HONOLULU — Penei Pavihi got the heads up from a couple of guys in the know.
Before coming to play at the University of Hawaii in the mid-2010s, defensive backs Kalen Hicks and Ikem Okeke were part of a national championship high school program, Bishop Gorman High in Las Vegas, where Chris Brown was the defensive coordinator.
What You Need To Know
First-year Hawaii football coach Timmy Chang turned to one of his old UH teammates, linebacker Chris Brown, as one of his first staff hires upon getting the job in January
Brown has attempted to instill an ethos of toughness in the UH linebackers that he calls the “Lion’s Den”
Three senior linebackers, Penei Pavihi, Isaiah Tufaga and Logan Taylor, have been counted on to set the tone in practices with scrappiness during drills
UH will hold its most substantial scrimmage so far in fall camp on Saturday night at the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex
