10.05.football.LANTOS

Fall training camp preview: quarterback race is on

With little over a month before Cal opens the season against Northwestern, the team still does not have a starting quarterback. Right now, there are three candidates vying for the spot — Austin Hinder, Jared Goff, and Zach Kline. Each has a very different play style and would take the Read More…

Cal football head coach Sonny Dykes came into the Daily Cal office for an exclusive interview.

New sheriff in town: Sonny Dykes’ vision for Cal football

Five months into the job, Sonny Dykes envisions his program to go beyond winning football games. He wants to redefine what Cal football means to the Berkeley community.

Sonny Dykes has two young daughters at home, but when he arrives at work every day, he transforms into a surrogate parent of nearly 100 men. Before and after practice, he mingles with his players, cracking light-hearted jokes and dispensing life advice to his players. From the upper stands of Read More…

Cal athletics can owe Jeff Tedford at least $5.4 million if it fires him this year.

Cal, Tedford agree to adjusted contract settlement

When former football head coach Jeff Tedford was fired on Nov. 21 of last year, the common understanding was that Tedford would be paid a maximum of $6.9 million in accordance with the stipulations of the original contract. On Feb. 4, Cal Athletics reported that the maximum of the buyout Read More…

dykes.ZHOU_-698x450

Meet the coaches, part 1: Offense and special teams

Editor’s Note: In with the new, out with the old. It seems new Cal football coach Sonny Dykes took that adage in stride when he was putting together his coaching staff. All coaches who worked under Jeff Tedford last year are gone, and nine coaches have come to fill their Read More…