PROVO, Utah — Kalani Sitake will remain BYU’s head football coach after agreeing to a new long-term contract extension on Monday.

Sitake is 83-44 since taking over at BYU in 2016. The Cougars have won 11 games in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2006 and ’07, and have won at least 10 games in four of his last six seasons at the helm.

“For me, it’s like I’ve never really thought about leaving ever but I’m also competitive and I want to be able to take care of people,” Sitake said. “This is just one of those moments where I felt like us being in the Big 12, we can make the right moves and I don’t really need to do this anywhere else. I can do it here. I feel like we’ve got some great momentum.”

Penn State made Sitake a top candidate in its search to replace James Franklin, wh

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