Arizona head coach Brent Brennan stated he has known Hawaii head coach Timmy Chang since the latter was a junior in high school. Brennan and Chang also coached against each other when the latter was an assistant coach at Nevada from 2017 through 2021. "We really have a tremendous amount of respect for Hawaii football, the state of Hawaii, Timmy Chang, I've known him forever. We talk about stuff from time to time and I was really, really impressed with their win last weekend over Stanford." Arizona head coach Brent BrennanHawaii is 14-25 in three-plus seasons under Chang as the head coach.