University of Hawai‘i head women’s basketball coach Dana Takahara-Dias announced today the addition of Patrick Knapp to her coaching staff.

Knapp is the third assistant coach to be hired by Takahara-Dias, which rounds out her staff.

Knapp spent the last five seasons as head coach at the University of Pennsylvania and was the head coach at Georgetown for 18 seasons prior to that.

“Coach Knapp brings 26 years of head coaching experience to the Rainbow Wahine basketball program,” Takahara-Dias said. “He has coached in the Big East Conference and in the Ivy League. He will provide an increased geography base in the recruiting department as he is well respected on the East Coast.”

Knapp joins associate coach Da Houl and assistant coach Serenda Valdez to complete Takahara-Dias’ staff.

Knapp began his head coaching career at New Mexico State in 1983. Overall, Knapp has won 341 career games in 26 years as head coach.