Brigham Young University couldn't reach an agreement with Navy's Ken Niumatalolo after it offered him the head football coaching gig, but the program didn't waste much time finding an alternative to replace former head coach Bronco Mendenhall.
BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe said after the team's loss to Utah on Saturday that the team named Kalani Sitake head coach, per Matthew Piper of the Salt Lake Tribune. Sports Illustrated's Thayer Evans was the first to report the news.
Sitake, 40, graduated from BYU in 2000 and was a key member of Utah's defensive coaching staff before taking the defensive coordinator job at Oregon State.