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Posted: Thursday, September 13th, 2012 9:15 AM HST

Coaches to resign from AD search panel

By Ken Hupp - 67AM KPUA News

Sources say three University of Hawai`i at Manoa coaches who signed a letter asking the University to immediately appoint acting Athletics Director Rockne Freitas to the position permanently plan to resign from UH's AD search committee. Committee co-chair and head football coach Norm Chow reportedly plans to step down from the panel, as do women's volleyball coach Dave Shoji and women's basketball coach Laura Beeman. The coaches came under fire for tainting the fairness of the selection process by joining dozens of other coaches in supporting Freitas for the AD job before a search process had even begun, and some people called for their resignation