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Edwin Mulitalo
American football player and coach (born 1974)
Edwin Moliki Mulitalo (/ˌmuːliˈtɑːloʊ/; born September 1, 1974) is an American football coach and former player. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the fourth round of the 1999 NFL Draft.[1] He played college football at Arizona. Mulitalo earned a Super Bowl ring with the Ravens in Super Bowl XXXV. He also played for the Detroit Lions. Mulitalo served as the head football coach at Southern Virginia University in Buena Vista, Virginia from 2018 to 2022.
| No. 64 | |
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| Position: | Guard |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | (1974-09-01) September 1, 1974 (age 49) Daly City, California, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight: | 345 lb (156 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Daly City (CA) Jefferson |
| College: | Arizona |
| NFL draft: | 1999 / Round: 4 / Pick: 129 |
| Career history | |
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| Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |
Mulitalo attended Jefferson High School (Daly City, CA) and was a letterman in football, wrestling, and track and field. Mulitalo graduated in 1992.
Mulitalo played his last two college years at the University of Arizona. Before that he was at Ricks College in Rexburg Idaho (now BYU-Idaho).[2]
Baltimore Ravens
Making his National Football League debut as a guard for the Baltimore Ravens in 1999, Mulitalo quickly earned a starting spot. Mulitalo earned a Super Bowl ring when the Ravens won Super Bowl XXXV in the 2000 season. He played for Baltimore all the way to 2006.
Detroit Lions
Mulitalo was with the Detroit Lions for the next two years, being plagued by injuries. He was released following the 2008 season, having worn No. 64 through his entire NFL career.
Mulitalo began his coaching career at Southern Utah University as a volunteer offensive line coach when the Thunderbirds won the Big Sky Conference championship in 2015.[3] He was appointed defensive line coach at Southern Virginia University on February 26, 2016.[4] He was promoted to head coach two years later on March 30, 2018.[5]
Mulitalo is a devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[6] He served a two-year LDS Mission in Idaho. Mulitalo and his wife, Laura, resided in Herriman, Utah with their four children, before moving to Samoan island of Upolu in 2012.[7] He was employed as a teacher there.[8]
Mulitalo was present during the Ravens Super Bowl XXXV reunion in 2010.
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Virginia Knights (New Jersey Athletic Conference) (2018) | |||||||||
| 2018 | Southern Virginia | 3–7 | 2–7 | 8th | |||||
| Southern Virginia Knights (Old Dominion Athletic Conference) (2019–2021) | |||||||||
| 2019 | Southern Virginia | 4–6 | 2–6 | 7th | |||||
| 2020–21 | Southern Virginia | 1–3 | 0–3 | 7th | |||||
| Southern Virginia Knights (USA South Athletic Conference) (2021–2022) | |||||||||
| 2021 | Southern Virginia | 2–8 | 1–7 | 8th | |||||
| 2022 | Southern Virginia | 1–9 | 1–6 | T–7th | |||||
| Southern Virginia: | 11–33 | 6–29 | |||||||
| Total: | 11–33 | ||||||||
- "1999 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- "Detroit Lions Site: Edwin Mulitalo". Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
- Ravens boast most Mormon players on NFL roster Aaron Shill, Mormon Times Retrieved December 15, 2012
- "Edwin Mulitalo going out on a limb in Samoa". Salt Lake Tribune. May 19, 2012.
- Where are they now?: Edwin Mulitalo "Brian Bower, Russel Street Report" Retrieved 14 July 2015