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BYU CougarsHead coach Kalani Sitake
91 Overall rating steady
Kalani Sitake has led BYU since 2016, going 88-45 across 11 seasons with 8 bowl trips.
- Record since 2016
- 88-45
- Seasons
- 11
- Bowl trips
- 8
Coaching profile Updated weekly
Strategy & scheme
Offensive scheme13
Defensive scheme16
Game planning16
Situational management19
Leadership & results
Comeback factor18
Underdog edge19
Recent form20
Win rate20
Grades on a 0-20 scale, recalculated each week from Kalani Sitake's most recent 26 games. Offensive and defensive scheme track scoring for and against, game planning the average margin, situational management the one-score record, comeback factor the bounce-back after a loss, underdog edge the road record. The arrows are the week-over-week move. Frost is 17 or higher, violet 14 or higher.
BYU record by season
| Season | Record | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4-0 | In progress |
| 2025 | 12-2 | Won Pop-Tarts Bowl |
| 2024 | 11-2 | Won Valero Alamo Bowl |
| 2023 | 5-7 | No bowl |
| 2022 | 8-5 | Won New Mexico Bowl |
| 2021 | 10-3 | Lost Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl |
| 2020 | 11-1 | Won RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl |
| 2019 | 7-6 | Lost SOFI HAWAI'I BOWL |
| 2018 | 7-6 | Won FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO BOWL |
| 2017 | 4-9 | No bowl |
| 2016 | 9-4 | Won SAN DIEGO COUNTY CREDIT UNION POINSETTIA BOWL |
Records with BYU since 2016, bowl and playoff games included, from the CollegeFootballData game log.
BYU games under Kalani Sitake
Status
Result
Season
17
7
21
24
3
0
18
35
9
13No games match these filters.
Kalani Sitake: BYU head coach profile
Kalani Sitake is the BYU head coach. This profile covers Kalani Sitake's record and season-by-season results with BYU, and connects to BYU team hub, the Big 12 teams and the live conference standings. Follow the race for the Big 12 Championship Game on the Big 12 title race page.
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All newsPreviewIowa State at BYU: how to watch, Week 6 2026Week 6: Iowa State visits BYU at LaVell Edwards Stadium. Kickoff is 10:15 PM ET, on ESPN.2026-10-06RecapBYU beat TCU 17-10 (Week 5, 2026)BYU beat TCU 17-10 at Amon G. Carter Stadium. Now BYU is 4-0, 2-0 in Big 12 play, and TCU is 2-3, 0-2 in Big 12 play.2026-10-03RecapBYU beat Colorado State 41-23 (Week 3, 2026)BYU beat Colorado State 41-23 at Canvas Stadium. Now BYU is 3-0, 1-0 in Big 12 play, and Colorado State is 2-1.2026-09-19
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