HONOLULU – University of Hawai'i head football coach Norm Chow added four more assistant coaches to his inaugural coaching staff with the announcement of offensive assistants Tommy Lee, Keith Uperesa, and Chris Wiesehan and defensive assistant Daronte' Jones.
 
With this announcement, Chow's staff now includes seven assistant coaches. He is expected to fill the remaining two vacancies, which includes the defensive coordinator position, in the next week.
 
“This group of coaches have years of experience at every level of football,” Chow said. “Our players will be able to learn from the very best in the business. They have proven track records and have been successful everywhere they've been. We're very fortunate to have them.”
 
Earlier this week, Chow announced the addition of offensive assistant Philip Rauscher and defensive assistants Lewis Powell and Tony Tuioti.
 
Lee has more than 40 years of coaching experience at the high school, collegiate, and professional ranks. Most recently, he spent seven years as the head coach at Montana-Western, an NAIA school in Dillon, Mont., where he coached from 2001-07 and won two Frontier Conference Championships.
 
Born and raised on O'ahu, Lee also served as quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator at Utah, Montana, Portland State, the CFL's Toronto Argonauts, and World Football League's San Antonio Riders. He also spent 11 years at Willamette, including the final nine as head coach. A graduate of Saint Louis School in Honolulu, Lee also spent three years as its head coach.
 
Uperesa spent the past two seasons as the offensive line coach at Nicholls State. The Honolulu native also coached the line at UNLV, Utah, USC, and was offensive coordinator at Idaho State.
 
The Punahou School and BYU graduate began his coaching career at Snow College, where he coached the offensive line and worked his way up to head coach. As a player, Uperesa was an all-WAC tackle at BYU and played three years in the NFL.
 
Wiesehan coached the past two seasons with the CFL's Winnipeg Blue Bombers as its receivers coach. The St. Louis, Mo., native also has experience coaching tight ends and offensive line.
 
His previous stops include UCLA (tight ends), Syracuse (offensive line), James Madison (offensive line), the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers (offensive assistant), Northern Arizona (receivers and offensive line), Buffalo (receivers and offensive line), Notre Dame (tight ends), Purdue (tight ends), and Fort Hays State (receivers).
 
Jones recently completed his first season as defensive backs coach with the CFL's Montreal Alouettes in 2011. Prior to that, he spent one season as UCLA's cornerbacks coach following a five-year stint as assistant head coach/defensive coordinator at Bowie State (Md.). At Bowie State, Jones' defensive was known as an aggressive, attacking unit that ranked No. 1 in Division II in total defense in 2009, allowing only 217.7 yards per game. He was also the team's pro liaison.
 
Jones' resume also includes stops at Nicholls State, at a pair of Louisiana high schools and as a graduate assistant at Lenoir-Rhyne College.