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Updated at 9:37 a.m., Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Greg McMackin's bio

Advertiser Staff

 

Greg McMackin last night accepted an offer to become University of Hawai'i head football coach, replacing June Jones. He was introduced at a press conference at UH today.

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GREG McMACKIN

Born: April 24, 1949

College: Southern Oregon 1969; master's in education from University of Arizona 1970

Personal: Wife, Heather, one daughter, two grandchildren

Did you know? Wrote "Coaching the Defensive Backfield" in 1992, which is in its seventh printing. He is a member of the National Football League Coaches Association and the American Football Coaches Association.

Experience

1969-70: Arizona, graduate assistant

1971-73: Aloha (Beaverton, Ore.) High, head coach

1973-76: Western Oregon State, defensive coordinator

1976-78: Idaho, defensive coordinator

1978-84: San Jose State, defensive backs coach

1984-85: Stanford, linebackers

1985-86: Denver Gold (USFL), defensive secondary

1986-90: Oregon Tech, head coach/assistant athletics director

1990-92: Utah, defensive coordinator

1992-93: Navy, defensive coordinator

1993-95: Miami (Fla.), defensive coordinator

1995-98: Seattle Seahawks, defensive coordinator

1999: Hawai'i, associate head coach/defensive coordinator

2000-03: Texas Tech, defensive coordinator

2003-05: San Francisco 49ers, associate head coach/linebackers

2006: Not coaching professionally

2007: Hawai'i, defensive coordinator

2008: Hawaii, head coach