.jpg) Niumatalolo with Navy in 2021 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | San Jose State |
| Conference | MW |
| Record | 5–3 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | May 8, 1965 Laie, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1986–1989 | Hawaii |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1990–1994 | Hawaii (GA) |
| 1995–1996 | Navy (RB) |
| 1997–1998 | Navy (OC/QB) |
| 1999–2001 | UNLV (TE/ST) |
| 2002–2007 | Navy (AHC/OL) |
| 2007–2022 | Navy |
| 2023 | UCLA (acting TE) |
| 2024–present | San Jose State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2023 | UCLA (director of leadership) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 114–86 |
| Bowls | 6–5 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3 AAC West Division (2015, 2016, 2019) | |
| Awards | |
| 3× AAC Coach of the Year (2015, 2016, 2019) | |
Kenneth Va'a Niumatalolo (born May 8, 1965) is an American college football coach and former player who is the head coach of San Jose State. He was the head coach of the Naval Academy from 2007 to 2022, accumulating the most wins in program history. Niumatalolo played college football at the University of Hawaii. As a quarterback he led Hawaii to their first postseason bowl game in 1989.[1] Niumatalolo is the second person of Polynesian descent to be named head coach of an NCAA Division I FBS college football program and the first ethnic Samoan collegiate head coach on any level.[2] Niumatalolo was inducted into the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame on January 23, 2014.[3]
- ^ "Navy Promotes Assistant to Top Spot". Associated Press. December 8, 2007. Archived from the original on December 9, 2007. Retrieved October 18, 2020 – via Yahoo! News.
- ^ "Niumatalolo Named to Polynesian Football Hall of Fame". October 10, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2014.