COACHING STAFF SONNY DYKES Head Coach 2014 FOOTBALL HEAD COACH SONNY DYKES Head Coach, 2nd Season onny Dykes is moving full-steam ahead with the rebuilding of the Cal football program in SONNY DYKES FILE Shis second season as the Golden Bears’ Birthdate November 9, 1969 head coach and his 20th as a collegiate football Hometown Big Springs, TX coach in 2014. There is much optimism for the High School Coronado HS future with signs of progress in all areas for a College Texas Tech, 1993 program that had a combined 16 freshmen and sophomores listed as starters Bachelor’s in History on its final depth chart, improved its single-season Academic Progress Rate Family wife, Kate (APR) score 46 points to 969 and became one of Cal’s most active teams in daughters, Alta (Ally) and Charlotte (Charlie) the community in the first year under Dykes. Dykes is enthusiastic about his second season at Cal. “We’re excited about where we’re headed,” Dykes said. “We have a group COLLEGIATE COACHING HISTORY of players that are starting to understand what it takes to be competitive at Season School Position this level and what our expectations are. I’m really proud of their response 1995 Navarro College Running Backs to the challenges we’ve issued them. They’re working hard both on and off 1996 Navarro College Passing Game/Quarterbacks the field, and they’re starting to develop a team mentality. That’s critical as 1997 Kentucky Graduate Assistant/Tight Ends we move forward and become a much more competitive football program.” 1998 Northeast Louisiana Wide Receivers “There are so many questions that get answered in the first year so your 1999 Kentucky Special Teams/Wide Receivers second year is always so much more efficient," Dykes added. "The biggest 2000 Texas Tech Wide Receivers thing is to continue to get better every day and make progress. Although a 2001 Texas Tech Wide Receivers lot of the progress we made in the first year hasn’t showed up on the field 2002 Texas Tech Wide Receivers yet, we’ve made huge strides in so many different ways and we think that will 2003 Texas Tech Wide Receivers be evident on the field in the second year. When that happens our fans will 2004 Texas Tech Wide Receivers be able to see the progress that we’re making. Year two is always a lot more 2005 Texas Tech Co-Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers fun because that’s when you really visibly see your program start to grow and 2006 Texas Tech Co-Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers the things you teach start to take hold.” 2007 Arizona Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Despite being an inexperienced unit that was the nation’s second-youngest 2008 Arizona Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks to start the season and injuries that caused players on the preseason depth 2009 Arizona Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks chart to miss 138 games due to injury, Cal set school records in 2013 for 2010 Louisiana Tech Head Coach single-season passing yards (3,977), pass completions (368) and total plays 2011 Louisiana Tech Head Coach 2012 Louisiana Tech Head Coach 2013 Cal Head Coach 2014 Cal Head Coach HEAD COACHING RECORD Year School Overall Record Conf. Record/Place 2010 Louisiana Tech 5-7 4-4/5th WAC 2011 Louisiana Tech 8-5 6-1/1st WAC 2012 Louisiana Tech 9-3 4-2/3rd WAC 2013 Cal 1-11 0-9/6th Pac-12 North Totals 23-26 14-7 WAC, 0-9 Pac-12 BOWL HISTORY (11 GAMES) *Season School Bowl Game 1999 Kentucky Music City Bowl 2000 Texas Tech Galleryfurniture.com Bowl 2001 Texas Tech Alamo Bowl 2002 Texas Tech Tangerine Bowl 2003 Texas Tech Houston Bowl 2004 Texas Tech Holiday Bowl 2005 Texas Tech Cotton Bowl 2006 Texas Tech Insight Bowl 2008 Arizona Las Vegas Bowl 2009 Arizona Holiday Bowl 2011 Louisiana Tech Poinsettia Bowl *Season in which bowl game was played 12 CALIFORNIA GOLDENBEARS 2014 FOOTBALL HEAD COACH (1,046). The passing offense finished the regular-season third in the Pac-12 and 11th in the nation with an average of 331.4 yards per game that was also the best in school history. Cal’s 5,443 yards of total offense was the third-highest total in school history and its average of 453.6 yards per game ranked fourth all-time at Cal. Dykes tutored true freshman quar- terback Jared Goff, who started all 12 games and was the first true freshman quarterback in school history to start a season-opener. Goff set school records in passing yards (3,508), most yardage gained (3,508), total offense (3,446) and completions (320) in his first season as the Bears’ signal