Sione Pouha

Sione Sonasi "Bo" Po'uha ( ; born February 3, 1979) is an American football coach and former defensive tackle. He is currently the associate head coach and defensive line coach for Brigham Young University. He previously served as the defensive line coach at the University of Utah, for whom he played college football. He is an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Early life Po'uha began playing football at the young age of nine. Pouha signed a letter of intent with Utah in 1997, then left on a Mormon mission to Pittsburgh.

College career In his senior season at Utah, Po'uha earned All-Mountain West Conference first-team honors and was named USA Today All-America honorable mention after starting ten games, recording 36 tackles, four passes defended and one interception, and helped lead Urban Meyer's Utes to the 2005 Fiesta Bowl. Po'uha had never considered playing beyond the college level; however, during his senior season he changed his mind after receiving a phone call from an agent. was drafted by the New York Jets in the third round of the 2005 NFL draft. Pouha appeared in fourteen games as a rookie, recording ten tackles and one pass defended.

2006 Following his rookie season, Po'uha suffered a torn ACL on the fourth day of training camp and was subsequently knocked out for the entire 2006 football year. Pouha and the team entered the postseason until falling against the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Championship.

2010 Po'uha started the first game of the 2010 season alongside a returning Kris Jenkins. Six plays into the team's Monday night home opener against the Baltimore Ravens, Jenkins once again suffered a season-ending torn ACL. Pouha, again, assumed Jenkins' role as nose tackle alongside teammates Mike DeVito and Howard Green.

NFL career statistics Legend Bold Career high

Regular season Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles GP GS Cmb Solo Ast Sck TFL Int Yds TD Lng PD FF FR Yds TD 2005 NYJ 14 0 9 7 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2007 NYJ 16 1 40 35 5 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2008 NYJ 16 0 23 16 7 0.5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2009 NYJ 16 14 45 33 12 0.0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2010 NYJ 16 15 59 41 18 2.0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 2011 NYJ 16 15 58 41 17 1.0 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 2012 NYJ 12 10 29 20 9 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 106 55 263 193 70 4.5 13 0 0 0 0 11 1 5 2 0

Playoffs Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles GP GS Cmb Solo Ast Sck TFL Int Yds TD Lng PD FF FR Yds TD 2009 NYJ 3 3 7 6 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2010 NYJ 3 3 14 7 7 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 21 13 8 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Coaching career Po'uha began his coaching career at the University of Utah as a student-assistant coach in 2015 and 2016, followed by being the director of football player development in 2017. In 2018, he became the defensive tackles coach at the United States Naval Academy.

After one season at Navy, he returned to Utah as the defensive line coach for 2019. On January 7, 2026, Po'uha was promoted to become BYU's associate head coach in addition to his duties coaching the defensive tackles.

Personal life Po'uha was born to Sonasi and Susana Po'uha.