More McKnight

The Star-Bulletin and Advertiser have more on the hiring of coach Dennis McKnight. Here's an excerpt from the Advertiser regarding his first stint at UH:

McKnight had an immediate — and loud — impact on the Warriors. He literally lived at UH, sleeping on the leather couch in his third-floor office.

He also made special teams, well, special. Players who excelled on special teams received "Special Forces" T-shirts. He also enlivened practices with his high-decibel instructions.

"I've got to give a lot of credit to McKnight," said Keith Bhonapha, a former UH player and graduate-assistant coach. "He can get you excited about going to a meeting in the morning. He made you feel you were important if you played special teams. That's why everybody was so hungry to play for him. If we did well, we would get stickers. He'd get you excited about that. You're talking about a piece of plastic with adhesive. But it gave you something to work for, something to take pride in. The T-shirts were just like a trophy. You know you earned it."

This is an exciting time for Warriors football! Let's print up those stickers!