Joshua Walker is returning to Mānoa as the next head coach of Rainbow Wahine volleyball.
The former UH All-American and national championship-winning assistant coach becomes just the fourth head coach in program history.
Fresh off winning gold as an Assistant Coach w/ Team USA at the 2026 NORCECA Girls U17 Pan American Cup on Sunday, Joshua Walker is named the next HC.
A 2010 All-American & 5th all-time in #HawaiiMVB history w/ 1428 kills, @JWALKUH27 spent the last four seasons on Baylor's staff
.@HawaiiWVB reached for the sky and hired Joshua “Sky” Walker — an amazing coach and great person. Here’s @billyhull’s story on @JWALKUH27 https://t.co/XRujXUPKIl
JUST IN: @HawaiiWVB has named Joshua Walker as their next head coach
Walker is a former UH men's player and National Championship assistant coach, returning to his alma mater after serving as the associate head coach at Baylor
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NEWS: Former @BaylorVBall associate HC Joshua Walker has been named the new head coach of #HawaiiWVB.
A former standout & assistant coach for the #HawaiiMVB team, Walker returns to the islands to take over one of the most iconic women’s volleyball programs in the country.
Former #HawaiiMVB player and assistant coach Joshua Walker will take over as the next Rainbow Wahine volleyball coach, the university announced today.
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So, 10 seniors plus 1 transfer out, leaves 11 spots to fill for the same size roster as this past year. Coach Danny Alvarez has 4 signees that we know of so far, so a lot of roster building is still to be done for the University of Hawaii Beach Volleyball program. Go BeachBows!
Congratulations to softball's Milan Ah Yat, Taryn Irimata, Jamie McGaughey, Carys Murakami, and Hannah Pitts (all starters) for being named to the 2026 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District team. https://t.co/gj22dljPoH