Joshua Taufalele begins his first season in Pullman as a member of Head Coach Kirby Moore’s staff after being named assistant offensive line coach.
Taufalele has spent the past six years working in an off-field position as Boise State, including his latest position as associate director, extended studies, which he has held since September of 2024. Prior to that, he was assistant director, graduate recruitment in extended studies, manager, graduate recruiting in extended studies, after beginning his time in Boise as a student success coach in 2019.
Taufalele spent three seasons coaching at Montana State, beginning in 2017 as offensive line coach and adding the title of recruiting coordinator in 2018. In 2019, he served as recruiting coordinator/tight ends coach. During his three seasons, the Bobcats went 24-15 and reached the FCS Playoffs in 2018 and 2019.
In 2019, Montana State was eighth in FCS in rushing offense at 258.1 yards per game, 25th overall in total offense, and seventh in fewest sacks allowed at less than one per game. The teams advanced to the FCS Playoffs for the first time since the 2014 season, reaching the second round. In 2018, Montana State reached the FCS semifinals after finishing 18th in the FCS in rushing yards and 12th in fewest sacks allowed.
Prior to arriving in Bozeman, Taufalele was the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Foothill College (California) in 2016 and spent the 2014 and 2015 seasons as the offensive line graduate assistant on the Washington Huskies staff. During the 2015 season, he worked with then-graduate assistant Kirby Moore. Previously, he coached at Foothill from 2010-13.
Taufalele played at Foothill in 2006 and ’07, helping lead the Owls to back-to-back 10-1 campaigns while earning all-league and all-FCS honors as a sophomore, before transferring to New Mexico. He started 24 straight games for the Lobos in 2008 and ’09, earning Academic All-Mountain West honors twice. He was named New Mexico’s top offensive lineman as a senior, and graduated in 2010 with a sociology degree before earning his Master’s in Intercollegiate Athletic Leadership.
He and his wife Fuatino have three sons, Bayley, Reign, and Jethro.
Year-By-Year Coaching Positions
2026-Present: Washington State –Assistant Offensive Line
2018-19: Montana State – Offensive Line/Recruiting Coordinator
2017: Montana State – Offensive Line
2016: Foothill College (Calif.) – Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
2014-15: Washington – Offensive Line Graduate Assistant
2010-13: Foothill College – Assistant Coach
