Coaches
Kennedy Polamalu
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Kennedy Polamalu
Played at USC 1982-1985
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | UCLA | GA | Graduate assistant | not known |
| 1994 | San Diego State | ST coord. | Running backs coach & special teams coordinator | Ted Tollner |
| 1997 | Colorado | Position | Running backs coach | Rick Neuheisel |
| 1999 | San Diego State | Position | Linebackers coach | Ted Tollner |
| 2000 | USC | Position | Running backs coach | Paul Hackett |
| 2001 | USC | ST coord. | Special teams coordinator | Pete Carroll |
| 2002 | USC | ST coord. | Running backs coach & special teams coordinator | Pete Carroll |
| 2004 | Cleveland Browns (pro) | Position | Running backs coach | not known |
| 2005-2009 | Jacksonville Jaguars (pro) | Position | Running backs coach | not known |
| 2010 | USC | OC | Offensive coordinator & running backs coach✓ | Lane Kiffin*+ |
| 2011-2012 | USC | OC | Offensive coordinator · season pages | Lane Kiffin*+ |
| 2014 | UCLA | Position | Running backs coach | Jim Mora* |
| 2016 | UCLA | OC | Offensive coordinator✓ | Jim Mora* |
| 2017-2021 | Minnesota Vikings (pro) | Position | Running backs coach | not known |
| 2021-2023 | Las Vegas Raiders (pro) | Position | Running backs coach | not known |
| 2024-2025 | Seattle Seahawks (pro) | Position | Running backs coach | not known |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | USC | Offensive coordinator | 28 | 34 | 27 | 28 | 120 |
| 2016 | UCLA | Offensive coordinator | 81 | 112 | 113 | 34 | 128 |
Worked under
- Ted Tollner · San Diego State 1994-1999 (Position, ST coord.)
- Rick Neuheisel · Colorado 1997 (Position)
- Paul Hackett · USC 2000 (Position)
- Pete Carroll · USC 2001-2002 (Position, ST coord.)
- Lane Kiffin*+ · USC 2010-2012 (OC, Position)
- Jim Mora* · UCLA 2014-2016 (OC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- A. J. Christoff · UCLA 1992 · him GA, them Position
- Bobby Hauck · UCLA 1992 · him GA, them GA
- Rick Neuheisel · UCLA 1992 · him GA, them Position
- Rob Phenicie · UCLA 1992 · him GA, them GA
- Dave Schramm · San Diego State 1994-1999 · him Position, ST coord., them Position
- Dino Babers · San Diego State 1994 · him Position, ST coord., them Position
- Tom Craft · San Diego State 1994 · him Position, ST coord., them OC, Position
- A. J. Christoff · Colorado 1997 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Bobby Hauck · Colorado 1997 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Brian Cabral · Colorado 1997 · him Position, them Position
- Chuck Heater · Colorado 1997 · him Position, them Position
- Jon Embree · Colorado 1997 · him Position, them Position
- Karl Dorrell · Colorado 1997 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Rick Neuheisel · Colorado 1997 · him Position, them Head coach
- Fred Bleil · San Diego State 1999 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- A. J. Christoff · USC 2000 · him Position, them Position
- Bill Young · USC 2000 · him Position, them DC
- Brian Schottenheimer · USC 2000 · him Position, them Position
- Dennis Thurman · USC 2000 · him Position, them Position
- Ed Orgeron · USC 2000-2012 · him OC, Position, ST coord., them DC, Other, Position
- Hue Jackson · USC 2000 · him Position, them OC, Position
- DeWayne Walker · USC 2001 · him ST coord., them Position
- Lane Kiffin*+ · USC 2001-2012 · him OC, Position, ST coord., them Head coach, Position
- Nick Holt · USC 2001-2002 · him Position, ST coord., them Position
- Norm Chow · USC 2001-2002 · him Position, ST coord., them OC
- Pete Carroll · USC 2001-2002 · him Position, ST coord., them Head coach
- Steve Sarkisian*+ · USC 2001-2002 · him Position, ST coord., them Position
- Brennan Carroll · USC 2002 · him Position, ST coord., them GA
- Ryan Nielsen · USC 2002 · him Position, ST coord., them Other
- Clay Helton* · USC 2010-2012 · him OC, Position, them Other, Position
- John Morton · USC 2010 · him OC, Position, them OC, Position
- Monte Kiffin · USC 2010-2012 · him OC, Position, them Other
- Marvin Sanders · USC 2012 · him OC, them Position
- Scottie Hazelton · USC 2012 · him OC, them Position
- DeShaun Foster · UCLA 2014 · him Position, them GA
- Jeff Ulbrich · UCLA 2014 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Jim Mora* · UCLA 2014-2016 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Noel Mazzone · UCLA 2014 · him Position, them OC
- Vai Taua · UCLA 2014 · him Position, them Position
- Marques Tuiasosopo · UCLA 2016 · him OC, them Position
- Tom Bradley · UCLA 2016 · him OC, them DC