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UH coach Norm Chow in lower level of Sporting News ranking

By Ferd Lewis

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LAST UPDATED: 08:33 a.m. HST, May 10, 2012

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This file photo shows Hawaii head coach Norm Chow after spring football practice on April 21, 2012 at War Memorial Stadium in Kahului, Maui.

Norm Chow, who debuts as a head coach this season with the University of Hawaii, ranks 98th among 124 major college head football coaches in preseason rankings compiled by The Sporting News.

The magazine notes Chow's excellence as an assistant coach but says, "Is Chow head coaching material? You never know for sure until a guy gets that chance."

Former UH head coach June Jones, now of Southern Methodist,  is ranked 22nd while past Warrior assistants Paul Johnson (Georgia Tech), Ken Niumatalolo (Navy) and Rich Ellerson (Army) are Nos. 19, 35 and 79 respectively.

Alabama's Nick Saban heads the list and Boise State's Chris Petersen is No. 2.






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false wrote:
No big deal. He hasn't even coached his first game.
on May 10,2012 | 08:37AM
kainalu wrote:
... won't that be USC? lol
on May 10,2012 | 01:19PM
nippy68 wrote:
who the hell cares about ranking anyway? just give coach a few years and we will see the out come in the future.
on May 10,2012 | 09:11AM
Eradication wrote:
This is good locker room billboard stuff for the players and the coaches. I do not think it really matter to anyone but the sportswriters anyways. Based on what we have seen from Coach Chow thus far I seriously think that it does not matter at all to him or his staff.
on May 10,2012 | 09:17AM
PCWarrior wrote:
How do you rank someone who has never head coached a game? What BS but obviously they don't think much of our coach. Isn't that what most mainlanders think of people from Hawaii. We just ain't good enough? I take Coach Chow any day of the week.
on May 10,2012 | 09:29AM
kauaiguy wrote:
Uncle Norm will be ranked MUCH HIGHER in 3 years, bet on it!!
on May 10,2012 | 09:30AM
loquaciousone wrote:
How do you rank the stew for taste until you taste it?
on May 10,2012 | 09:54AM
Snator wrote:
PCWarrior - no need to make it an Hawaii against the Mainland issue, he's a Head Coach so that's why he's on the list. UH hasn't even played a game yet, so where would they rank him, at the top? However next years might be a different issue after they have something to guage it against.
on May 10,2012 | 10:03AM
PCWarrior wrote:
Ah I just like to stir the pot I guess...lol.
on May 10,2012 | 03:49PM
roadsterred wrote:
What was Von Appen's ranking by the Sporting News when he was the head coach?
on May 10,2012 | 10:18AM
Tipops wrote:
This kind of ranking does more good than bad, in my opinion. Everyone knows it doesn't really mean anything since the Warriors haven't played a single game under their new leader. Coach Chow will probably use this to fire up his staff and team. There's no doubt in my mind that things will be righted by the end of the year. I like what Coach has done by surrounding himself with quality assistants and establishing early on that he's a no-nonsense kind of guy who won't tolerate poor behavior. Hard but fair, can't complain about that. The time to judge is after he has had time to recruit and coach the right players for his system. After all, I don't think anybody believes that his past success has been a fluke. My guess, he will be ranked in the top 50 coaches by the end of the season. Really!
on May 10,2012 | 10:19AM
buggee808 wrote:
You just got to laugh... I'm sure Norm is... Norm's philosophy is words are cheap, actions speak.
on May 10,2012 | 10:30AM
slink wrote:
Let's look at the good: "ranks 98th among 124 major college head football coaches..." At least UH is considered a major college program!
on May 10,2012 | 10:33AM
Sunny wrote:
Who cares?
on May 10,2012 | 10:56AM
Anonymous wrote:
I always feel that these type of rankings, including top 25 teams during regular season, by so-called football specialists are full of s**t.
on May 10,2012 | 11:21AM
inverse wrote:
Positive thinking is always good, unfortunately facts remains that he no other major college or NFL team previous to UH has given him a chance to become head coach. Also I am sure the guys handicapping all college teams are aware of the UH quarterback who was expected to be the No 1 or 2 quarterback, has now been suspended for at least one season and beyond. I hope Chow and UH is successful for everyone's sake, however for the coach to be visiting China on a church mission, all the while his star quarterback is recklessly driving drunk on Oahu's freeways and getting caught is not a good omen.
on May 10,2012 | 11:25AM
entrkn wrote:
None of us know just how good Chow will be as head coach but I'm sure he will be ranked a lot higher next year.
on May 10,2012 | 11:26AM
Oahuan wrote:
Gimme a break! The guy has yet to coach his first game! Rankings means nothing.
on May 10,2012 | 11:30AM
hvagd1 wrote:
Every head coach, at one time, was an assistant coach.
on May 10,2012 | 01:20PM
808warriorfan wrote:
EXCELLENT POINT !!!!! WE ALL HAD OUR FIRST JOBS AT ONE TIME IN OUR LIVES.....
on May 11,2012 | 12:41AM
Kalaheo1 wrote:
Norm Chow is awesome and we are lucky to have him. I think he's the best thing to happen to UH football in ages.

Lets see where he ranks three years from now!
on May 10,2012 | 01:26PM
hanoz808 wrote:
big deal! what a waste of article space.... GO NORM!
on May 10,2012 | 03:24PM
Manapua_Man wrote:
Chow hasn't coached a game yet so he has an excuse for being ranked 98th at this point. I wonder who's the 124th coach?
on May 10,2012 | 05:01PM
saywhatyouthink wrote:
He hasn't even had his first game yet and already they're ranking his coaching ability?
on May 10,2012 | 09:05PM
oxtail01 wrote:
All I know is that he's already a HUGE improvement over fat Mac.
on May 10,2012 | 09:52PM
entrkn wrote:
Everybody has known for years that Chow would be the WARRIORS' Messiah...
on May 10,2012 | 10:01PM
littlejim wrote:
Ferd, do you not have anything else to do? Next time your name appears after "by" I will not bother reading any further.
on May 10,2012 | 10:39PM
808warriorfan wrote:
HE'S UNDEFEATED FOR NOW !!!!!
on May 11,2012 | 12:40AM
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