Cuonzo Martin

The remainder Jones’ contract, which was slated to run until 2022, is expected to be bought out. Athletic Director Jim Knowlton stated that the search for a new head coach has begun immediately as Cal hopes to begin its journey back to Pac-12 relevance.

Winning consistently is easier said than done, and financial concerns are legitimate, but in the interest of the program’s future, the Bears can simply no longer afford to maintain the current status quo.

Along with Duke, Georgetown and Texas, Cal will participate in the 2019 2K Empire Classic at Madison Square Garden next season from Nov. 21 to 22. The team that Cal will play in the opening round has yet to be released.

What Cal has now, one year into the destructive wake of Martin’s tanking of that game, is its worst overall record since the late 1970s.

UC Berkeley’s former basketball and football coaches were paid the highest salaries within UC Berkeley in 2016, according to the university’s annual payroll data released Friday afternoon.

Christ insisted that “Cal Athletics have to have a balanced budget by 2020.”

Cal aquatics does not get an appropriate level of recognition for its accomplishments.