HONOLULU -- The University of Hawaii Board of Regents on Thursday approved Jim Donovan as the new athletics director.

He will make $240,000 a year as part of his five-year deal, KITV has learned.

Donovan was associate athletic director under former Athletic Director Hugh Yoshida. Since 2002, Donovan has been the executive director for the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl.

Donovan is also a former UH offensive lineman. He earned his bachelor's of arts degree in geography and executive master's degree in business administration from UH, officials said.

"I have a real passion for UH," Donovan told KITV sports director Robert Kekaula.

He succeeds ousted Athletic Director Herman Frazier. UH and Frazier reached an agreement for him to leave one day after Warrior football head coach June Jones accepted a deal to leave the islands for Southern Methodist University. He became UH athletic director in 2002.

Former UH Athletics Directors:

1921-38 Otto "Proc" Klum

1938-40 None (under Board of Athletic Control headed by Chairman Walter Knox)

1940-41 Eugene "Luke" Gill

1941-42 Theodore "Pump" Searle

1942-45 None (BAC dropped)

1945-46 None (BAC reestablished under Chairman Hubert Brown)

1946-47 Dr. Francois d'Eliscu

1947-49 Iwao Miyake (acting)

1949-51 Thomas Kaulukukui

1951-52 Archie Kodros

1952-60 Henry Vasconcellos

1960-61 Dr. Frederick Haehnlen Jr.

1961-62 Dr. Edward Chui

1962-66 Young Suk Ko

1966-67 Phil Sarboe

1967-68 Robert Martin

1968-75 Paul Durham

1975-76 Dr. Edward Chui (acting)

1976-83 Ray Nagel

1983-93 Stan Sheriff

1993-2002 Hugh Yoshida

2002-2008 Herman Frazier

2008 Carl Clapp (acting/interim)

*Information provided by UH Athletics.