Background
Kauahi grew up on the Hawaiian island of Kaua"i, and played college football with the Arizona State Sun Devils and the Hawaii Warriors.
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 joined the Rattlers in 2007 as the defensive line coach. He then played center for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Seattle Seahawks, the Green Bay Packers, the Phoenix Cardinals, and the Kansas City Chiefs. Kani Kauahi has coached at the college level (Mesa Community College), and at the professional level in the NFL (Arizona Cardinals), the Canadian Football League (British Columbia Lions, Ottawa Renegades, and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats), and in the XFL (San Francisco Demons).
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 Kani Kauahi has been coaching at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario as the Offensive Lincolnshire Coach. Also, coaching with the Arizona Rattlers.