Silas Walker, Deseret News
Brigham Young Cougars head coach Kalani Sitake watches the team scrimmage during BYU's Spring Game at the former Provo High School football field in Provo on Saturday, March 23, 2019.
PROVO — Perhaps nobody has had a better seat to witness BYU coach Kalani Sitake’s career arc than Aaron Roderick.
From 1997-98, Sitake and Roderick were teammates at BYU and then Roderick was a graduate assistant during Sitake’s final two seasons as a player with the Cougars. The two later reunited as assistant coaches at Southern Utah from 2003-04 before they both joined the Ute football staff, where they remained together for a decade.