Football
Oct 4 (Sat)
5:30 p.m.
- Title:
- Offensive Graduate Assistant Coach
- Email:
- peter.tuitupou@colorado.edu
Peter Tuitupou is in his third year on the Colorado football staff, having joined the program in the spring of 2016 as a graduate assistant working with the offense.  Â
Tuitupou, 30, came to CU from private business, as he was working as a sales manager for a solar company in California for two years. Previously, he spent the 2013 season with Pittsburgh in the National Football League after signing with the Steelers as an undrafted free agent.
He graduated with his bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies from San Jose State University in 2012, where he lettered twice at tight end for coach Mike MacIntyre, who was the Spartans’ coach at the time. He was primarily a blocker in SJSU’s offensive scheme, catching 14 passes for 183 yards (13.1 per) in his career, which also saw him be named twice to the Academic All-Western Athletic Conference team. He played in San Jose State’s 29-21 win over Bowling Green in the Military Bowl as a senior.
He played two seasons at Snow Junior College (2007-08), where he was named a first-team JC All-American as a sophomore when he caught 21 passes for 251 yards (11.9 per) and four touchdowns. He then left school to serve his two-year Mormon Mission in Panama.
He was born on February 21, 1988 in Chicago, and graduated from Mountain View High School in Orem, Utah, where he lettered in football (tight end/defensive end), basketball and track; he was an All-State performer at tight end as a senior. Two older brothers also played college football, Tony at Brigham Young and David, also at San Jose State (defensive end). His hobbies include basketball, swimming and most outdoor sports. He is married to the former Seriah Lotulelei, and the couple has four young children, all four and under: daughter Kalolaine and sons Soni, Tevita and Kalai. His wife’s first cousin is Star Lotulelei, who played college football at Utah and is a defensive tackle with the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League.
