University of Hawaii officially announced Norm Chow’s hiring yesterday, and there have been some nice write-ups on his return home.

The head coaching gig is a long time coming for Chow, who has otherwise been the “perennial bridesmaid” in the game. ESPN writes: 

It’s long been one of the difficult questions college football fans ask: Why won’t anyone give Norm Chow a chance to run a program? 

Chow, widely considered one of the best offensive minds in college football history, got plenty of interviews, most notably of late at Stanford in 2005, and made plenty of “candidates” lists during the annual coaching carousel. He also turned down the head coaching job at Kentucky in 2002 to remain at USC. But, in reputation and reality, he was the perennial bridesmaid. 

Read the full column and the AP story about his returning home.

Official UH press conference will be this afternoon at 3pm. Our partners at KITV will be live streaming it.