Kalani Sitake feels that the BYU Cougars are on the precipice of greatness, or on the very least on the precipice of the School Soccer Playoff.
Sitake and the Cougars went 12-2 final season with a win within the Pop-Tarts Bowl. They made the Large 12 championship recreation and will have very nicely been a CFP crew, however their two losses to Texas Tech in 2025 killed them.
They misplaced 29-7 in Lubbock after which 34-7 within the Large 12 title recreation.
It was, all in all, an amazing season for the Cougars, although, and Sitake has improved his general document to 84-45 and 6-2 in bowl video games.
He is undoubtedly among the finest coaches in faculty soccer, as evidenced by the Penn State Nittany Lions’ all-out blitz to steal him away final season to interchange James Franklin. Penn State settled on Matt Campbell after getting spurned by Sitake, however now the previous BYU fullback is asking for the college to reward his loyalty with a bit of bit extra funding.
It isn’t cash for him. And it is actually not all about cash, both. He is in search of extra funding from BYU into his soccer program. He desires the Cougars to compete within the NIL house, and that takes cash to win over gamers, however it seems like he is additionally inquisitive about different upgrades for this system.
“I stated earlier than, I don’t need to be the best bidder, however I’d wish to have entry to stuff like that, and that’s a reminder to the administration which you can rely on us to do issues proper and be accountable with the funds to get the appropriate program in place,” Sitake not too long ago stated, per Cougar Sports activities Media (h/t On3). “Typically, you sort of undergo this stuff. You’re like, ‘OK, that is going nicely.’ And I’ve all the time simply been appreciative of every little thing. However then, after I look again at it and my agent tells me, ‘Hey, that is the stuff that everyone else has.’ … It simply provides me an entire totally different appreciation for them.”
