Kani Kauahi

Kani Kauahi
Arizona Rattlers
TitleAssistant head coach
Personal information
Born (1959-09-06) September 6, 1959Kekaha, Hawaii, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight260 lb (118 kg)
Career information
High schoolKamehameha Schools(Honolulu, Hawaii)
CollegeHawaii
NFL draft1982: undrafted
Career history
Playing
Coaching
Awards and highlights
Career NFL statistics
Games played140
Games started7
Fumble recoveries2
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Daniel Kani Kauahi (born September 6, 1959) is an American professional football coach and former player who is the assistant head coach for the Arizona Rattlers in the Indoor Football League (AFL). He played professionally as a center in the National Football League (NFL). He joined the Rattlers in 2007 as the defensive line coach.

Playing career

Kauahi grew up on the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i, and played college football with the Arizona State Sun Devils and the Hawaii Warriors. He then played center for 12 seasons in Pro Football, with the Seattle Seahawks, the Green Bay Packers, the Phoenix Cardinals, the Kansas City Chiefs and Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Coaching career

Kauahi has coached at the college level (Mesa Community College), and at the professional level in the NFL (Arizona Cardinals), the CFL (BC Lions, Ottawa Renegades, and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats), and in the XFL San Francisco Rage.

Kani also was the offensive line coach one season for his son's high school football team, Desert Vista High School, in Phoenix, Arizona.

Most recently Kauahi has been coaching at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario as the Offensive Line Coach. Also, coaching with the Arizona Rattlers.

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