Article: Rejected for several head high school coaching jobs, Ilaisa Tuiaki turned to the college ranks, with extraordinary success

Jun 22, 2021
12:35:17pm

[Deseret News] Jay Drew

Deseret News

BYU football: How IIaisa Tuiaki became one of the top defensive coordinators in the West

Former Timpview High and SUU running back grew up dreaming of teaching English and coaching high school football, but college coaches had other plans for the Provo, Utah, native

https://www.deseret.com/2021/6/22/22543693/byu-cougars-hired-ilaisa-tuiaki-friends-with-kalani-sitake-defensive-coordinator-mma-ogre-6[https://www.deseret.com/2021/6/22/22543693/]

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Article: Rejected for several head high school coaching jobs, Ilaisa Tuiaki turned to the college ranks, with extraordinary success View

[Deseret News] Jay Drew

6/22/21 12:35pm

come again?

claw

6/22/21 12:35pm

Some people would think 3 top 25 defenses in the last 5 years is successful

Indy Coug

6/22/21 12:53pm

And many think games against Top25 teams prove otherwise.

ordinary tri guy

6/22/21 2:40pm

Do you expect his defenses to do the same or better against Top 25 teams?

dYrtbYkerYder

6/23/21 7:48am

Oh no I want his teams to suck against good teams. That way when he plays

ordinary tri guy

6/23/21 8:22am

The best example of BYU underperforming vs ranked teams is a game vs an unranked

dYrtbYkerYder

6/23/21 9:22am

Oh you mean the #6 WI team that finished unranked and one of the worse team in

ordinary tri guy

6/23/21 9:38am

Plus how many draft picks?

Y05

6/22/21 2:46pm

Let’s be honest. The majority of CB is clueless and if our team doesn’t average

Cougz19

6/22/21 4:03pm

RE: come again?

notaboy

6/22/21 1:27pm

I’m just going to pretend I didn’t see this. Smh

StalwartBraveTrue

6/22/21 12:39pm

High School or JR High School?

BDAWG

6/22/21 12:43pm

RE: Article: Rejected for several head high school coaching jobs, Ilaisa Tuiaki

PortlandCoug

6/22/21 12:43pm

By Rita Skeeter

PJMort

6/22/21 12:43pm

RE: Article: Rejected for several head high school coaching jobs, Ilaisa Tuiaki

threezeroeight

6/22/21 12:45pm

RE: Article: Rejected for several head high school coaching jobs, Ilaisa Tuiaki turned to the college ranks, with

Deleted

6/22/21 12:53pm

Lol at the article referencing cougarboard. Nice, Jay.

RdF3

6/22/21 1:12pm

nah he is probably referring to a different fan messaging board.

Pangare

6/22/21 3:31pm

Good article.

kccougar

6/22/21 1:33pm

Rejected as real news reporter by several newspapers, Jay Drew turned to

notaboy

6/22/21 1:33pm

I know Tuiaki, we served in NYC together...here's a quick story

cougarblue

6/22/21 1:35pm

On a serious note, that's inspirational and speaks highly of him. On a less serious note, is that where he learned

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