It didn't take long at all for BYU football to find its successor for Jay Hill's vacant defensive coordinator position. Just 6 days since Michigan announced they'd be hiring Hill as their defensive coordinator under newly-instated head coach Kyle Whittingham, Kalani Sitake has named his next man up.
And he's hiring from within. Enter Kelly Poppinga, last season's special teams coordinator and defensive ends coach, and former linebacker star during his playing days with the Cougars. Poppinga is a familiar name in the BYU football zeitgeist and a smiling face to fill the gaps left by Hill's departure.