1980 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baseball team

The 1980 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baseball team represented the University of Hawaii at Manoa during the 1980 NCAA Division I baseball season. It was the program's 58th season of existence, and their first season in the Western Athletic Conference. In the Warriors' first season in the WAC, they won divisional and conference honors, winning the South Division regular season, and the WAC Championship Series against BYU. The Rainbow Warriors received an automatic berth into the 1980 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. There, they won the Central Regional and advanced to the College World Series, where they lost in the final to Arizona.

1980 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baseball
WAC Regular season champions
WAC Championship Series winners
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record60–18 (19–5 WAC)
Head coach
  • Les Murakami (10th year)
Assistant coaches
  • Coop DeRenne
  • Jim Fujimori
  • Dave Murakami
  • Carl Furutani
  • Ron Nomura
Home stadiumUH Stadium
1980 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
North
BYU  xy 143 .8244118 .695
Wyoming   116 .6472320 .535
Utah   512 .2941719 .472
Colorado State   413 .2351737 .315
South
No. 2 Hawaii  xy 195 .7926018 .769
New Mexico   168 .6674320 .683
San Diego State   1112 .4784026 .606
UTEP   122 .0432239 .361
x Division champion
Championship Series champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of 18 November 2016
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
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