Byu University Football Coach, Byu Football Cougars Navigating Latest Twist In A Season Full Of Them Deseret News

Byu head coach kalani sitake left walks on the field during the first half of an ncaa college football game against navy monday sept.

Byu login issues. Byu junior quarterback zach wilson and the cougars have been prominently featured on a number of national media outlets including the debut of espns college football playoff. He has been the head football coach at brigham young university byu since december 2015 and is the first tongan to become a collegiate football head coach. 9 byus football game at no.

21 boise state on friday at albertsons stadium is easily the most important game of cougars coach kalani sitakes five season tenure in provo. Byu sports network live play by play coaches shows byu radio byu sports nation behind the mic coordinators corner byu football wkalani sitake byu basketball wmark pope mobiledigital. His quarterbacks threw over 11000 passes for more than 100000 yards and 635 touchdowns.

Navy head coach ken niumatalolo reacts during the second half of an ncaa college football game against smu saturday nov. Prior to joining the byu staff in 2017 he served at louisiana state university lsu from 2014 to 2017 as offensive line coach and run game coordinator offensive line coach at virginia tech in 2013 and a similar. It isnt hard to argue that it is byus most important game since it went independent in football in 2011 although a bunch of games with rival utah loomed large in terms of reversing that.

Prior to coaching at byu he was an assistant coach at oklahoma high schools and for the calgary stampeders of the canadian football league. 7 2020 in. Hudspeth was byus head coach from 1964 to 1971 compiling a nearly 500 record of 39 42 1.

7 2020 in annapolis md. He had previously served as an assistant coach from 1962 to 1971. Top 25 show on oct.

No doubt about it no. Sitake played college football as a fullback at byu under coach lavell edwards and graduated in 2000. The byu cougars football team is the college football program representing brigham young university byu a private university owned by the church of jesus christ of latter day saintsthe cougars began collegiate football competition in 1922 and have won 23 conference championships and one national championship in 1984the team has competed in several different athletic conferences during.

Kelaokalani fifita kalani sitake born october 10 1975 is an american football coach and former player. The highlight of his career at byu was winning the wac championship in 1965 the schools first conference title. Ap photo navy plays great football and we have the utmost appreciation and respect for all of the sacrifices the members of the military academies make on all of our behalf said sitake on thursday in a byu statement.

Tommy gilligan associated press byus zac dawe 99 reacts after making a play during the first half of an ncaa college football game against navy monday sept. Edwards was byus head football coach from 1972 to 2000. Jeff grimes born september 23 1968 is an american college football assistant coach who has been the offensive coordinator at brigham young university byu since december 2017.