Frank Arnold
Frank Arnold (1934-2024)
Teams coached: BYU Cougars, Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
BYU record: 137-94 (.593)
Hawaii record: 11-45 (.196)
Overall record: 148-139 (.516)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (1979, 1980, 1981)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 1 (1981)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (1982)
- WAC Regular Season Champion: 2 (1979, 1980)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1987-1989 | Arizona State (asst) |
| 1985-1987 | Hawaii |
| 1975-1983 | BYU |
| 1971-1975 | UCLA (asst) |
| 1966-1971 | Oregon (asst) |
| 1964-1966 | Clark JC |
| 1962-1963 | Oregon (grad. asst) |
Frank Arnold Facts
- Frank Harold Arnold
- Born October 1, 1934
- Died June 8, 2024
- Hometown: Pocatello, Idaho
- Alma Mater: Idaho State University (BA, 1956)
- Born in Utah and raised in Idaho, Arnold attended Pocatello HS (ID) and Idaho State, where he played for Steve Belko
- After graduating, Arnold started coaching at the HS level; first job was as an assistant at Payette HS (ID)
- Spent two years each as head coach at Brigham Young HS (UT) and BYU Laboratory HS (UT)
- Joined Belko‘s staff at Oregon in 1962 as a graduate assistant; his first of two stints working with the Ducks
- After one season coaching at his alma mater Pocatello HS (ID), he spent two seasons coaching at Clark JC (WA)
- Went 30-22 overall at Clark, going 15-11 in both season
- Returned to Oregon in 1966 to spend the next five seasons on Belko‘s staff as a full-time assistant
- When Belko stepped down in 1971, Arnold moved down to California to be an assistant under John Wooden at UCLA
- In four years, Arnold was a part of three NCAA National Championship teams (1972, 1973 & 1975)
- Hired in 1975 to be the head coach at BYU, going 137-94 over eight total seasons
- Won two WAC titles and went to the postseason four times (3 NCAA, 1 NIT), including a trip to the 1981 Sweet Sixteen
- After a couple years away from coaching, Arnold became the Hawaii head coach in 1987
- Went just 11-45 in two seasons with the Rainbow Warriors (4-24 in year one and 7-21 in year two)
- Final coaching position was a two-year stint as an assistant under Steve Patterson at Arizona State
- Had one son and four daughters; his son, Gib Arnold, spent four seasons as the head coach at Hawaii
Frank Arnold Coaching Tree
- Danny Ainge (Phoenix Suns)
- Rich Glas (Concordia MN, North Dakota)
- Roger Reid (Southern Utah, BYU)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only