Vavae Tata

	Position: Defensive Assistant
	Experience: Second Season
	Alma Mater: UCLA '08

10/15/2012

Cardinal Crosses the Bay for 115th Big Game

The Oct. 20 meeting of Stanford and Cal is the earliest in the history of the series

10/09/2012

Stanford Looks to Knock Off Undefeated Notre Dame

Matchup in the Midwest begins at 12:30 p.m. (PT) Saturday on NBC

10/01/2012

Cardinal Returns Home for Bout With Arizona

Contest at Stanford Stadium highlights Homecoming Weekend

09/24/2012

No. 8/9 Stanford Travels to Washington for Thursday Pac-12 Bout

Cardinal eyes third straight 4-0 start.

09/11/2012

Cardinal Opens Pac-12 Play With Marquee Matchup Against USC

Rematch of 2011 thriller televised live on national FOX broadcast.

Vavae Tata is in his second season as a defensive assistant on Stanford's coaching staff after joining the program in 2012.

Tata spent two seasons as a graduate assistant coach at San Jose State, and prior to joining the Spartans staff in 2010, Tata spent two campaigns as a student assistant coach at UCLA, where he worked with the defensive linemen and special teams.

In the summer of 2011, Tata participated in the Bill Walsh Minority Coaching Fellowship with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Tata began his coaching career in 2006 as the defensive line coach for McKinley High School in Honolulu.

A 2008 graduate of UCLA, Tata was a four-year letterwinner for the Bruins from 1994-98. As defensive end, he played in the 1995 Aloha Bowl and 1999 Rose Bowl. Following his playing career, Tata worked in the mortgage and banking industries in California and Hawaii.

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