Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of Meet the Coaches, part 1: Offense and special teams Andy Buh, Defensive Coordinator/ Linebackers Coach: While newly appointed head coach Sonny Dykes was hired primarily for his offensive prowess, his defensive unit at Louisiana Tech was ranked dead-last in college football in 2012. Read More…
In the Big Game on Oct. 20, Stanford’s defense smothered the Bears’ offense to death at Memorial this year. Jeff Tedford’s offensive scheme lacked excitement and unpredictability, and the Cardinal’s suffocating run defense held Cal to negative total rushing yards. After the Big Game, it became woefully apparent that the Read More…
Amid the downpour of dead week, excitement is in the Berkeley air. Call it the oncoming Bear raid. Or perhaps Air Bears. With Sonny Dykes and the “air raid” offense coming to Cal, nicknames for the 2013 Bears’ offense have already been floated throughout the campus community and blogosphere. “What’s Read More…
Cal has hired Louisiana Tech head coach Sonny Dykes to lead the football team, multiple news sources including ABC News reported Wednesday.
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When the dust had settled on the Cal football team’s worst season of Jeff Tedford’s 11-year tenure, the Bears lost more than nine games — they lost their head coach, too. Tedford, 51, was fired Tuesday morning, three days after Cal’s season-ending defeat at Oregon State. The 62-14 loss, the Read More…
When Kendrick Payne was informed of a 10 a.m. meeting on Tuesday, he had no idea what was about to unfold. It was a surprise meeting, but it never occurred to the senior defensive lineman that his coach would be fired — not Tuesday, not this season. “It’s a lot Read More…
Directly on the heels of her decision to fire Jeff Tedford, Athletics Director Sandy Barbour addressed the media Tuesday afternoon in Haas Pavilion. In the Haas Club Room, Barbour elaborated on the process leading up to the decision, as well as what Cal will look for in its next head Read More…
Sandy Barbour really only had one choice. With her announcement on Tuesday morning that football coach Jeff Tedford would be relieved of his coaching duties, Cal’s athletic director did the only thing she could do. There’s no doubt that Tedford has done incredible things for this university. In just two Read More…
Jeff Tedford was relieved of coaching duties Tuesday morning, according to Cal Athletics. However, throughout Tedford’s rocky final season at the helm of the Cal football program, his players remained optimistic and supportive of their head coach. “Coming from my standpoint, I’m behind him,” said freshman wide receiver Chris Harper last Read More…
Jeff Tedford, head coach of the Cal football team for the last 11 seasons, was fired Tuesday after multiple discussions with Athletics Director Sandy Barbour. View the story “Jeff Tedford gets the axe” on Storify. [View the story "Jeff Tedford gets the axe" on Storify]
