University of Hawaii associate coach Chad Konishi’s contract will not be renewed, ending his 12-year tenure with the Rainbows baseball team.

The decision comes on the heels of a 16-35 season, matching UH’s lowest win total in the past 39 years.

"We appreciate everything he has done for us and really wish him well," head coach Mike Trapasso said Wednesday.

"We just need to move in a different direction as a staff that focuses more on offense."

Trapasso plans on hiring a hitting coach to replace Konishi, who served as the team’s pitching coach and recruiting coordinator since 2001. Rusty McNamara, the team’s hitting coach for the past three seasons, will have his duties shifted to recruiting and assisting with the hitters.

Trapasso will continue to work with the pitchers and defense.

Volunteer coach Carl Fraticelli’s status for next year is still up in the air.

Konishi, who was hired at the start of Trapasso’s first season taking over for Les Murakami, helped 12 different UH pitchers win 15 All-Western Athletic Conference awards before moving to the Big West.

The Rainbows have had nine pitchers taken in the MLB Draft since 2010.

Hawaii ended its 2013 season with a 4.50 team ERA, ranking seventh in the conference, despite losing four of its best pitchers by the end of the year.

Returning starter Jarrett Arakawa missed the entire season after shoulder surgery, and left-handers Andrew Jones and Quintin Torres-Costa combined for three outings before both eventually opted for Tommy John surgery.

Sophomore Scott Squier missed the final month of the season after he was suspended for violating team rules.

Offensively, the Rainbows were last in the Big West with a .239 average and finished in the bottom 10 of 296 Division I teams ranked in scoring, home runs and stolen bases.

The process of hiring a full-time hitting coach will begin immediately.