1. Timothy Kealii'okaaina Awa Chang was born on October 9,1981 and is an American football coach and former quarterback who is currently the head coach of the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors.
23 Facts About Timmy Chang
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Timmy Chang has played for the Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions, Philadelphia Eagles, Rhein Fire, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
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Timmy Chang was selected a prep All-American by eight major organizations and publications.
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Timmy Chang completed 1,388 of 2,436 passes for 17,072 yards and 117 touchdowns, breaking the old NCAA Division I-A all-time records of 1,231 completions in 1,883 attempts by Kliff Kingsbury of Texas Tech University and 15,031 yards by Ty Detmer of Brigham Young University.
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Timmy Chang participated in 2,587 plays, breaking the old NCAA career record of 2,156 by Kingsbury.
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Timmy Chang had six rushing touchdowns and was a four-time All-Western Athletic Conference selection.
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Timmy Chang currently holds NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision all-time records for total plays, passes attempted, and interceptions.
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Timmy Chang holds the school record for career passing yards and total offense, and is second in career passing touchdowns and total touchdowns.
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Timmy Chang was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2003 Hawaii Bowl in a triple-overtime victory over the University of Houston, and was named Co-MVP, with Chad Owens, of the 2004 Hawaii Bowl in a victory over the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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Timmy Chang was a finalist for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award for the 2004 season.
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Timmy Chang was signed by the Arizona Cardinals after going undrafted in the 2005 NFL draft, but was cut in training camp.
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That year, Timmy Chang played in the preseason for the Detroit Lions but did not make the final roster.
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Timmy Chang then signed with the Philadelphia Eagles, who allocated him to the NFL Europe in 2006.
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Timmy Chang was in training camp with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2006, but was cut before the start of the regular season.
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Timmy Chang played in his first regular season game on June 30,2007, against the Calgary Stampeders when he replaced the struggling Jason Maas towards the end of the fourth quarter, completing his first career CFL pass, a 51-yard pass to Jesse Lumsden, overall finishing 4 of 7 for 86 yards.
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Timmy Chang was released by the Tiger-Cats on August 29,2008, and signed by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers the following day.
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Timmy Chang retired in 2009 and returned to the University of Hawaii to complete his bachelor's degree.
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Timmy Chang was chosen as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Jackson State in February 2014, assisting newly named head coach Harold Jackson.
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Timmy Chang moved to the tight ends coaching position in 2018 before moving back to coach wide receivers in 2021.
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When Nevada's head coach Jay Norvell was hired by Colorado State following the 2021 season, Timmy Chang followed him to Fort Collins and was named the wide receivers coach for the Rams.
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Timmy Chang was named the 25th head coach in program history at his alma mater, Hawaii, on January 22,2022.
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Timmy Chang received a one-year extension to his contract on December 3, keeping him with the program through at least the 2026 season, which will be Hawaii's first as a full member of the Mountain West Conference.
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On July 2,2009, Timmy Chang was arrested on suspicion of robbery.