Thomas Kaauwai Kaulukukui (January 22, 1913 – March 9, 2007) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

player and coach. He served as the

head coach A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches. In some sports, the head coach is instead called the "manager", as in assoc ...

at the

University of Hawaii A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, th ...

in 1941, as co-head coach with Eugene Gill, and from 1946 to 1950. From 1956–1959 he served as head coach of ʻIolani preparatory school in

Honolulu Honolulu (; ) is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, which is in the Pacific Ocean. It is an unincorporated county seat of the consolidated City and County of Honolulu, situated along the southeast coast of the island ...

. Kaulukukui was a standout college athlete who earned 17 letters in five sports and was the University of Hawaii's first All-American football player. He was nicknamed "Grass Shack" by legendary sportswriter

Grantland Rice Henry Grantland "Granny" Rice (November 1, 1880July 13, 1954) was an early 20th-century American sportswriter known for his elegant prose. His writing was published in newspapers around the country and broadcast on the radio. Early years Rice wa ...

. His number, #32, is only one of two numbers to have ever been retired by the Hawaii football program.

Head coaching record

Football

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External links

Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame profile
* 1913 births 2007 deaths American football halfbacks Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wahine athletic directors Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baseball coaches Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football coaches Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football players People from Hilo, Hawaii Sportspeople from Honolulu Coaches of American football from Hawaii Players of American football from Honolulu Native Hawaiian sportspeople Baseball coaches from Hawaii {{1940s-collegefootball-coach-stub