Ilaisa Tuiaki

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Ilaisa Tuiaki
Current position
TitleDefensive Line Coach
TeamOregon State Beavers
Biographical details
Born (1978-12-06) December 6, 1978 (age 45)
Kahuku, Hawaii
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2006 Kearns HS (UT) (WR/OLB)
2007Kearns HS (UT) (OC)
2008 Utah (GA)
2009–2010 Utah State (RB/ST)
2011Utah State (RB/RC)
2012Utah (FB/TE)
2013–2014Utah (DL)
2015 Oregon State (LB/ST)
2016–2022 BYU (DC/DL)
2024–presentOregon State (DL)

Ilaisia Tuiaki (born December 6, 1978) is an American football coach who is the defensive line coach at Oregon State University. During his college playing career, Tuiaki was a linebacker and fullback at Southern Utah University (SUU) and Snow College. Tuiaki is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and earlier in his life served as an LDS missionary to New York City. In December 2015, Tuiaki was hired by Kalani Sitake to follow him to BYU as the defensive coordinator after serving as a coach at the University of Utah and Oregon State University with Sitake. [1] [2] Following the 2022 season, Tuiaki resigned his position as the defensive coordinator at BYU. [3]

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Education

Tuiaki has a bachelor's degree in English and physical education from SUU (2006). [4]

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References

  1. Harmon, Dick (December 24, 2015). "BYU's Sitake announces Detmer and Tuiaki as coordinators". Deseret News . Archived from the original on December 25, 2015.
  2. "Sitake announces hiring of coordinators Ty Detmer and Ilaisa Tuiaki". BYU Cougars . Brigham Young University. December 24, 2015.
  3. Samuels, Doug (November 27, 2022). "The Scoop - Sunday November 27, 2022". footballscoop.com. Football Scoop. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
  4. "Ilaisa Tuiaki Bio - The Official Athletic Site of the University of Utah". The Official Athletic Site of the University of Utah . Retrieved December 22, 2015.