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Sitake making transition from longtime assistant to head coach at BYU

Of the last four head coaches to lead the BYU football program, three of them had never been a head coach prior to landing the job. In that way, Kalani Sitake is like predecessors Edwards and Mendenhall — the two winningest coaches in school history.

“It’s different as a head coach because now you’re responsible for the whole team. I feel like I had really good training and good mentors along the way.”

PROVO — Of the last four head coaches to lead the BYU football program, three of them had never been a head coach prior to landing the job.