Fact and fiction are about to collide in Manoa as "Hawaii Five-0" shoots episodes at the University of Hawaii. Fictionally speaking, Rainbow Wahine volleyball coach Dave Shoji might not live to tell about it. Rumor has it that, after 1,045 wins, the coach won’t make it through his 37th season.

UH’s most successful athletic program will play a major part in a "Five-0" episode currently scheduled for Oct. 17, though everything about the show and its planning remains "fluid," said UH broadcast manager Tracy Orillo-Donovan.

Shoji has heard his coach’s character is a marked man. "That’s what they tell me," Shoji said with a laugh, "but the story is still being worked on."

The show is planning to shoot crowd shots at Stan Sheriff Center. Initially, there was talk that it would be done during this weekend’s season-opening Chevron Rainbow Wahine Invitational. Now it’s looking like it might happen in September, with fans possibly invited to stay late and help the show capture the atmosphere of the country’s most watched college volleyball team.

The "Hawaii Five-0" production company, Eye Productions, filmed at the University of Hawaii Marine Center on Sand Island Access Road last week for another October episode. The volleyball-themed show will feature more of the school, possibly with former Wahine team members playing. Another scene is scheduled to be shot at the T.C. Ching Athletics Complex.

"The most important thing is, we will be able to use the University of Hawaii name and ‘H’ logo, which will bring great exposure both nationally and internationally," said Orillo-Donovan, whose husband is UH athletic director Jim Donovan. "We are extremely careful that no NCAA regulations are violated. It’s all going through our director of compliance, Amanda Paterson. We’re working closely with the director, producer and script writers, who have bent over backwards to portray UH positively. But when you think of ‘Hawaii Five-0,’ it’s a crime show so there is always going to be a crime."

The volleyball coach is right in the middle of it.

"I had to ask Dave twice if he was going to be OK with several scenarios and he laughed both times," Orillo-Donovan said. "We wanted to make sure he was comfortable with how things might turn out.

"If we have questions the next day about openings for the University of Hawaii volleyball coaching position, we got our message across. It may have been the wrong message, depending on the outcome, because he will still be alive. Either way, we know they watched the show."

Orillo-Donovan said other UH location shootings have been discussed with "Hawaii Five-0," including some on upper campus. Les Murakami Stadium is another possibility, particularly because Scott Caan, who plays Danno, has a baseball background.

UH has worked with other film crews in the past, including those from National Geographic and Discovery.