Kurt Taufa'asau

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Kurt Taufa'asau
Current position
Title Head coach
Team New Mexico Highlands
Conference RMAC
Record2–9
Biographical details
Born (1990-09-18) September 18, 1990 (age 34)
Pago Pago, American Samoa
Alma mater University of Wyoming (2012)
Playing career
2009 New Mexico Military
2010–2012 Wyoming
2013 Oakland Raiders*
2013 Tennessee Titans*
2013 Indianapolis Colts*
Position(s) Defensive tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2015 Westlake HS (UT) (DL)
2016–2018 New Mexico Military (DL)
2019–2020New Mexico Military (AHC/DL)
2021–2023New Mexico Military
2024–present New Mexico Highlands
Head coaching record
Overall2–9 (college)
27–10 (junior college)
Bowls1–1 (junior college)
Tournaments2–0 (NJCAA D-I playoffs)
2–0 (SWJCFC playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 NJCAA Division I (2021)
1 SWJCFC (2021)
Awards
First-team All-WSFL (2009)

Kurt Taufa'asau (born September 18, 1990) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for New Mexico Highlands University, a position he has held since 2024. [1] [2] [3] He was the head football coach for New Mexico Military Institute from 2021 to 2023. In 2021, he led New Mexico Military to a NJCAA National Football Championship win. [4] [5] [6] [7] He also coached for Westlake High School. [8]

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Taufa'asau played college football for New Mexico Military and Wyoming as a defensive tackle. [9] After going undrafted in the 2013 NFL draft he signed with the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). [10] He also had stints with the Tennessee Titans and Indianapolis Colts. [3] [6]

Head coaching record

College

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
New Mexico Highlands Cowboys (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference)(2024–present)
2024 New Mexico Highlands2–92–7T–7th
New Mexico Highlands:2–92–7
Total:2–9

Junior college

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs D1#
New Mexico Military Broncos (Southwest Junior College Football Conference)(2021–2023)
2021 New Mexico Military 12–16–11stW NJCAA Division I Championship 1
2022 New Mexico Military9–35–2T–2ndW HF Sinclair Wool7
2023 New Mexico Military6–64–3T–4thL Xcel Energy Wool
New Mexico Military:27–1015–7
Total:27–10
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

References

  1. ↑ "New Mexico Highlands hires NMMI's Taufa'asau as head football coach". Albuquerque Journal. May 29, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  2. ↑ Webber, Will (May 29, 2024). "Highlands names NMMI coach to football post". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Kurt Taufa'asau Named NMHU Head Football Coach". New Mexico Highlands University Athletics. May 29, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  4. ↑ "New Mexico Military Institute's Kurt Taufa'asau Selected as 2021 ACCFCA Coach of the Year - AFCA". www.afca.com. December 22, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Taufa'asau garners DI Coach of the Year honors". NJCAA. December 22, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  6. 1 2 "Kurt Taufa'asau named ACCFCA Coach of the Year, Broncos tab postseason honors". New Mexico Military Institute. December 22, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  7. ↑ Beltran, Blynn (January 15, 2022). "Taufa'asau leads Broncos to first National Championship". Roswell Daily Record. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  8. ↑ "New Mexico Military Institute". New Mexico Military Institute. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Kurt Taufa'asau - Football". University of Wyoming Athletics. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  10. ↑ Damien, Levi (May 6, 2013). "Raiders UDFA profile: Kurt Taufa'asau". Silver And Black Pride. Retrieved May 30, 2024.


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