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10 Facts About Kurt Gouveia

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Kurt Keola Gouveia was born on September 14,1964 and is an American football coach and former linebacker who played 13 seasons in the National Football League and one season in the XFL.

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Kurt Gouveia was a member of the Hawaii State Football Championship Team, Wai'anae High School, 1980.

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Kurt Gouveia was selected by the Redskins in the eighth round of the 1986 NFL draft.

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Kurt Gouveia sustained a knee injury in training camp as a rookie and did not play during the 1986 NFL season.

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Kurt Gouveia played a majority of his NFL career with the Redskins and was a member of both their 1987 and 1991 Super Bowl Championship teams.

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Kurt Gouveia had only intercepted two passes in his career prior to that.

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Kurt Gouveia later became the linebackers coach and defensive coordinator at Brevard College.

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Kurt Gouveia was added to the coaching staff at Hawaii in 2014, serving as the team's linebackers coach for the season.

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Kurt Gouveia was moved to outside linebackers in 2015 following the hire of defensive coordinator Tom Mason, who coached the inside linebackers.

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Kurt Gouveia was re-named the linebackers coach for the final game of the 2015 season after Mason was assigned to an administrative role.