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Kelaokalani Fifita "Kalani" Sitake (born October 10, 1975) is a Tongan–American football coach and former player. He has been the head football coach at Brigham Young University (BYU) since 2015, [1] [2] and is the first Tongan to become a collegiate football head coach. [3]
LaVell Edwards served as head coach of the BYU Cougars from 1972 to 2000 and is the winningest coach in program history. The BYU Cougars college football team represents Brigham Young University (BYU) in the Big 12 Conference (Big 12).
Head coach Kalani Sitake shocked the sports world by stepping down from his position in hopes of luring a larger name to the Cougar football program. Andy Reid is the current head coach of the reigning NFL champion Kansas City Chiefs.
BYU head football coach Kalani Sitake announced Friday the hiring of Kevin M. Gilbride, a 20-year coaching veteran with more than a decade of NFL coaching experience, as the Cougars’ tight ends coach.
A former Cougar running back (1994, 1997-2000), Sitake is the 14th head coach in BYU history and just the fourth since 1972, when Edwards took over the program. Sitake is the first former player under LaVell Edwards to be named head coach at BYU. First FBS head football coach of Tongan descent.
Assistant Coaches. Jay Hill. Associate Head Coach, Defensive Coordinator, Safeties. Aaron Roderick. Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks. Fesi Sitake. Passing Game Coordinator, Wide Receivers. Kelly Poppinga. Special Teams Coordinator, Defensive Ends.
BYU football coach Kalani Sitake has signed a new contract with the school through the 2027 season. While not releasing terms, BYU called Sitake's new deal "unprecedented" in a news release.
PROVO, Utah – BYU director of athletics Tom Holmoe today announced head coach Kalani Sitake has agreed to a new, unprecedented contract that runs through the 2027 season. “In recent days and weeks there has been a lot of movement among college football head coaches,” Holmoe said.
So how does BYU head coach Kalani Sitake handle it all? He keeps his perspective by focusing on how much he loves what he does and the people he gets to do it with.
BYU coach Kalani Sitake received a contract extension through 2025 after leading the 11-1 Cougars to a No. 11 finish in the AP poll last season, its best final ranking since 1996.