KALANI SITAKE Kelaokalani Fifita "Kalani" Sitake (born October 10, 1975) is an American football coach and former player.
He sustained a back injury. I’d be fine with no one talking about me. All of Sitake’s players — from the starting quarterback to the third-string long-snapper — are expected to follow the same honor code as every other student enrolled at Church-owned schools. But given the 44-year-old’s boyish energy (check out his quarantine #throwbackdancebattle tweets), it’s easy to forget Sitake’s been at the helm of BYU’s football squad for almost half a decade following 15 years as an assistant coach/defensive coordinator with several other college programs.“I’m honored to be the coach at BYU and to be given the responsibility of establishing a football program that will make our fans, the members of our Church and our Church leaders proud,” he said.Replay Sitake’s YouTube celebrations immediately following BYU’s upset wins over, say, USC or Wisconsin.
He was healthy enough to stay in the lineup as a senior, but he was still nursing injuries.
Even when his children were in college, he would call their professors to check up on them.Kalani earned a degree in English, Pamrose in nursing, Toa in social work and T.J. in sociology.
Tom was so serious about education that during the summer he required daily book reports from his kids, due at the end of the day. As he puts it, “Football was the best part of my day. Oregon State Beavers defensive coordinator Kalani Sitake talks to players on the sideline during a Pac-12 football game versus the Utah Utes at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. It was an honor.”Sitake also called, among many others, Kyle Whittingham, his mentor and boss at Utah, Gary Andersen, who hired Sitake as an assistant at two different schools, and Sikahema, who has known the Sitake family since before Kalani’s birth.Toa, Kalani, and Pamrose pose with TJ on his senior day before his final home game at BYU.
Brigham Young Cougars head coach Kalani Sitake shouts at referees after Brigham Young Cougars defensive back Kai Nacua (12) was ejected from a game between the … Find family history information in a whole new way Create a free family tree for yourself or for Kalani Sitake and we’ll search for valuable new information for you. In the summer, he dropped the kids off at the library daily and told them to have a one-page book report completed at the end of the day. Kalani Sitake (pronounced kah-lah-nee see-tah-kay) enters his fifth season overseeing the BYU football program in 2020.
I thought everybody’s brother did that.”Even after Kalani left home and was enrolled at BYU, he continued to watch over his family. He is a serious, intense, quietly driven man who suffers from insomnia and likes to stay up late simply to think. It’s the fan’s birthright.“Before I was a coach at BYU, I was a player. I took notes on a lot of things.”Sitake wasn’t too proud to adopt ideas anywhere he found them. His family has achieved the immigrant’s dream of education and employment.“I’ve had to lean heavily on people to get this far,” Kalani says as he sits in his office. But Kalani is a quick study and a smart guy.”“This is a dream job for him,” says Timberly. So how has Sitake found balance in the middle of the extremes?“I understand that I get paid to win games — but that’s not my motivation,” he said. “There isn’t a day that I don’t feel pain,” he says.Used primarily as a lead blocker and receiver, he had only 86 rushing attempts and 373 yards while playing from 1994-2000, but he caught 62 passes for 536 yards and two touchdowns. “Enough,” he said. Tom Smart, Deseret News He has a vast collection of notebooks and he fills them with thoughts about family, faith, football and his musings for the day. Spenser Heaps, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — With the novel coronavirus pandemic going on and social distancing guidelines in place, BYU football coach Kalani Sitake has more time with his family right now. Kalani Sitake gets drawn on by his children Sadie, 8, and KK, 5, at home in Provo on Friday, March 11, 2016. In her cell phone, Kalani’s number is listed under the name “Protector.” “He always made you feel safe with him. TJ, Pamrose, Toa, Kalani pose at Christmastime ... Kalani Sitake is one of the successful Celebrity. “My family especially. “He was the one organizing everything and making sure everyone was OK. He is very steady.”“When I was a child, I cared so much about those games,” Sitake says. We are constantly updating this page with new financial and earning details. I didn’t realize this was extraordinary until I was in high school. Kalani, a skinny 13-year-old, approached the bullies — who were bigger and outnumbered him — and told them to leave the kid alone.
Kalani Sitake hugs his children Skye, 11, Sadie, 8, and KK, 5, at home in Provo on Friday, March 11, 2016. This became a routine over the years. He used part of the stipend from his football scholarship to pay part of the family’s utility bills. He was always prepared.”While coaching at Utah, Sitake sat down with Whittingham and former NFL coaches Dennis Erickson and John Pease, among many others, to pick their brains. Our team currently working, we will update Family, Sibling, Spouse and Children's information.