2016 BYU Cougars football team

2016 BYU Cougars football
Conference Independent
2016 record 0–0
Head coach Kalani Sitake[1] (1st year)
Offensive coordinator Ty Detmer (1st year)
Defensive coordinator Ilaisa Tuiaki (1st year)
Home stadium LaVell Edwards Stadium
(Capacity: 63,470)
2016 Division I FBS independents football records
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Army     –           0 – 0  
BYU     –           0 – 0  
Notre Dame     –           0 – 0  
UMass     –           0 – 0  
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 BYU Cougars football team will represent Brigham Young University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cougars, led by first year head coach Kalani Sitake,[2] play their home games at LaVell Edwards Stadium. This is the sixth year BYU competes as an NCAA Division I FBS independent.

Before the season

Coaching changes

BYU will have a completely new coaching staff in 2016. Gone from the program are Bronco Mendenhall, who accepted the Head coach position with the Virginia Cavaliers on December 4,[3] and assistant coaches Robert Anae, Garett Tujague, Mark Atuaia, Jason Beck,[4] Nick Howell, and Kelly Poppinga,[5] who accepted positions on Virginia's new coaching staff.

On December 19, 2015, Kalani Sitake was announced as the new head coach. Sitake is the first Tongan to become a FBS collegiate football head coach.[6]

On December 24, 2015, Ilaisa Tuiaki was appointed the defensive coordinator and Ty Detmer the offensive coordinator.[7][8]

On December 26, 2015, Ed Lamb was appointed the assistant head coach.[9]

In December 2015, Nu'u Tafisi was reported as being named as the strength and conditioning coach.[10] On January 14, 2015 Tafisi was confirmed as a new member of the staff. Steve Kaufusi was also announced as a returning member of the staff, and former BYU offensive line coach Mike Empey, who served as offensive line coach under the legendary LaVell Edwards, was announced as a new staff member.[11]

On January 20, 2016 Ben Cahoon was hired as the wide receivers coach.[12]

On January 25, 2016 Steve Clark was hired as the tight end coach, Russell Tialavea was hired as the director of football operations, and AJ Middleton was hired as the asst. strength and conditioning coach.[13]

On January 28, 2016 the final members of the coaching staff were hired. Reno Mahe was hired as the running backs coach, Jernaro Gilford was hired as the cornerbacks coach, and Tevita Ofahengaue was hired as the director of recruiting operations.[14]

2016 recruits

Name Pos. Height Weight Hometown High School Notes
Handsome Tanielu DL 6'2" 300 Waianae, HI Waianae
Snow College 		4-star recruit[15]
Troy Warner S 6'2" 185 San Marcos, CA Mission Hills 4-star recruit[16]

2016 returning missionaries

The returning missionaries will be filled in when national signing day occurs.

2016 departures

Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown High School Notes
McCoy Hill QB 6'6" 235 Sophomore Sandy, UT Jordan Transferred to Southern Utah[17]

Media

Football Media Day

Football Media Day will take place in June 2016. It will air live on BYUtv, with a simulcast on ESPN3.

Cougar IMG Sports Network Affiliates

KSL 102.7 FM and 1160 AM- Flagship Station (Salt Lake City/ Provo, UT and ksl.com)
BYU Radio- Nationwide (Dish Network 980, Sirius XM 143, and byuradio.org)
KIDO- Boise, ID (football only)
KTHK- Blackfoot/ Idaho Falls/ Pocatello/ Rexburg, ID
KMGR- Manti, UT
KSUB- Cedar City, UT
KDXU- St. George, UT
KSHP- Las Vegas, NV (football only)[18]

Roster

2016 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 7 Hoge, BeauBeau Hoge So
QB 12 Mangum, TannerTanner Mangum So
QB 13 Detmer Jr., KoyKoy Detmer Jr. So
QB 4 Hill, TaysomTaysom Hill Sr
 Defense
Pos. # Name Class
 Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 31 Linehan, JonnyJonny Linehan Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

[19]

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Schedule

The 2016 schedule is believed to be BYU's hardest schedule to date. Dates are subject to change.

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 TBA vs. Arizona University of Phoenix Stadium • Glendale, AZ (Cactus Kickoff)      
September 10 TBA at Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War & Beehive Boot)      
September 17 TBA UCLA LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT ESPN Net      
September 24 TBA vs. West Virginia FedEx Field • Landover, MD      
September 30 TBA Toledo LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT ESPN Net      
October 8 TBA at Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI      
October 14 TBA Mississippi Statedagger LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT ESPN or ESPN2      
October 22 8:15 PM at Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID ESPN      
November 5 TBA at Cincinnati Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH      
November 12 TBA Southern Utah LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT BYUtv      
November 19 TBA UMass LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT ESPN Net or BYUtv      
November 26 TBA Utah State LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT (Beehive Boot & The Old Wagon Wheel) ESPN Net      
December TBA vs.  Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA (Poinsettia Bowl)      
daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Game summaries

Game Summaries will be added out once dates for the games are finalized.


Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
AP  
Coaches'  
CFP Not released Not released

References

  1. ↑ Mizell, Gina (December 19, 2015). "Kalani Sitake hired as BYU's head coach". The Oregonian. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ "BYU Names Sitake new Head Coach". ESPN. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
  3. ↑ Wood, Norm (December 4, 2015). "Virginia keeps Bronco Mendenhall pursuit a secret, taps him to be Cavaliers' new football coach". Newport News, VA: Daily Press. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
  4. ↑ Harmon, Dick (December 9, 2015). "BYU's Robert Anae leaving for Virginia, taking 3 assistants with him". Deseret News. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  5. ↑ Welch, Jake (December 10, 2015). "BYU assistants Kelly Poppinga, Nick Howell reportedly following Bronco Mendenhall to Virginia". SB Nation. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  6. ↑ Walker, Sean (December 19, 2015). "BYU names Sitake as 13th head football coach in program history". KSL. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  7. ↑ Harmon, Dick (24 December 2015). "BYU's Sitake announces Detmer and Tuiaki as coordinators". Deseret News.
  8. ↑ "Sitake announces hiring of coordinators Ty Detmer and Ilaisa Tuiaki". BYU Cougars (Brigham Young University). 24 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "Sitake hires SUU's Lamb as assistant head coach". BYU Cougars (Daily Herald). 26 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "BYU football coaching staff: USC assistant Nu'u Tafisi reportedly hired as BYU strength and conditioning coach". Vanquish the Foe. 26 December 2015.
  11. ↑ "Sitake announces 3 new coaches to BYU's football staff". Deseret News. 14 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "BYU hires Ben Cahoon as wide receivers coach". Deseret News. 20 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Sitake adds three more to coaching staff". Deseret News. 26 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Sitake hires former Cougars Mahe, Gilford to complete staff". Salt Lake Tribune. 28 January 2016.
  15. ↑ "Snow DL Handsome Tanielu commits to BYU". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
  16. ↑ "Troy Warner reaffirms his commitment to play for Cougars". Deseret News. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  17. ↑ "Backup BYU quarterback McCoy Hill to transfer to SUU". Deseret News. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
  18. ↑ "BYU Sports Network Affiliates". KSL. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
  19. ↑ "BYU Men's Football Staff". BYU Athletics.
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