| Kurt Taufa'asau | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | New Mexico Highlands |
| Current Conference: | RMAC |
| Current Record: | 0–0 |
| Birth Date: | 18 September 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Pago Pago, American Samoa |
| Alma Mater: | University of Wyoming (2012) |
| Player Years1: | 2009 |
| Player Team1: | New Mexico Military |
| Player Years2: | 2010–2012 |
| Player Team2: | Wyoming |
| Player Years3: | 2013 |
| Player Team3: | Oakland Raiders |
| Player Years4: | 2013 |
| Player Team4: | Tennessee Titans |
| Player Years5: | 2014 |
| Player Team5: | Indianapolis Colts |
| Player Positions: | Defensive tackle |
| Coach Years1: | 2015 |
| Coach Team1: | Westlake HS (UT) (DL) |
| Coach Years2: | 2016–2018 |
| Coach Team2: | New Mexico Military (DL) |
| Coach Years3: | 2019–2020 |
| Coach Team3: | New Mexico Military (AHC/DL) |
| Coach Years4: | 2021–2023 |
| Coach Team4: | New Mexico Military |
| Coach Years5: | 2024–present |
| Coach Team5: | New Mexico Highlands |
| Overall Record: | 0–0 (college) 27–10 (junior college) |
| Bowl Record: | 1–1 (junior college) |
| Tournament Record: | 2–0 (NJCAA D-I playoffs) 2–0 (SWJCFC playoffs) |
| Championships: | 1 NJCAA Division I (2021) 1 SWJCFC (2021) |
| Awards: | First Team All-WSFL (2009) |
Kurt Taufa'asau (born September 18, 1990) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for New Mexico Highlands University, a position he has held since 2024.[1] [2] [3] He was the head football coach for New Mexico Military Institute from 2021 to 2023. In 2021, he led New Mexico Military to a NJCAA National Football Championship win.[4] [5] [6] [7] He also coached for Westlake High School.[8]
Taufa'asau played college football for New Mexico Military and Wyoming as a defensive tackle.[9] After going undrafted in the 2013 NFL draft he signed with the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL).[10] He also had stints with the Tennessee Titans and Indianapolis Colts.