14 Facts About Dave Nakama

David M Nakama was born on August 9,1962 and in an American baseball coach and former infielder, who is current hitting coach for the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors.

Dave Nakama moved to Oregon to attended Willamette University and played at infielder for the Willamette Bearcats baseball team.

Dave Nakama graduated from Willamette in 1984 with a bachelor's degree in physical education and earned a master's in the same subject from the University of Northern Colorado in 1986.

Dave Nakama was an assistant coach at Northern Colorado from 1985 to 1986 while working on his master's degree.

Dave Nakama later was an assistant at Iowa, then moved to the junior college as an assistant at Yavapai and De Anza.

In 1991, Dave Nakama earned his first head coaching position at Mission College in Santa Clara, California, where he remained for five seasons.

Dave Nakama led Mission to the state junior college tournament in 1995 and 1996 and earned Coast Conference Coach of the Year honors in 1996.

Dave Nakama joined Stanford as an assistant coach under Mark Marquess in 1997.

From 1999 to 2001, Dave Nakama served as head coach at San Francisco State.

Dave Nakama returned to the Pac-12 as top assistant at Stanford, before moving to Washington.

Dave Nakama then returned to Stanford as assistant coach, a position he would hold from 2002 to 2009, then was an assistant on Lindsay Meggs's staff at Washington from 2010 to 2012.

In September 2012, Dave Nakama was named head coach at San Jose State, his first Division I head coaching job.

Dave Nakama returned to the junior college level on September 23,2016, when Treasure Valley Community College in Ontario, Oregon hired him as head coach.

On July 24,2017, Dave Nakama returned to Washington to be a volunteer assistant coach for his second stint working under Lindsay Meggs.