University of Hawaii at Manoa Mixed Sailing

For the last 31 years, head coach Andrew Johnson has been synonymous with University of Hawai'i sailing. Johnson, a former Rainbow sailor and currently the longest tenured coach in UH Athletics, has elevated the Rainbow sailing program to elite status. In his time at UH, Johnson has guided UH to a combined 60 individual and team national championship competitions and has produced more than a dozen All-Americans, 30 All-PCCSC selections and three Olympians. From 2001-06, the program captured two national championships and finished no lower than third at the dinghy nationals in four of its five appearances during that time. In 2004, the Rainbows captured the Coed Dinghy Championships in Cascade Locks, Ore. Coming on the heels of the school's 2001 women's title, Johnson helped stake the program's claim as a perennial power with its second championship in a three-year span. During Johnson's tenure, the University of Hawai'i has proudly been the host of the National Sloop Championship in 1992, the National Women's Dinghy, Team Race, the Coed Dinghy Championships in 2002 and the Singlehanded Men's and Women's Championships in 2005. With all of Johnson's accomplishments, the ultimate recognition came his way in 2012 when he was inducted into the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) College Sailing Hall of Fame. Johnson, who lettered at UH from 1981-83, returned to his alma mater in 1989 to head the coed sailing team, replacing former coach Charlie Dole. Born in St. Paul, Minn

In his 22 years as assistant sailing coach, Jesse Andrews has been an integral part of UH's success. The former Rainbow All-American's superb on-the-water skills has been an instrumental teaching tool as the Rainbows have taken home two national titles, and had nine top five finishes in his time coaching. Over the years, he has helped the University of Hawaii host numerous Pacific Coast Championships, four ICSA National Championships and a yearly Peter Wenner Rainbow Invite that now attracts college sailing teams from Japan, Canada and all over the ICSA. His positive influence on the University of Hawaii sailors and in college sailing in general has not gone unrecognized. In 2019, Andrews was inducted into the ICSA Hall of Fame after being awarded the Graham Hall Award. Born Nov. 3, 1973, in Mystic, Conn., Andrews' first sailing experience was at age 9 when he, his father and grandfather sailed from Maine to Connecticut in an 18-foot Marshall Catboat. He went on to become one of the top youth sailors in the nation, winning the Blue Jay National Championships at age 15. He transferred from The University of Rhode Island to the University of Hawai'i after competing in his fourth 420 world championship in Australia, graduating in 1997 with a degree in liberal studies. During his time as a Rainbow sailor Andrews participated in 26 regattas, including three national championships, earning All-American honors in his senior year. With the development of the women's sailing team in F