NOT A WHISTLEBLOWER!
I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING POSITIVE ABOUT HERMAN FRAZIER AND WAS SURPRISED TO FIND IT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII WEBSITE. SEEMS THE UNIVERSITY IS BEING RUN BY THE WRONG PEOPLE. THE SHOULD FIRE THE ADMINISTRATION AND LET THE "BOOSTERS" RUN IT. IF THEY CAN GET RID OF FRAZIER, MAYBE THEY COULD HAVE KEPT JONES. IM SURE THEY CAN FIX THE FACILITIES, THE DORMS AND CURE ALL THE ILLS AT THE UNIVERSITY. ALSO, MAKES ME WONDER, WHO'S REALLY RUNNING THE STATE.
Herman Frazier Herman Ronald Frazier, who is the 17th director of athletics at the University of Hawai‘i, hit the island in full stride in 2002 and has never looked back.
When the 51-year-old Frazier took over the reins of the UH Athletics Department, the budget was $16 million. In four short years, he has been able to increase it to $21 million.
Frazier, who enters his fifth year at UH, faces the everyday challenges of running a Division I Athletics Department head on. He has bolstered UH’s budget through various avenues.
"A handful of items definitely had to be addressed initially when I came on board," Frazier said. "We, as a department, have done a good job to try to resolve them."
The elimination of Aloha Stadium rent was high on his agenda, and the 2006 season is the first rent-free season for the Warrior football games since calling it home in 1975.
His goals of redesigning ‘Ahahui Koa Anuenue, the UH booster club; developing booster groups; setting up a better working relation with UH Foundation; initiating premium seat packages; and integrating the entire ticketing system have all come to fruition under his leadership.
Furthermore, he said he will continue the on going progress of upgrading facilities and improving the student-athlete experience both on the field and in the classroom.
"Facilities, on an overall scale, weigh heavily for our coaches in recruiting and the total student-athlete experience," Frazier said.
In 2005, the UH Tennis Complex was completed just in time for the Western Athletic Conference Championship. Also, a recent appropriation from the legislature will be directed toward refurbishing Les Murakami Stadium and renovating the lighting and stands at Cooke Field.
His ability to lead stems beyond the Pacific Rim into all corners of the world as evident by his last authoritative role - Chef de Mission of Team USA for the XXVIII Olympiad in 2004 in Athens, Greece. He is currently working with the USOC as a consultant on various issues.
Since 2001, he has received numerous honors, including the NCAA Silver Anniversary Award, which recognizes former student-athletes who have distinguished themselves after completing their collegiate athletic careers 25 years ago. In 2003, Sports Illustrated tabbed him one of the 101 most influential minorities in sports. He earned the distinction as one of the Top 50 Most Powerful Blacks in Sports in the March 2005 issue of BLACK ENTERPRISE magazine. Earlier this year, the NCAA honored him as one of the "100 Most Influential Student-Athletes," who have made a significant impact or major contribution to society. This award was presented in conjunction with the NCAA Centennial Celebration.
Frazier spent 23 years in the Athletics Department at Arizona State University before landing his first athletics director job at Alabama-Birmingham in 2000.
Before Frazier began building an impressive resume as an administrator, he was a multi-sport athlete at Germantown High in Philadelphia.
From there, Frazier launched his collegiate athletic career at Division III Denison University, and later at Arizona State, where he was an eight-time All-American and team captain of the 1977 national championship track team. He graduated from ASU in 1977 with a degree in political science.
Frazier made a name for himself in the Olympic arena running the leadoff leg of the gold medal-winning 4x400-meter relay team, while capturing a bronze medal in the 400-meter dash at the 1976 XXI Olympiad in Montreal. He was also a gold medalist at both the 1975 and ‘79 Pan-American Games and a member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic team that boycotted the XXII Olympiad in Moscow.
Frazier is currently engaged to Caroline Beal.
FRAZIER UP CLOSE
Hometown
Philadelphia, PA
Alma Mater
Arizona State (1977)
Bachelor’s degree in political science
Athletics Administrative Experience
2002-present (Hawai‘i)
Athletics Director
2000-02 (Alabama-Birmingham)
Athletics Director
1977-2000 (Arizona State)
Senior Associate Athletics Director for Business and Operations
Associate Director of Athletics
Assistant Director of Operations
Director of Athletics Facilities
Assistant Director of Events and Facilities
Administrative Accomplishments
Hired head coaches for men’s tennis, women’s basketball, men’s and women’s swimming and has upgraded the women’s head tennis coach to full time at UH Successfully negotiated a contract for UH head football coach June Jones and secured football contests versus several BCS schools, including road games at Alabama and Florida
Is a member of the NCAA/USOC Task Force to oversee changes in Olympic sports sponsored by NCAA schools; also a member of the Division I NCAA Football Issues Committee
Served as Chef de Mission of Team USA for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece
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