Larry Price

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This article is about the former NFL player, civil servant and Hawaii personality. For others, see Larry Price (disambiguation).

Larry Price is an athlete, media personality, journalist and former civil servant in Hawaii, United States. A resident of Honolulu, he is currently an author, political news columnist for MidWeek[1] and radio co-host of the locally popular Perry and Price on KSSK-FM alongside Michael W. Perry.[2] He also writes and produces television documentaries.[3] Price was formerly an investigative reporter for Honolulu ABC network affiliate KITV and Head Coach of the University of Hawaii at Manoa Hawaii Warriors football team. Price played with the Los Angeles Rams professional football team, the present-day St. Louis Rams NFL team. He signed with the team as a free agent in 1967.[4] In celebration of its centennial, the City and County of Honolulu named Price to its official list of Top 100 Citizens.[5]

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[edit] Education

Price attended President Theodore Roosevelt High School in Honolulu. Price holds several college degrees: a Bachelor of Science degree in 1967 and Master of Business Administration in 1971 from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He also holds a 1985 Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Southern California and completed post-doctoral work at Stanford University from 1997 to 2003.[5] He continues to teach as MBA professor at Chaminade University of Honolulu.[6]

[edit] Athletics

Price was the University of Hawaii at Manoa's first National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I head coach. He currently serves as Chairman of the State of Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame Cybermuseum and President of The OIA Foundation.[5]

[edit] Radio personality

Before working at KSSK, Price worked for the administration of Hawaii Governor George Ariyoshi[6] and served as the University of Hawaii Director of the Small Business Management Program.[5] Congressman Cecil Heftel needed a new Vice President of Public Relations and Publicity for his radio station and hired Price for the position in 1977. In August 1983, Price was paired with afternoon radio deejay Michael W. Perry to host the station's morning drive program. A top rated program in the state, the two continue to host the same program today despite various station ownership changes.[6]

Perry and Price host a popular live radio variety show each Saturday in front of a ballroom audience. Over twenty years, it had been broadcast from the Champeaux at the Ilikai Hotel, the Hanohano Room of the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel and currently at the John Dominis Restaurant in Waikiki. The show's popularity has garnered frequent appearances by celebrities that include Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dolly Parton, Oprah Winfrey and many more.[7]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ The Right Price. MidWeek.
  2. ^ KSSK Radio.
  3. ^ Chaminade University (2003-09-11). "Dr. Larry Price Named Professor of Human Resource Management for Chaminade MBA Program". Press release. Retrieved on 2008-01-11.
  4. ^ Larry Price. KSSK.
  5. ^ a b c d Larry Price. Perry and Price.
  6. ^ a b c Genegabus, Jason. "Still Having Fun", Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 2003-08-12. Retrieved on 2008-01-11. 
  7. ^ About the Show. Perry and Price.


Preceded by
Dave Holmes		 University of Hawaii Head Football Coaches
1974–1976		 Succeeded by
Dick Tomey
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Hawaiʻi Warriors Head Football Coaches

A. Jones • Peden • Britton • Crawford • Elliot • Klum • Gill • Kaulukukui • Kodros • Vasconcellos • Asato • Shaughnessy • Sarboe • King • Holmes • Price • Tomey • Wagner • von Appen • J. Jones • McMackin