Andy Johnson

Biography

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