Heading into the 2018-19 season, many head coaches of college football teams were on the proverbial hot seat.
For some, the seat ultimately proved too hot, leading to their dismissal. Such was the case for Louisville's Bobby Petrino and North Carolina’s Larry Fedora.
In other instances, bounce-back seasons saved coaches' jobs and saw them removed from the hot seat entirely.
According to Bleacher Report’s David Kenyon, BYU head coach Kalani Sitake was one of those coaches.
“Kalani Sitake's place on hot-seat lists was mostly semantics,” Kenyon wrote. “You don't overhaul the coaching staff if there's minimal concern.