BYU head coach Kalani Sitake guided the Cougars into a power conference for the first time in 2023 with some pretty grisly results, going 5-7 overall and 2-7 in Big 12 Conference play.
Those results are the main reason why oddsmakers have Sitake among the favorites to be the first college football coach fired in 2024 with 10-to-1 odds at BetOnline.com.
Florida’s Billy Napier led the way with 4-to-1 odds.
It was only the second losing season for BYU since Sitake was hired in 2016 and ended a streak of five consecutive seasons with a bowl game.
Sitake isn’t the only coach in the Big 12 on the hot seat headed into 2024. Baylor’s Dave Aranda (7-to-1), Cincinnati’s Scott Satterfield (14-to-1), West Virginia’s Neal Brown (14-to-1) and Colorado’s Deion Sanders (50-to-1) also made the list.
December 22, 2007
— BYU Throwbacks (@BYUThrowbacks) January 10, 2024
-@mxrd15 drops a dime to @AKCollie_17 for a 14-yard touchdown. Collie caught 6 passes for 107 yards and 1 TD in the Cougars’ 17-16 win over UCLA in the Las Vegas Bowl.
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