BYU football: Sitake completes support staff with hiring of Ah You, Kinikini

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BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe last month pledged more resources to BYU's football program for support personnel and the like, and on Wednesday the Cougars announced the fulfillment of that promise.

New coach Kalani Sitake announced he has hired Jason Ah You, Sione Kinikini and Jack Damuni to complete his support staff.

Ah You will serve as director of football athletic relations, Kinikini as director of football player development and Damuni as director of football player personnel and on-campus recruiting coordinator.

* As director of football athletic relations, Ah You will assist in the day-to-day football operations and serve as the football staff liaison with various internal and external groups, including academics, facilities, alumni and the NFL. He comes to BYU with coaching experience at the University of Utah, Snow College and most recently at Westlake High School, as well as holding various management positions in business.

Ah You coached defensive linemen at Snow and was a defensive administrative assistant at Utah from 2007-10. He served an LDS mission to Guatemala City South and Texas San Antonio from 1992-93. He graduated from BYU in 2004 with a degree in sociology. 

* Kinikini will serve as the director of player development with responsibilities in both recruiting and football operations. He comes to BYU after working with the University of Utah as a player personnel assistant from 2013-15. Kinikini is from Kearns, Utah, and attended West Jordan High School. He has spent over a decade working for Delta Airlines, including time as an operational shift manager, managing hiring and other projects.

* Damuni's hiring was announced last week. He played safety at BYU from 1993-94.

Damuni has worked in football and education for nearly 20 years. Damuni was a Hawaii Speed and Quickness-Complex coordinator from 2009-15 and served as the vice president of Island Football Magazine from 2000-15, while working as an assistant coach for Baldwin High School in Maui. Damuni spent a season working at Mesa Community College as the defensive backs coach in 2011. He has also worked as a teacher in Hawaii since 1996.