2016 BYU Coaching Staff

STAFF COMPLETE



Head Coach: Kalani Sitake

Assistant Head Coach/Special Teams/Safeties: Ed Lamb

Offensive Coordinator/QB: Ty Detmer

Defensive Coordinator/LB: Ilaisa Tuiaki

Offensive Line: Mike Empey

Wide Receivers : Ben Cahoon

Tight Ends: Steve Clark

Running Backs: Reno Mahe

Defensive Line: Steve Kaufusi

Cornerbacks: Jenaro Gilford

Strength & Conditioning: Nu'u Tafisi

Asst. Strength & Conditioning: AJ Middleton

Director of Football Operations: Russell Tialavea

Director of Recruiting: Tevita Ofahengaue

Graduate Assistant: Jan Jorgensen

Graduate Assistant: Vince Feula

Graduate Assistant: J.D. Falslev

I'm curious if KS cannot lure Detmer to BYU to coach quarterbacks if Brandon Doman ever has a chance to come back. Or even if he would. Brandon Doman was a very good recruiter, is here now, understands BYU and could work well in the right situation. I don't think he ever gelled well with CBM, but I don't know if it was just their personalities or what.

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Tuiake looks like a solid hire, but maybe not the homerun people were hoping for. If Sitake wants to have some control over the defense, it makes sense for him to name a DC who has worked under him before and who knows what he wants.



My most immediate concern is how this affects 2016--it's no secret that outside of Tuiloma and Kaufusi the DL cupboard is pretty bare depth-wise. Kaufusi is gone, and as of mid-season this year, Tuiloma was looking to the NFL draft as well. By contract, BYU has an embarrassment of riches at the LB position.



Sitake and Tuiake are 4-3 defense disciples, but they are inheriting at roster built around a 3-4 base. One--is the long-term plan to convert BYU to a 4-3 defense (I don't know that BYU can recruit the secondary needed to support a 4-3), and if so, what is the game plan in 2016 with the murderer's row schedule? Do we begin the conversion before we have an ideal roster, or do we stick to the 3-4?



Again, this is an unanswerable question, but something to pay attention to--do they adapt themselves to the 3-4 with which they are less familiar but BYU has shown a history of recruiting well, or do they transition the scheme with which they are familiar, and in either case, how does the adjustment go?

I'm not sure what info is driving Hans' opinion but this is interesting:


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The question of 4-3, 3-4 will be interesting, but at the same time Bronco came from a 3-3-5 system, but he ended up changing his system to fit the players that he had, and that worked out pretty well. We'll see what happens here.

Isola wrote:
The question of 4-3, 3-4 will be interesting, but at the same time Bronco came from a 3-3-5 system, but he ended up changing his system to fit the players that he had, and that worked out pretty well. We'll see what happens here.

True, it worked out schematically, but Bronco went to the 3-4 to fit the personnel he could recruit, and the Cougarback guys on the roster just got moved to OLB spots. Scheme-wise, it was new and worked out, but the personnel needs/availability drove that decision.



To go to 4-3, it's not as easy to take some ILBs on the roster and convert them to DT.

Which means, IMO, that BYU is going to need to recruit some JC Dlineman if they plan on going with a 4-3 defense next year.

snoscythe wrote:

True, it worked out schematically, but Bronco went to the 3-4 to fit the personnel he could recruit, and the Cougarback guys on the roster just got moved to OLB spots. Scheme-wise, it was new and worked out, but the personnel needs/availability drove that decision.



To go to 4-3, it's not as easy to take some ILBs on the roster and convert them to DT.

My point was that Bronco was not strictly married to his scheme, and the same may be true for Sitake. In which case he wouldn't need to convert ILBs to DT. Just change his preferred scheme...like Bronco did.



Sitake preferring the 4-3 is no more a problem than Bronco preferring the 3-3-5. The question will be if he can recruit the players to run his scheme, or if he is flexible enough to run a different scheme, at least for the time being.

Isola wrote:

True, it worked out schematically, but Bronco went to the 3-4 to fit the personnel he could recruit, and the Cougarback guys on the roster just got moved to OLB spots. Scheme-wise, it was new and worked out, but the personnel needs/availability drove that decision.



To go to 4-3, it's not as easy to take some ILBs on the roster and convert them to DT.

My point was that Bronco was not strictly married to his scheme, and the same may be true for Sitake. In which case he wouldn't need to convert ILBs to DT. Just change his preferred scheme...like Bronco did.



Sitake preferring the 4-3 is no more a problem than Bronco preferring the 3-3-5. The question will be if he can recruit the players to run his scheme, or if he is flexible enough to run a different scheme, at least for the time being.

Agreed. My only point in pointing out the change was to identify "things to watch" in 2016 and beyond. Not saying he can't do it or it won't be successful, just something that will be interesting to watch with two 4-3 guys at the helm of the D.

snoscythe wrote:
My most immediate concern is how this affects 2016--it's no secret that outside of Tuiloma and Kaufusi the DL cupboard is pretty bare depth-wise.

I thought that Logan Taele and Tomasi Laulile were returning. Both were significant contributors on the D line.

BYZoo wrote:

My most immediate concern is how this affects 2016--it's no secret that outside of Tuiloma and Kaufusi the DL cupboard is pretty bare depth-wise.

I thought that Logan Taele and Tomasi Laulile were returning. Both were significant contributors on the D line.

Yes, that is right. Tuiloma was a junior this year too so I hope he is back as well.

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Call me a skeptic, but Tuiaki being the DC is not what I'd call a "solid hire." Is our entire coaching staff going to be a bunch of "never befores", people who have never worked in the position they are being hired for. That really concerns me for next year.

SkystheLimit wrote:
Call me a skeptic, but Tuiaki being the DC is not what I'd call a "solid hire." Is our entire coaching staff going to be a bunch of "never befores", people who have never worked in the position they are being hired for. That really concerns me for next year.

This will put added pressure on Sitake and the staff in general. It really would have been advantageous to have some guys with experience running practice as the position they will be taking over, let alone managing a game and all the work that goes into coaching that is outside of game day.



It can still work, obviously, but it does make it a little harder.

Looks like Detmer will jump from volunteer coach at the smallest division in Texas high school to Offensive Coordinator at BYU>

SpiffCoug wrote:
Looks like Detmer will jump from volunteer coach at the smallest division in Texas high school to Offensive Coordinator at BYU>

I don't see how there can not be growing pains. I'm nervous about a rookie head coach, having a rookie OC and a rookie DC, but I guess that's where we were when Bronco started right?

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Is this our new coach?