Basic Information
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Name (as requested) | Brandon Polamalu |
| Occupation (publicly reported) | English/Writing instructor (reported at Umpqua Community College) |
| Notable public event | Present on campus and reported safe after the October 1, 2015 Umpqua Community College shooting |
| Family connections (publicly reported) | Cousin of NFL player Troy Polamalu; mother named Shelley Polamalu; publicly associated with Sarona “Tamina” Moana-Marie Reiher Snuka in wrestling bios |
| Marital note (reported in wrestling bios) | Married to Sarona “Tamina” Snuka (often rendered as Snuka-Polamalu) in some public profiles; marriage dates in fan records often show mid-1990s to early-2000s (reported) |
| Children | Tamina’s profiles list two children; direct parentage attribution to Brandon is not clearly documented in mainstream public records |
| Net worth | No authoritative public estimate — online tabloids publish figures but remain unverified |
| Birth date / Early life | Not publicly listed in mainstream coverage |
I’ll start with a small confession: when a family name like Polamalu appears, my cultural antennae go straight to football highlights and a Hall-of-Fame silhouette. But Brandon’s story — as it emerges in public reporting and fandom threads — is quieter, textured, and altogether more domestic; think of a character off the sidelines who prefers a chalkboard to a scoreboard.
Who Is Brandon Polamalu — the short version (and the complicated one)
Brandon registers in public view primarily as an educator — an English and writing instructor reported to be on the faculty at Umpqua Community College in Oregon. The clearest, time-stamped moment that brought him into wider headlines was October 1, 2015: the date the Umpqua campus shooting occurred. Reports from that day named him as a faculty member who was on campus and later confirmed unharmed. That event, anchored to a precise date, is the single most widely corroborated public touchpoint for Brandon.
Family table — introductions, the way the internet tells them
Below is a compact rundown of the family names that appear alongside Brandon in public material — I’ve written each as an introduction, the kind you might give if you were handing someone a program at a family reunion.
| Person | How to introduce them |
|---|---|
| Sarona “Tamina” Moana-Marie Reiher Snuka | A well-known professional wrestler whose public bios list a past marriage to Brandon (profiles sometimes use the hyphenated Snuka-Polamalu); wrestling communities list marriage dates in the mid-1990s to early-2000s (reported). |
| Troy Polamalu | The celebrated NFL safety — introduced often as Brandon’s cousin in news coverage related to the 2015 campus event. |
| Shelley Polamalu | Identified in press accounts as Brandon’s mother, quoted in immediate aftermath reporting about his safety. |
| Tamina’s children | Public profiles list that the wrestler Tamina has two children; those profiles do not uniformly clarify legal parentage tied to Brandon in mainstream documentation. |
I treat that table like film credits: names, roles, the occasional parenthetical that says “as reported.” The reason for the cautious tone is simple — the web layers fandom, family lore, and intermittent local reporting on top of one another, and not every line in that palimpsest is stamped with an official record.
Career notes and the shape of public life
Imagine a teaching office: the scatter of papers, the coffee cup with a chip, the whiteboard with a list of essays due. That’s the image the public reporting suggests for Brandon — an instructor, not a celebrity. The numbers we have are sparse but concrete: one notable campus date (October 1, 2015), an institutional affiliation (Umpqua Community College), and the family tag that keeps reappearing (cousin to Troy). Outside those anchors, many online profiles extend the narrative — some hint at athletic or local involvement — but those extensions read like the cinematic building of a character from a dozen small, unverified rumors.
Money talk — what we do and do not know
Net worth pages love to slap a dollar sign next to a name. For Brandon, that figure is missing in any authoritative ledger. Several entertainment and “celebrity net worth” sites float numbers, but without documentary backing — think of them as fan art: colorful, speculative, and not a financial statement. So: no confirmed net worth; no reliable financial filings publicly tied to his name were found in mainstream records.
The public narrative — news, whispers, and the internet echo
Major news attention for Brandon spikes very specifically around the Umpqua story; otherwise, mentions drift through wrestling bios (mainly in the context of Tamina’s personal life), fan forums, and local pages. The pattern is cinematic: a sudden, stark headline moment that pulls a relatively private life briefly into national view, followed by a slow fade back to pages and message boards that repeat the same recorded facts — cousin of Troy; college instructor; present during the 2015 incident — with varying degrees of embellishment after that.
I like to imagine Brandon not as a mystery to be solved but as a role-player in a larger family saga — one where the marquee name (Troy) casts a long shadow and tabloids try to fill in the dim areas with rumor. In those dim areas, we should tread lightly: names are powerful, and family details travel weirdly online.
FAQ
Who is Brandon Polamalu?
I know him from public reporting as an English/writing instructor associated with Umpqua Community College and as someone identified in news coverage during the October 1, 2015 campus shooting.
Is he related to Troy Polamalu?
Yes — public reports describe Brandon as a cousin of Troy Polamalu.
Was Brandon married to Tamina (Sarona Snuka)?
Wrestling bios and fan pages list a marriage between Brandon and Tamina, often rendering her name as Snuka-Polamalu; those entries also show marriage dates in the 1990s in many community records.
Does Brandon have children?
Public profiles for Tamina list two children, but mainstream documentation does not clearly name or officially link those children to Brandon in a way that I can verify.
What does Brandon do for a living?
He is publicly reported to have been an English/writing instructor at Umpqua Community College.
What is his net worth?
There is no authoritative, verifiable public net-worth figure for Brandon — online estimates exist but are unverified.
