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]

Dec 6, 2019 · Sitake is the first former player under LaVell Edwards to be named head coach at BYU, and only the third former Cougar player overall to oversee the program, joining early era head coaches Floyd Millet (1942) and Eddie Kimball (1937-41, 46-48).

Dec 7, 2024 · Sitake, who is the first former player under Edwards to serve as BYU’s head coach, has led the Cougars to a 4-2 bowl record entering this year’s postseason matchups, which will be announced Sunday.

Kalani Sitake (pronounced kah-lah-nee see-tah-kay) enters his eighth season overseeing the BYU football program in 2023. In his 23rd overall season as a coach, Sitake leads the program he once played for under legendary Hall of Fame coach LaVell Edwards.

Apr 3, 2024 · Kalani Sitake's run as the head coach of the football team has been uneven at times. While the sport's only Tongan head coach was the mastermind behind the Cougar's legendary 2020 season, he has also been at the helm when the Cougars struggled through the 2017 campaign and a 2023 season full of growing pains.

Dec 7, 2024 · PROVO, Utah (ABC4 Sports) – Coming off a 10-2 season, BYU has signed head coach Kalani Sitake to a long-term contract extension that will keep him in Provo well into the future. “I’m th…

Nov 23, 2024 · Kalani Sitake, BYU’s head football coach, signed an unprecedented contract extension through the 2027 season. This extension highlights the university’s commitment to him amid his successful tenure as the head coach.

Dec 11, 2024 · The curious timing of BYU extending head football coach Kalani Sitake’s contract late on a Saturday was weird. It came at the end of a day of college football conference title games. But it was necessary to squeeze it in.

Jan 15, 2025 · Kalani Sitake will be inducted into the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame. Here's short story about how his dad launched him on his improbable path.

Kalani Sitake (pronounced kah-lah-nee see-tah-kay) enters his fifth season overseeing the BYU football program in 2020. He was named head coach on December 19, 2015 by director of athletics Tom Holmoe and in November 2019 received a contract extension through the …