones puts together. It is going to be absolutely unreal.

Hawaii might not be a bad gig for Bowden, Coker or Applewhite.