Coaches
Vai Taua
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Vai Taua
Played at Nevada 2006-2010 · alma mater (CFBD): Nevada
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-2015 | UCLA | Position | DB | Jim Mora* |
| 2016 | East Los Angeles | ST coord. | co-ST/RB | not known |
| 2017-2018 | Nevada | Analyst | special teams analyst | Jay Norvell |
| 2019-2021 | Nevada | Position | RB | Jay Norvell |
| 2021 | Nevada | Head coachinterim | interim HC | Jay Norvell |
| 2022-2023 | Nevada | Position | /RB | Ken Wilson |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Nevada | 0-1 (1 of 13) | - → - | 33 | 64 | 3.6 | 78% wins | 130 |
Worked under
- Jim Mora* · UCLA 2014-2015 (Position)
- Jay Norvell · Nevada 2017-2021 (Analyst, Position)
- Ken Wilson · Nevada 2022-2023 (Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- DeShaun Foster · UCLA 2014 · him Position, them GA
- Jeff Ulbrich · UCLA 2014 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Jim Mora* · UCLA 2014-2015 · him Position, them Head coach
- Kennedy Polamalu · UCLA 2014 · him Position, them Position
- Noel Mazzone · UCLA 2014-2015 · him Position, them OC
- Tom Bradley · UCLA 2015 · him Position, them DC
- Jay Norvell · Nevada 2017-2021 · him Analyst, Head coach, Position, them Head coach
- Jeff Casteel · Nevada 2017-2019 · him Analyst, Position, them DC, Position
- Matt Mumme · Nevada 2017-2021 · him Analyst, Head coach, Position, them OC, Position
- Timmy Chang* · Nevada 2017-2021 · him Analyst, Head coach, Position, them Position
- Jody Sears · Nevada 2019-2020 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Brian Ward · Nevada 2020-2021 · him Head coach, Position, them DC
- Freddie Banks · Nevada 2020 · him Position, them Position
- Derek Sage · Nevada 2022-2023 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Joe Bolden · Nevada 2022 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Ken Wilson · Nevada 2022-2023 · him Position, them Head coach
- Kwame Agyeman · Nevada 2022-2023 · him Position, them DC
- Mike Bethea · Nevada 2022-2023 · him Position, them DC