Kalani Sitake to Stay with BYU on New Deal After Drawing Penn State Interest
Sitake has led BYU to a 65% win rate and four 10-win seasons, rejecting Penn State while BYU offers a lucrative contract to retain him.
- ESPN's Pete Thamel reported Tuesday that Kalani Sitake intends to stay at BYU and has informed Penn State of his decision.
- The Nittany Lions opened the vacancy after AD Pat Kraft fired James Franklin on Oct. 12 and conducted an active, in-person search that identified Sitake as a top target in recent weeks.
- Sitake has an 83-44 record at BYU, leading the team to a 27 in 2023 since joining the Big 12, after an 11-2 2024 season.
- Penn State will now have to turn to other options after Sitake declined, while BYU heads to Arlington, Texas, for Saturday's Big 12 championship against Texas Tech with a College Football Playoff berth at stake.
- BYU athletic department prioritized retention and is assembling an extension to keep Sitake, whose reported salary is $3,000,000 plus incentives, ESPN's Pete Thamel reported Tuesday.
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Kalani Sitake agrees to long-term contract extension with BYU after drawing interest from Penn State
Kalani Sitake will remain BYU’s head football coach after agreeing to a new long-term contract extension on Monday. Sitake is 83-44 since taking over at BYU in 2016.
Kalani Sitake rebuffs Penn State, gets extension at BYU
After reportedly engaging in talks with Penn State about its head coaching vacancy, Kalani Sitake will remain in his position at BYU by agreeing to a long-term contract extension on Tuesday, the school announced."He is a proven leader, and we are grateful he is once again choosing BYU," Cougars athletic director Brian Santiago said in a news release. "His legacy of building a championship program the BYU way will continue on. He is one of the be…
Did Kalani Sitake Sign BYU Extension? Every Rumored Change Coming Because of Penn State Scare
Penn State thought their seven-week coaching search would finally end with Sitake, but in bold Texas A&M style, mirroring their massive move of signing a six-year extension with Mike Elko to save him from going to other teams, even BYU pulled a massive move to keep Sitake in. “There has been a rapid growth in optimism on BYU’s side that they got Sitake to stay,” Barstool Sports’ Liam Blutman said on X. “A number around $8-9 mil plus the NIL bene…
BYU Fans Are Sending Crumbl Cookies To Penn State's Offices After PSU Lost Out On Hiring Kalani Sitake
Multi-millionaire Crumbl Cookies CEO Jason McGowan came through for BYU when the football team needed him. Earlier this week, it was reported that Penn State was circling in on hiring BYU head coach Kalani Sitake. Immediately after reports linking Sitake to Penn State went viral, McGowan, a major booster to BYU’s program, vowed to fight to keep the team’s head coach in place. Some people are not replaceable. Sounds like it is time for me to get…
BYU’s Kalani Sitake tells Penn State he’s staying with Cougars, report says
Kalani Sitake, a leading candidate in Penn State’s coaching search, has told director of athletics Pat Kraft that he is staying as the BYU head coach, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported Tuesday. BYU officials are in the process of putting together a lucrative contract to keep him in Provo, Utah, where he has an 83-44 record in 10 seasons, Thamel reported. The 11th-ranked Cougars (11-1) will face No. 5 Texas Tech (11-1) in the Big 12 championship game S…
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