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The BYU Cougars college football team represents Brigham Young University (BYU) in the Big 12 Conference (Big 12). The Cougars competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 14 head coaches since it began play during the 1922 season. Since December 2015, Kalani Sitake has served as head coach at BYU. [1]
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The school's first football team won the regional championship in 1896. BYU traces its football roots back to the late 19th century. Benjamin Cluff became the third principal of Brigham Young Academy (the precursor to BYU) in 1892 (the school was converted into a university in 1903) and was influenced by his collegiate studies at the University of Michigan to bring athletic competition to ...
Sarkisian went 7-4 as a starter in 1995 before leading BYU to a 14-1 season in 1996 (the first 14-win season in the history of modern college football, post-1935).
After returning and redshirting in 1997, Sitake was a three-year starter at fullback for BYU from 1998 to 2000 under hall of fame coach LaVell Edwards. He was named BYU's Football Scholar Athlete of the Year in 1998, helped BYU to the first Mountain West Conference championship in 1999, and earned BYU's Impact Player of the Year in 1999.
Mendenhall, 58, was the coach at BYU for 11 seasons from 2005 through 2015. The Cougars went to bowl games in each of his seasons with the team and had a record of 99-43 in his tenure with five ...
Year Coach Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Coaches # AP °; Alvin Twitchell (Rocky Mountain Conference) (1922–1924): 1922: Alvin Twitchell: 1–5: 1–5: 8th: 1923: Alvin Twitchell
Three coaches had a previous head coaching stint at their current school: Greg Schiano at Rutgers (2001–2011, 2020–present), Scott Frost at UCF (2016–2018, 2025–present), and Rich Rodriguez at West Virginia (2001–2007, 2025–present) Coaches' records updated through week 14 of the 2024 college football season.