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{{Infobox college coach
| name               = Nick Rolovich
| image              = MountainWestMD-2016-0727-NickRolovich.png
| alt                = 
| caption            = Rolovich at 2016 Mountain West Media Day
| sport              = [[American football|Football]]
| current_title      = [[Head coach]]
| current_team       = [[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football|Hawaii]]
| current_conference = [[Mountain West Conference|MW]]
| current_record     = 19–22 <!-- As of games through 8/24/19 -->
| contract           = 
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1979|2|16}}
| birth_place        = [[Daly City, California]]
| death_date         = 
| death_place        = 
| alma_mater         = [[University Of Hawaii ]]
| player_years1      = 1998–1999
| player_team1       = [[City College of San Francisco]]
| player_years2      = 2000–2001
| player_team2       = [[Hawaii Warriors football|Hawaii]]
| player_years3      = 2002
| player_team3       = 
| player_years4      = 2002–2003
| player_team4       = [[Rhein Fire]]
| player_years5      = 2003
| player_team5       = 
| player_years6      = 2004–2005
| player_team6       = [[San Jose SaberCats]]
| player_years7      = 2006
| player_team7       = [[Arizona Rattlers]]
| player_years8      = 2007
| player_team8       = [[Las Vegas Gladiators]]
| player_positions   = [[Quarterback]]
| coach_years1       = 2002
| coach_team1        = [[San Marin High School|San Marin (CA) HS]] (assistant)
| coach_years2       = 2003–2004
| coach_team2        = [[Hawaii Warriors football|Hawaii]] (SA)
| coach_years3       = 2006–2007
| coach_team3        = [[City College of San Francisco]] (QB)
| coach_years4       = 2008–2009
| coach_team4        = Hawaii (QB)
| coach_years5       = 2010–2011
| coach_team5        = Hawaii ([[Offensive coordinator|OC]]/QB)
| coach_years6       = 2012–2015
| coach_team6        = [[Nevada Wolfpack football|Nevada]] (OC/QB)
| coach_years7       = 2016–present
| coach_team7        = Hawaii
| overall_record     = 19–22 <!-- As of games through 8/24/19 -->
| bowl_record        = 1–1
| tournament_record  = 
| championships      = 
| awards             = 2x [[Junior College]] [[All-American]] (1998–1999)<br />[[Hula Bowl]] MVP (2002)
| coaching_records   = 
}}
'''Nicholas Robert Rolovich''' (born February 16, 1979) is an [[American football]] coach and former player.  He is currently the head football coach for the [[University of Hawaii at Manoa]], following his leave after the 2015 season as an [[offensive coordinator]] for the [[Nevada Wolf Pack football]] team.<ref name=BowsAthleticsHired>{{cite web | title = Rolovich Picked As New UH Head Football Coach | url = http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/news/2015/11/27/FB_1127154110.aspx | work = [[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wahine|Hawaii Athletics]] | date = November 27, 2015 | accessdate = November 27, 2015}}</ref><ref name=StarAdvertiserHired>{{cite news | last1 = Lewis | first1 = Ferd | last2 = Tsai | first2 = Stephan | last3 = Reardon | first3 = Dan |  title = Hawaii hires Rolovich as head football coach | url = http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/20151127_UH_interviews_five_finalists_for_head_football_coach.html?id=356239871 | newspaper = [[Honolulu Star-Advertiser|StarAdvertiser]] | location = Honolulu | date = November 27, 2015 | accessdate = November 27, 2015}}</ref><ref name=HNNHirdBows>{{cite web | title = UH names Nick Rolovich as new head football coach | url = http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/30618778/uh-names-nick-rolovich-as-new-head-football-coach | work = [[Hawaii News Now|Hawaii News Now (HNN)]] | date = November 27, 2015 | accessdate = November 27, 2015}}</ref>  He was a  [[quarterback]] with the [[Las Vegas Gladiators]] in the [[Arena Football League (1987–2008)|Arena Football League]].  He majored in [[economics]] at the [[University of Hawaii]].  He received a [[master's degree]] at [[New Mexico Highlands University]].

==High school years==
Nick Rolovich attended [[Marin Catholic High School]] in [[Kentfield, California|Kentfield]], California, and won [[varsity letter]]s in [[High school football|football]] and [[baseball]]. In football, he led his teams to two League Championships.

==College career==

===City College of San Francisco===
Rolovich was a two-time [[junior college]] [[All-American]] (1998–99) at [[City College of San Francisco]], where he led the [[List_of_community_college_football_programs#CCCAA_Football_Programs|Rams]] to a national championship in 1999.<ref name=CCCAAnfcaRamsChampionship>{{cite web | title = Football History of Champions | url = http://www.cccaasports.org/sports/fball/History_of_Champions | work = [[CCCAA]] | accessdate = November 28, 2015}}</ref>

===University of Hawaii===
Rolovich was a two-year [[Letterman (sports)|letterman]] at the [[University of Hawaii at Manoa]], where he replaced [[Starting lineup|starter]] and eventual all-time NCAA career passing leader [[Timmy Chang]] early in the 2001 season, leading the [[Hawaii Warriors football]] team to an 8-1 record. During those nine games, Rolovich threw for 3,361 yards and 34 touchdowns on 233-of-405 passing. He ended his college career with three straight 500-yard passing games. He also tossed school single-game records of 8 touchdowns and 543 yards in a 72-45 win over [[Brigham Young University|BYU]] on December 8, 2001. Those numbers helped him place tenth in the nation in pass efficiency (105.5) while breaking 19 school passing records and eight total offense records. Rolovich participated in and was named one of the two MVPs from the 2002 [[Hula Bowl]] college all-star game.

