Supposing all of that's covered.
Supposing all of that's equal.
If I'm BYU, I tilt Polynesian.
There are a couple of reasons.
First, BYU has never had a minority head football coach. It would be a great move for an institution owned by a church that is international in scope and that likes to portray itself as that, as something more than a bunch of white guys from Utah. If BYU football is one of the highest profile attention-grabbers for the LDS faith, wouldn't it make sense for the head of that enterprise to represent the kind of inclusiveness the greater church is trying to express?