Current position | |
---|---|
Title | Head coach |
Team | BYU |
Conference | Big 12 |
Record | 69–41 |
Biographical details | |
Born | Nukuʻalofa, Tonga | October 10, 1975
Playing career | |
1994, 1997–2000 | BYU |
2001 | Cincinnati Bengals* |
Position(s) | Fullback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2001 | Eastern Arizona (DB/ST) |
2002 | BYU (GA) |
2003 | Southern Utah (RB/FB/TE) |
2004 | Southern Utah (OL/FB/TE) |
2005–2008 | Utah (LB) |
2009–2011 | Utah (DC/LB) |
2012–2014 | Utah (AHC/DC/LB) |
2015 | Oregon State (AHC/DC) |
2016–present | BYU |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 69–41 |
Bowls | 4–2 |
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] Sitake played college football as a fullback for the BYU Cougars under coach LaVell Edwards, and graduated in 2000. Prior to becoming head coach at BYU, Sitake was the defensive coordinator and associate head coach at the University of Utah (U of U), and the defensive coordinator and associate head coach at Oregon State University (OSU).