==Professional football career==
Rolovich signed with the [[Denver Broncos]] on May 17, 2002 after an impressive [[National Football League mini-camp|mini-camp]]. He rejoined the team in the following season before being allocated to the [[Rhein Fire]] of [[NFL Europe]]. In 2003, Rolovich completed 87-of-149 passes while leading the Fire to [[World Bowl XI]]. He connected on 14-of-19 passes for 164 yards and a touchdown in their 35–16 loss to the [[Frankfurt Galaxy]] in the championship game. In 2004 and 2005, Rolovich signed with the [[San Jose SaberCats]] of the [[Arena Football League (1987–2008)|Arena Football League]] where he served as [[Mark Grieb]]’s backup. He became the first San Jose QB other than Grieb to throw a pass in a game since the 2002 season. Rolovich signed with the [[Arizona Rattlers]] on October 31, 2006. Rolovich was released by both the [[Chicago Rush]] and Arizona Rattlers (after injuring his shoulder on January 16, 2006 in a non-contact scrimmage against Las Vegas, within a week he was waived) in 2006. On April 10, 2007, Rolovich was signed by the [[Cleveland Gladiators#Las Vegas Gladiators .282003.E2.80.932007.29|Las Vegas Gladiators]].

==Coaching career==
While still playing in the AFL, Rolovich served as quarterback coach for his JC alma mater, the [[City College of San Francisco|City College of San Francisco Rams]] for two years. Rolovich coached future quarterbacks [[Zac Lee]] and [[Jeremiah Masoli]], who later went on to careers at Nebraska and Oregon, respectively. In 2008, he retired from pro-football and joined the coaching staff of his other alma mater, the [[Hawaii Warriors football|Hawaii Warriors]], as a full-time quarterback coach.  In 2010, he was promoted to become Hawaii's [[offensive coordinator]]. In 2012, he was hired by [[University of Nevada at Reno|Nevada]] to be their [[offensive coordinator]] and quarterbacks coach after not being retained by new Warriors head coach [[Norm Chow]]. On November 27, 2015, Rolovich was hired as the new head football coach at the [[University of Hawaii]] replacing Chow and interim head coach [[Chris Naeole]].<ref name=SIHiredBows>{{cite web | last = Evans | first = Thayer | title = Nevada Offensive Coordinator Nick Rolovich hired as Hawaii head coach | url = https://www.si.com/college-football/2015/11/27/nick-rolovich-hawaii-rainbow-warriors-nevada-wolf-pack | work = [[Sports Illustrated|Sports Illustrated (SI)]] | date = November 27, 2015 | accessdate = November 27, 2015}}</ref><ref name=ESPNHiredBows>{{cite web | title = Nevada offensive coordinator Nick Rolovich named Hawaii head coach | url = http://collegefootball.ap.org/article/hawaii-hires-nevada-offensive-coordinator-rolovich-coach | work = [[Associated Press|AP]] | date = November 27, 2015 | accessdate = November 27, 2015}}</ref><ref name=KHONHiredBows>{{cite web | last = Spangler | first = Sam | title = Nick Rolovich named new UH head football coach | url = http://khon2.com/2015/11/27/nick-rolovich-named-new-uh-head-football-coach/ | work = [[KHON-TV|KHON]] | date = November 27, 2015 | accessdate = November 27, 2015}}</ref>

==Personal==
Rolovich is married to Analea Donovan, his college sweetheart from Maui.  They have four children, born in August 2007, May 2009 and twins born in 2013.

==Head coaching record==
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | conf = yes | bowl = yes | poll = no}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football|Hawaii Rainbow Warriors]]
 | conf      = [[Mountain West Conference]]
 | startyear = 2016
 | endyear = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2016]]
 | name         = [[2016 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team|Hawaii]]
 | overall      = 7–7 
 | conference   = 4–4
 | confstanding = 2nd <small>(West)</small>
 | bowl         = yes
 | bowlname     = [[2016 Hawaii Bowl|Hawaii]]
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2017]]
 | name         = [[2017 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team|Hawaii]]
 | overall      = 3–9 
 | conference   = 1–7 
 | confstanding = T–5th <small>(West)</small>
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2018]]
 | name         = [[2018 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team|Hawaii]]
 | overall      = 8–6
 | conference   = 5–3 
 | confstanding = T–2nd <small>(West)</small>
 | bowlname     = [[2018 Hawaii Bowl|Hawaii]]
 | bowloutcome  = L
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2019]]
 | name         = [[2019 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team|Hawaii]]
 | overall      = 1–0
 | conference   = 0–0
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name         = Hawaii
| overall      = 19–22
| confrecord   = 10–14 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 19–22
 | legend   = no
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = no
}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://hawaiiathletics.com/coaches.aspx?rc=2061&path=football Hawaii profile]
* [http://www.arenafan.com/players/Nick_Rolovich-3784/ AFL stats]

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