Coaches
Kalani Sitake
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Kalani Sitake*+
Head coach, BYU · Played at BYU 1994 · alma mater (CFBD): BYU
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Eastern Arizona | ST coord. | DB/ST | not known |
| 2002 | BYU (GA) (unknown) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2003 | Southern Utah | Position | RB/FB/TE | not known |
| 2004 | Southern Utah | Position | OL/FB/TE | not known |
| 2005-2008 | Utah | Position | LB | Kyle Whittingham* |
| 2009-2011 | Utah | DC | DC/LB✓ | Kyle Whittingham* |
| 2012-2014 | Utah | DC | AHC/DC/LB✓ | Kyle Whittingham* |
| 2015 | Oregon State | DC | AHC/DC✓ | Gary Andersen |
| 2016- | BYU | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Utah | Defensive coordinator | 9 | 17 | 16 | 56 | 120 |
| 2010 | Utah | Defensive coordinator | 29 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 120 |
| 2011 | Utah | Defensive coordinator | 42 | 20 | 43 | 29 | 120 |
| 2012 | Utah | Defensive coordinator | 76 | 47 | 46 | 42 | 124 |
| 2013 | Utah | Defensive coordinator | 69 | 55 | 25 | 76 | 125 |
| 2014 | Utah | Defensive coordinator | 43 | 30 | 34 | 69 | 128 |
| 2015 | Oregon State | Defensive coordinator | 115 | 118 | 127 | 105 | 128 |
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | BYU | 9-4 | - → - | 72 | 21 | 8.0 | 69% wins | 128 |
| 2017 | BYU | 4-9 | - → - | 113 | 65 | -7.4 | 69% wins | 130 |
| 2018 | BYU | 7-6 | - → - | 77 | 42 | 6.2 | 31% wins | 130 |
| 2019 | BYU | 7-6 | - → - | 65 | 53 | 1.3 | 54% wins | 130 |
| 2020 | BYU | 11-1 | - → 11 | 3 | 12 | 19.2 | 54% wins | 127 |
| 2021 | BYU | 10-3 | - → 19 | 4 | 94 | 8.9 | 92% wins | 130 |
| 2022 | BYU | 8-5 | 25 → - | 19 | 115 | -1.4 | 77% wins | 131 |
| 2023 | BYU | 5-7 | - → - | 123 | 92 | -3.3 | 62% wins | 133 |
| 2024 | BYU | 11-2 | - → 13 | 60 | 41 | 15.3 | 42% wins | 134 |
| 2025 | BYU | 12-2 | - → 11 | 33 | 22 | 15.9 | 85% wins | 136 |
| 2026 | BYU | 7-2 | - → - | 32 | 42 | 16.2 | 86% wins | 138 |
Worked under
- Kyle Whittingham* · Utah 2005-2014 (DC, Other, Position)
- Gary Andersen · Oregon State 2015 (DC, Other)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 9
- Ed Lamb · BYU 2016-2022 (Other, ST coord.)
- Ilaisa Tuiaki · BYU 2016-2022 (DC, Position)
- Ty Detmer · BYU 2016-2017 (OC, Position)
- Aaron Roderick · BYU 2017-2026 (Analyst, OC, Other, Position)
- Jeff Grimes · BYU 2018-2020 (OC)
- Ryan Pugh · BYU 2018 (Position)
- Jay Hill · BYU 2023-2025 (DC, Other, Position)
- Justin Ena · BYU 2023-2026 (Position, ST coord.)
- Kelly Poppinga · BYU 2023-2026 (DC, Position, ST coord.)
Coached together
- Aaron Roderick · Southern Utah 2003-2004 · him Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Gary Andersen · Southern Utah 2003 · him Position, them Head coach
- Aaron Roderick · Utah 2005-2014 · him DC, Other, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Andy Ludwig · Utah 2005-2008 · him Position, them OC
- Dave Schramm · Utah 2005-2011 · him DC, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Derrick Odum · Utah 2005-2007 · him Position, them Position
- Gary Andersen · Utah 2005-2008 · him Position, them DC, Other, Position
- Jay Hill · Utah 2005-2013 · him DC, Other, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Kyle Whittingham* · Utah 2005-2014 · him DC, Other, Position, them Head coach
- Morgan Scalley*+ · Utah 2007-2014 · him DC, Other, Position, them GA, Other, Position
- Ilaisa Tuiaki · Utah 2008-2014 · him DC, Other, Position, them GA, Position
- John Pease · Utah 2009-2010 · him DC, Position, them Other, Position
- Brian Johnson · Utah 2010-2013 · him DC, Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Norm Chow · Utah 2011 · him DC, Position, them OC
- Dennis Erickson · Utah 2013-2014 · him DC, Other, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Dave Christensen · Utah 2014 · him DC, Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Jim Harding · Utah 2014 · him DC, Other, Position, them Position
- Brent Brennan*+ · Oregon State 2015 · him DC, Other, them Position
- Dave Baldwin · Oregon State 2015 · him DC, Other, them OC, Position
- Derrick Odum · Oregon State 2015 · him DC, Other, them Position
- Gary Andersen · Oregon State 2015 · him DC, Other, them Head coach
- Gary Crowton · Oregon State 2015 · him DC, Other, them Analyst
- Ilaisa Tuiaki · Oregon State 2015 · him DC, Other, them Position, ST coord.
- Kevin McGiven · Oregon State 2015 · him DC, Other, them Position
- Ed Lamb · BYU 2016-2022 · him Head coach, them Other, ST coord.
- Ilaisa Tuiaki · BYU 2016-2022 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Ty Detmer · BYU 2016-2017 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Aaron Roderick · BYU 2017-2026 · him Head coach, them Analyst, OC, Other, Position
- Jeff Grimes · BYU 2018-2020 · him Head coach, them OC
- Ryan Pugh · BYU 2018 · him Head coach, them Position
- Jay Hill · BYU 2023-2025 · him Head coach, them DC, Other, Position
- Justin Ena · BYU 2023-2026 · him Head coach, them Position, ST coord.
- Kelly Poppinga · BYU 2023-2026 · him Head coach, them DC, Position, ST coord.
Played together
- Ed Lamb · BYU 1994