University of Hawaii projects narrowed athletics deficit for completed fiscal year

What You Need To Know

• • The University of Hawaii at Manoa projects a $400,000 net deficit for its athletic department for Fiscal Year 2022, a figure that will be checked in a December audit

• • UH, like the majority of NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision athletic departments, has typically operated in the red in most years

• • That included about $9.7 million in federal aid meant to reimburse net revenue losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic – nearly a quarter of UH Manoa’s $42 million athletics budget

• Athletic director David Matlin said COVID difficulties notwithstanding, the budget has trended in the right direction the last few years and he is optimistic on revenues without pandemic restrictions for the 2022-23 athletic calendar