2020 California Golden Bears football team
The 2020 California Golden Bears football team will represent the University of California, Berkeley during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team will be led by head coach Justin Wilcox, who is in his fourth year as head coach. The Bears finished 8–5 in 2019, matching their best record since 2015. The team's offense will be led by Bill Musgrave, who is replacing Beau Baldwin; Baldwin left to become the head coach at Cal Poly.[1]
| 2020 California Golden Bears football | |
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| Conference | Pac-12 Conference |
| North Division | |
| Head coach | Justin Wilcox (4th season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Bill Musgrave (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Peter Sirmon (1st as DC, 2nd as coordinator, 3rd season) |
| Co-defensive coordinator | Tim DeRuyter (1st as co-DC, 4th as coordinator, 4th season) |
| Home stadium | California Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 62,467) |
| 2020 Pac-12 Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship: December 4, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Preseason
On January 3, 2020, Cal announced that it would hire former Denver Broncos offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave as its next offensive coordinator, replacing Beau Baldwin. Musgrave, an Oregon alumni like Wilcox, began his coaching career as quarterbacks coach for the Oakland Raiders in 1997. He last coached at the collegiate level as an offensive coordinator for Virginia in 2001-2002.
On January 10, Angus McClure was announced as the next offensive line coach.[2] McClure spent 11 years at UCLA.
On January 14, Aristotle Thompson was hired as the running backs coach.[3] Thompson was the running backs coach at Cal Poly prior to being hired at Cal.
Cal's defensive line coach, Gerald Alexander, was hired to the same position by the Miami Dolphins on January 24.[4] Cal announced it would hire former Arizona defensive coordinator Marcel Yates to replace him the following day.[5]
On March 4, it was announced that Peter Sirmon would be made co-defensive coordinator alongside Tim DeRuyter.
The Preseason Media poll will be released prior to the start of the regular season.
Schedule
Cal's 2020 regular season was announced on January 16.[6]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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| August 29 | at UNLV* | ||
| September 5 | TCU* | ||
| September 12 | Cal Poly* |
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| September 26 | Utah |
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| October 3 | at Washington State | ||
| October 10 | at USC |
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| October 17 | Oregon |
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| October 24 | at Oregon State | ||
| October 31 | Washington |
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| November 7 | at Arizona State | ||
| November 21 | Stanford |
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| November 27 | UCLA |
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References
- Curtis, Jake (3 January 2020). "Cal Football: Bill Musgrave Officially Named Bears' Offensive Coordinator". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- "Cal hires former UCLA coach Angus McClure to coach the offensive line". California Golden Blogs.
- "Bears hire Aristotle Thompson as new Running Backs Coach". California Golden Blogs.
- "Miami Dolphins Hire Gerald Alexander as Defensive-Back Coach". California Golden Blogs.
- "Cal Hires Former Arizona DC Marcel Yates as DB Coach". California Golden Blogs.
- Chen, Rick (2020-01-16). "What to Know About the New Cal Football 2020 Schedule". California Golden Blogs. Retrieved 2020-01-17.