caller. He also finished the regular season among the nation’s top 25 in completions per game (6th, 26.67 cpg), passing yards per game (12th, 292.3 ypg), passing yards (18th) and total offense (24th, 287.2 ypg). Dykes came to Cal after spending three seasons at Louisiana Tech where he directed an offense that led the na- tion in both scoring offense (51.50 ppg) and total offense (577.92 ypg) during his final campaign at the helm in 2012. He spent three seasons as head coach for the Bulldogs, compiling a 22-15 record and winning 16 of 17 regular- season games during one stretch over the 2011 and 2012 schedules. Dykes guided his 2012 Louisiana Tech team to a 9-3 mark, including road victories over FBS opponents Illinois (52-24), Houston (56-49) and Freshman of the Year after breaking Marshall Faulk’s NCAA freshman records Virginia (44-28). The Bulldogs also lost a narrow 59-57 decision to a Texas for rushing touchdowns (27), total touchdowns (28) and points (168). Dixon A&M team that later defeated top-ranked Alabama and earned a spot in the led the country in scoring with 14.00 points per game while totaling 1,194 Cotton Bowl. Louisiana Tech reached as high as No. 18 in the national polls rushing yards on 200 carries. according to USA Today and was No. 19 in the Associated Press Top 25 after During his tenure at Louisiana Tech, Dykes engineered a turnaround for a jumping out to a 9-1 start. program that improved all three seasons under his leadership. The Bulldogs Dykes’ high-energy style of offense produced a prolific unit that in addition were 4-8 the year before he arrived in 2009, then proceeded to finish 5-7, to leading the nation in both scoring offense and total offense produced the 8-5 and 9-3 in successive campaigns. In 2011, Louisiana Tech started just fifth-highest per-game scoring average ever by a team in the Football Bowl 1-4 before winning seven consecutive games to clinch the Western Athletic Subdivision (FBS). The squad also finished among the NCAA’s top 20 in pass- Conference title – the team’s first conference championship in a decade – ing offense (3rd, 350.75 ypg), sacks allowed (7th, 0.83 per game), turnover and a berth in the Poinsettia Bowl. Dykes was named the WAC Coach of the margin (10th, +1.08 per game) and rushing offense (17th, 227.17 ypg). The Year for the effort. Bulldogs scored more than 40 points in 11 of 12 games and over 50 points Dykes, the son of former longtime Texas Tech coach Spike Dykes, boasts a on eight occasions. resume that includes additional stops in the Pac-12, Big 12 and SEC, where Quarterback Colby Cameron was named the 2012 Western Athletic Confer- he served under such head coaches as Mike Stoops (Arizona), Mike Leach ence Offensive Player of the Year and earned the Sammy Baugh Award presented (Texas Tech) and Hal Mumme (Kentucky). to college football’s top passer by The Touchdown Club of Columbus. Cameron As offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Arizona for three completed 359-of-522 passes (68.8%) for 4,147 yards and 31 touchdowns seasons from 2007-09, Dykes helped the Wildcats to the 2008 Las Vegas with just five interceptions. He ranked third nationally in total offense (360.33 Bowl and 2009 Holiday Bowl after having not reached the postseason for 10 ypg), while he was 22nd in the nation in passing efficiency (153.19). years. Arizona posted marks of 8-5 both seasons and tied for second in what On the ground, running back Kenneth Dixon was tabbed the 2012 WAC was then the Pac-10 in 2009 with a 6-3 league record. calbears.com 13 2014 FOOTBALL HEAD COACH From Left to Right: Alta (Ally), Kate, Sonny and Charlotte (Charlie) Dykes Under his direction, the Wildcat offense established five single-season records. Ari- zona ranked 10th nationally in passing yards in 2007, and the Wildcats were 16th in scoring and 33rd in total offense in 2008. Dykes mentored, among others, quarterbacks Willie Tuitama, who was named MVP of the 2008 Las Vegas Bowl, and Nick Foles, who was selected in the third round of the 2012 NFL Draft by Philadelphia and is now the starting quarterback for the Eagles. Prior to his tenure at Arizona, Dykes spent seven seasons at his alma mater, Texas Tech, serving as receivers coach from 2000-04 and adding the title of co-offensive coordinator from 2005-06. The Red Raiders made seven straight postseason ap- pearances and won 56 games during the span, including four postseason victories in the Tangerine, Houston, Holiday and Insight bowls over his last five seasons. In his final campaign at Texas Tech, the Red Raiders ranked No.