University of Hawaii at Hilo soccer director Lance Thompson resigned his post Monday to accept a job directing a youth soccer club and coaching a college club team in Arizona.
The school named former assistant coach Gene Okamura the new director of soccer, on an interim basis. Okamura, who had also been the head coach for the girls team at Kamehameha-Hawaii prior to his resignation two months ago, has been deeply involved in youth soccer on the Big Island as director of coaching for Hawaii Rush Big Island.
“I’m definitely excited for the opportunity,” Okamura said Wednesday in the office he formerly shared with Thompson.