PROVO — For BYU, one era ended Saturday at the Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl and a new one began.
In the Cougars’ 35-28 loss to Utah, Bronco Mendenhall coached his last game at BYU. After the game, athletic director Tom Holmoe announced that Kalani Sitake, who has spent the past year as the defensive coordinator at Oregon State, will now lead the program.
Sitake, 40, will be formally introduced during a press conference Monday as BYU’s 14th football coach.
“He is an outstanding leader and coach, an exceptional recruiter and knows BYU through and through,” Holmoe said of Sitake.