Social Media Reacts After BYU Signed Kalani Sitake To Contract Extension
Dec 11, 2021, 2:04 AM
BYU football head coach Kalani Sitake was all smiles after signing a new contract extension through 2027. (Jaren Wilkey/BYU Photo)
(Jaren Wilkey/BYU Photo)
PROVO, Utah – BYU football has the head coach to lead them into the Big 12 Conference. It’s Kalani Sitake.
After being targeted during the wild and crazy coaching carousel by various jobs, BYU inked Sitake to an “unprecedented” contract extension. The extension is unprecedented by BYU standards, and it shows that BYU is willing more than ever before to compete at the highest levels of college football.
When the news broke on Friday, social media naturally had its share of reactions. Here are some notable ones from the big day for the BYU football program.
— KSL Sports (@kslsports) December 10, 2021
Good for Kalani Sitake, who has gone 21-3 the past two years. Good on BYU to lock him up. https://t.co/1wXphKVlUj
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) December 10, 2021
#BYU announces coach Kalani Sitake has agreed to a “new, unprecedented contract” with the school through 2027. Sitake had been in the mix for #Oregon‘s coaching vacancy. Sitake is 48-28 at BYU.
— Adam Rittenberg (@ESPNRittenberg) December 10, 2021
Kalani Sitake who had been a candidate for the Oregon coaching vacancy, has agreed to a new, “unprecedented contract,” with BYU that runs thru the 2027 season. Only Nick Saban & Luke Fickell have more wins over the past two seasons than Sitake who is 21-3 the past two seasons
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) December 10, 2021
Congrats to a great coach & human!
I did LOL a little when I first heard the nugget that in Sitake's interview w/ Oregon he seemed hesitant to leave BYU…
I imagined this (but w/o the cursing): I'M NOT LEAVIN https://t.co/WD3Bb5CJuQ pic.twitter.com/MJEVdYpdzg
— Stormy Buonantony (@StormBuonantony) December 10, 2021
Let’s run it back big homie! @kalanifsitake @BYUfootball #GoCougs 🤙🏽🔵 pic.twitter.com/47Gser9Cic
— Lorenzo Fauatea (@ZFauatea) December 10, 2021
As if this day couldn’t get better. Ofa lahi atu my guy. Malo for everything coach especially believing in a 14 year old freshman at Westlake High School. It’s been up ever since and we never looked back. Let’s make history next season. 💙 https://t.co/No0oTOMlGQ
— Victory Vaka (@ThereGoesVic) December 10, 2021
KALANI IS HERE TO STAY ‼️ #GOCOUGS 🤙🏽
— Micah Harper (@micahharper_) December 10, 2021
My Coach❤️ https://t.co/EHGuU2aW1i
— Masen Wake (@MasenWake13) December 10, 2021
No way we’re on podcast 12 already it’s been fun thank you to everyone who’s been listening in! Oh and Kalani is here to stay! https://t.co/p3IKMJzrCf
— Chazyboy (@chazahyou3) December 11, 2021
BYU HC Kalani Sitake has signed an extension through 2027, they celebrate with this video narrated by AD Tom Holmoe: https://t.co/WcURBhZabM
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) December 10, 2021
Kirkwood Pioneer https://t.co/HSHoh5h7Di
— Tom Dienhart (@TomDienhart1) December 10, 2021
#BYU AD Tom Holmoe on Kalani Sitake: “I’m sitting next to a man that I have a great deal of respect for, and I love this guy.”#BYUFootball #GoCougs pic.twitter.com/badsvynDqz
— KSL Sports (@kslsports) December 10, 2021
Kalani Sitake getting a little bit choked up: “I just want to tell #BYU fans I’m so happy. I say it all the time but before I was the #BYU coach or a #BYU player, I was always a #BYU fan.”#BYUFootball @kslsports
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) December 10, 2021
BYU gives Sitake ‘unprecedented’ extension https://t.co/skRKOt6gvE #GOCougs @BYUfootball Glad to keep a good man on campus! Congrats Coach! @kalanifsitake
— Todd Harris (@TheToddHarris) December 11, 2021
— Fesi Sitake (@fsitake) December 10, 2021
Best in the game! @kalanifsitake #GoCougs https://t.co/fHWZwq9ZH1
— Ryan Pugh (@CoachRyanPugh) December 11, 2021
It's only right! Congrats toko @kalanifsitake! We love you! #GoCougs https://t.co/0aeff9r6Vh
— Alema Harrington (@AlemaHarrington) December 11, 2021
Tom Holmoe hits the point the matters the most: We have made the commitment to Kalani and his staff and the program
— Patrick Kinahan (@PKKinahan) December 10, 2021
I'm very aware that listeners & Twitter followers have grown tired of my constant conversation of BYU's need to extend Kalani Sitake so soon after an extension, but this is how major college football operates. It's great to see BYU operating like a major college football program.
— Hans Olsen (@975Hans) December 10, 2021
Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for sports.ksl.com and host of the Cougar Tracks Podcast (SUBSCRIBE) and Cougar Sports Saturday (Saturday from 12–3 p.m.) on KSL Newsradio. Follow him on Twitter: @Mitch_Harper.
