“I’d like to thank Coach Chow for his dedication to our football program for the past four years,” Matlin said in a statement. “Ultimately, we feel this decision is in the best interest of the University and Athletics Department and we need to move in a different direction. Coach Chow should be commended for helping our football program achieve all-time highs in APR scores and graduation rates.”
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Offensive line coach/assistant head coach Chris Naeole has been named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.
Chow, a former USC and Titans assistant coach, was 10-36 in his four seasons with Hawaii, including a 2-7 record this year after Saturday’s 58-7 loss to Air Force.
Chow will still earn the remaining $550,000 for this contract year, plus $200,000 for next season — the last one remaining on his deal.
