 Kauahi grew up on the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i, and played college football with the Arizona State Sun Devils and the Hawaii Warriors.He then played center for 12 seasons in Pro Football, with the Seattle Seahawks, the Green Bay Packers, the Phoenix Cardinals, the Kansas City Chiefs and Saskatchewan Roughriders.Kauahi has coached at the college level (Mesa Community College), and at the professional level in the NFL (Arizona Cardinals), the CFL (BC Lions, Ottawa Renegades, and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats), and in the XFL (San Francisco Rage).