When Penn State offered BYU's Kalani Sitake the head coaching position at their perennial powerhouse program, the nation was unsurprised. Perhaps some were shocked that Sitake would consider leaving Provo, his home for the past decade and the perfect culture fit for his coaching style, but never surprised that Sitake would be on the radar for the best football programs in the nation.
The foundation and team culture that Sitake has built with BYU football is nothing short of a college football singularity -- a destination where football is grown from the soil of love, respect, and brotherhood with winning being a happy biproduct. BYU is a center for self-improvement, and they drive that point home in their meetings with recruits.
How remarkable that Kalani's vision for BYU has transformed it into a Big 12 powerhouse.
The winningest team in the nation to not reach the exclusive College Football Playoffs in the past two years (23 wins is quite the sum), BYU is now a yearly competitor for the conference championship and one of the best-recruiting programs in the league to boot. As a program that has traditionally had to do more with less due to the university's strict honor code, we now watch in admiration of what happens when the program doesn't have to start from an inferior position.
Since 2020, few have matched Sitake's excellent track record. Posting 57 wins in the past five seasons, Kalani Sitake stands shoulder-to-shoulder with some of the strongest names in the nation.
ELITE.
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Behind just Georgia's Kirby Smart and Ohio State's Ryan Day, Sitake is third in the nation with those 57 wins, sharing the third spot with Dabo Swinney out in Clemson and Kalen Debaoer, one of the hottest coaches in the nation who has won that amount on three different teams.
Kalani Sitake has established a culture of Christlike love with BYU football, and I'm certain he'd tell you that's more important than wins and losses, but we'll happily take the wins. It's incredible to see the state of the program today, and relieved to still see Sitake behind the wheel.
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