| Kane Ioane | |
| Current Title: | Defensive Coordinator |
| Current Team: | Nevada |
| Current Conference: | Mountain West |
| Contract: | $200,000[1] |
| Birth Date: | 23 January 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Billings, Montana |
| Alma Mater: | Montana State University (2005) |
| Player Years1: | 2000–2004 |
| Player Team1: | Montana State |
| Player Positions: | Safety |
| Coach Years1: | 2005–2014 |
| Coach Team1: | Montana State (LB) |
| Coach Years2: | 2015 |
| Coach Team2: | Montana State (DC/LB) |
| Coach Years3: | 2016 |
| Coach Team3: | Montana State (LB) |
| Coach Years4: | 2017–2018 |
| Coach Team4: | Washington (Def. analyst) |
| Coach Years5: | 2019–2020 |
| Coach Team5: | Montana State (DC/S) |
| Coach Years6: | 2021–2023 |
| Coach Team6: | Boise State (co-DC/S) |
| Coach Years7: | 2024–present |
| Coach Team7: | Nevada (DC) |
Kane Ioane (; born January 23, 1982)[2] is an American college football coach and former player. He previously served as the co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach for the Boise State Broncos. He currently serves as the defensive coordinator for the Nevada Wolf Pack.
Ioane played safety for Montana State,[3] earning All-America honors for four straight years, from 2000 to 2003. He was the Big Sky Conference defensive MVP in 2003 and finished at Montana State as the Big Sky's all-time tackles leader. Ioane was inducted to the Montana State Hall of Fame in 2014,[4] [5] and the Montana Football Hall of Fame in 2016.[3]
Ioane spent a brief stint with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers following his graduation, during the offseason following the 2004 season.[6] He participated in mini-camp, but ultimately did not make the roster and returned to Billings for a coaching position in 2005.[7]
After serving as a student assistant during the 2004 season,[8] Ioane was hired by Montana State as a linebackers coach to begin the 2005 season.[2] He remained in this position until 2016, with only one year gap in 2015, during which time he was also Montana State's defensive coordinator. In 2017, Ioane accepted a position at Washington as a defensive analyst, a position he held for two years.[8] In 2019, Ioane returned to Montana State as the Bobcats' defensive coordinator and safeties coach; he held this position for two years as well. In 2021, he accepted a position at Boise State as the co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach on the staff of new head coach Andy Avalos.[9] On December 18, 2023 he was announced as the new Defensive Coordinator on the staff of new head coach Jeff Choate.[10]
Ioane is a native of Billings, Montana, and graduated from Montana State University with a Bachelor of Arts in education in 2005. He lives with his wife, Kerri, and their two children.[11]