BYU football announces support staff hirings

PROVO, Utah – BYU head football coach Kalani Sitake has announced the completion of his support staff with the recent hires of Jasen Ah You, Sione Kinikini and Jack Damuni.

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.

From 2004-07, Ah You coached the defensive line at Snow College and then worked as a defensive administrative assistant at Utah from 2007-10, working with the defensive line. He worked with NFL players Paul Kruger, Derrick Shelby, Steven Paea, Sealver Siliga and Koa Misi.

A California product, Ah You 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. His father Charles played running back at BYU and his two brothers Matt and C.J. both played football for the Cougars. C.J. also played six years in the NFL. Ah You and his wife Joann Kalauli have a son, Chaz, and a daughter, Zion.

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.

A graduate of Western Governors University, 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.

Kinikini served in the New York New York North mission. He and his wife Mele have five children: Selu, Timote, Sulieti, Lesieli, Sione and are expecting a sixth.

Announced last week, Damuni is the director of player personnel and on-campus recruiting coordinator. He returns to his alma mater BYU where he played safety from 1993-94. He started eight games for the Cougars, highlighted by an 11-tackle performance against Utah State and two interceptions against Utah in 1993.

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.

A full-blooded Fijian, Damuni was born and raised in Laie, Hawaii, and attended Kahuku High School. He earned his associate’s degree at Dixie Junior College in 1992 before coming to BYU and graduated with a degree in sociology in 1996. Damuni served a mission to Micronesia-Guam from 1987-89. He and his wife Shalei have four children: Dayson, Selai, Raider and Silina.