As one of his final acts as Manoa chancellor, Tom Apple signed nine of the 10 University of Hawaii coaching contract extensions presented to him, officials said.
The lone exception is said to be that of men’s basketball coach Gib Arnold, although officials would neither confirm nor deny it Tuesday.
"I’m not going to answer that, yet," athletic director Ben Jay said.
He had been seeking an extension through 2017-18 and a $21,000 raise for Arnold.
An announcement from the school could come later this week.
Arnold was scheduled to be in Spain for the FIBA World Cup, where UH’s Isaac Fotu was playing for New Zealand, and could not immediately be reached for comment. His attorney did not immediately return calls.
Meanwhile, UH said it is still awaiting the results of a five-month NCAA inquiry into the men’s basketball program.
Apple’s tenure as chancellor ended Sunday, and Jay said the contracts were signed Friday. "I have to pick them up from Tom, but they are signed," Jay said.
Jay had been at work on several contract extensions, including those of Arnold, women’s basketball coach Laura Beeman, men’s volleyball coach Charlie Wade and baseball coach Mike Trapasso, since 2013.
Renegotiation of Arnold’s contract commenced last summer because the terms of his 2011 deal mandated that: "For a period of 60 days starting July 1, 2013, athletic director and coach shall engage in good faith negotiations for a new agreement."
The contract noted, however, that any agreement was "to be submitted to the Chancellor, President and Board of Regents for approval." In addition, it noted, "Coach understands that submission does not guarantee approval of a tentative new agreement."
Arnold has been paid $344,000, plus bonuses, annually, of which $50,000 is to be an "overload" payment "from university-solicited boosters," according to the contract.
That contract was to have ended July 1, 2014, but Arnold earned an automatic one-year extension through 2014-15 under a clause that extended the deal if the Rainbow Warriors won 20 or more games in the 2013-14 season. UH was 20-11.
But Jay had been proposing a three-year extension that, combined with the automatic year, would take Arnold through the 2017-18 season with a $21,000 raise.
Arnold is 72-55 through four seasons at UH, including 33-31 in conference regular-season games and 1-4 in conference tournament games.
The 20-win season in 2013-14 was UH’s first in 10 years.