Craig Angelos’ position as University of Hawaii at Manoa’s athletic director will be discussed at a full athletic department meeting Tuesday afternoon, Spectrum News reported.
Angelos’ job security has been the subject of intense speculation on the UH Lower Campus and online over the past 48 hours.
The usually responsive Angelos, who accompanied the football team to Logan, Utah’s 55-10 loss to Utah State over the weekend, has not responded to messages seeking comment from Spectrum News since returning to Honolulu. There wasn’t. But he continued to post updates on UH’s funding and more on X (formerly known as Twitter).
Officials said athletic department officials received an email Monday notifying them of a 3 p.m. meeting the next day. Additionally, there is a 10 a.m. head coaches meeting that was scheduled several months in advance. Meanwhile, the California State University Board of Trustees was already scheduled to hold a meeting Wednesday morning.
California State University President David Lassner selected Angelos to replace David Matlin, who resigned in June 2023 to complete his eight-year term in May 2023. Mr. Lassner plans to retire from his position by the end of the year.
Unlike his predecessor’s position, Angelos operates as an at-will employee of UH without a contract, meaning he can be fired at any time.
Angelos, a Salt Lake City native and former BYU baseball player, came to the university from Long Island University, where he served as senior assistant AD, as one of the bases for a career as an athletics administrator on the East Coast. Ta. He previously served as athletic director at Florida Atlantic University.
For better or worse, Angelos has been viewed as an outsider with his own style, as he has overseen a staff that remains almost entirely from the Matlin era.
Angelos recently orchestrated the university’s move to leave the Big West Conference in favor of full membership in the Mountain West, at a time when the conference is undergoing significant realignment. He has also explored various ways to increase revenue for the department, including changes to travel expenses for college football and expanding courtside seating at the Stan Sherif Center. He hired third-party experts to promote the UH brand.
He hosts a semi-regular question-and-answer show on ESPN Honolulu, which is common for head coaches in sports like football, basketball and volleyball, but a first for the UH AD.
In his roughly 18 months on the job, he has hired three new head coaches. Steve Allnutt (men’s and women’s swimming and diving); and Hendrik Bode (men’s tennis).
Brian McInnis covers the state’s sports scene for Spectrum News Hawaii. Contact him at brian.mcinnis@charter.com.
