Jeff Tedford (born November 2, 1961 in Lynwood, California) has been head coach of the California Golden Bears college football program since 2002. A first-time head coach, Tedford has won wide acclaim for turning the once-downtrodden Cal football program into a national power. He lives with his wife Donna and their two sons in Danville, California.

Walt Harris (born November 9, 1946 in South San Francisco, California) is a football coach. Most recently, Harris was the head coach of the football team at Stanford University. In his first season as head coach there he posted a record of 5-6. In his second season as head coach he posted a 1-11 record, the school's worst since going 0-10 in 1960. He was fired on December 4, 2006, two days after Stanford's regular season ended.

Walt Harris (born November 9, 1946 in South San Francisco, California) is a football coach. Most recently, Harris was the head coach of the football team at Stanford University. In his first season as head coach there he posted a record of 5-6. In his second season as head coach he posted a 1-11 record, the school's worst since going 0-10 in 1960. He was fired on December 4, 2006, two days after Stanford's regular season ended.

Capers most recently completed a two-year stint during which he had defensive coordinator responsibilities with the Miami Dolphins, holding the titles of special assistant to the head coach (2006) and defensive coordinator (2007). Last season, the Dolphins' pass defense was the highestranked unit on the team, finishing the season ranked fourth in the NFL.

John Ralston (born April 26, 1927), a graduate of the University of California, played linebacker on two Cal Rose Bowl teams before earning his physical education Academic degree in 1951. He spent three seasons as an assistant at Cal before being named head coach at Utah State University in 1959. In four years, he compiled a 31-11-1 record and two Skyline Conference championships. He was born in Oakland, California.

Rodney (Rod) Marinelli (born July 13, 1949 in Rosemead, California) is the head coach of the Detroit Lions, the twenty-fourth in franchise history. Marinelli's coaching career began in 1973 as an assistant at Rosemead High School in suburban Los Angeles from 1973 to 1975. He earned his first collegiate job in 1976, serving as an assistant at Utah State University until 1982. He then moved on to the University of California for nine seasons, …

Marvin Daniel Levy (born August 3, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois) is currently the General Manager and Vice President of Football Operations for the Buffalo Bills. He is a former professional football coach, in the CFL as head coach of the Montreal Alouettes (1973-1977), and in the NFL as head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs (1978-1982) and the Buffalo Bills (1986-1997). Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2001.

William Ernest Walsh (born November 30, 1931) is a former American football head coach of the San Francisco 49ers and Stanford University. The inventor of the West Coast Offense, he is widely considered one of the most brilliant and innovative football minds to ever coach. He has a home in Pacific Grove, California.

Mike White is an American football coach. He has 16 years experience as a head coach, including stints at the University of California (1972-1977), the University of Illinois (1980-1987) and the Oakland Raiders (1995-1996). During his successful college coaching career, White was twice named National Coach of the Year, first in 1975 where he coached a team led by Joe Roth, Chuck Muncie and Wesley Walker to the Pac-8 co-championship.

Andrew Latham "Andy" Smith was a successful college football head coach during the early part of the 20th century who coached at the University of Pennsylvania, Purdue University and the University of California. Smith is most famous for coaching the powerhouse Golden Bears teams of the 1920s, known colloquially as the "Wonder Teams". His record there was 74-16-7 (.799) and he is the winningest coach in school history. From 1909 to 1912, he coached the Penn Quakers, …

Kent Baer (b. May 2 1951) was an assistant football coach and defensive coordinator at the University of Notre Dame under Tyrone Willingham. When Willingham was fired as coach on November 30 2004, Baer was named interim head coach until Charlie Weis was hired in early 2005. He previously coached. Baer has now moved on to the University of Washington to serve as the defensive coordinator for the aforementioned Willingham.

Lynn O. Waldorf (October 3, 1902 - August 15, 1981), better known as "Pappy" Waldorf, was a Hall of Fame college football coach. Waldorf began his major college career as head football coach at Oklahoma A&M from 1929 to 1933. In his five seasons at Oklahoma A&M Waldorf went 34-10-7, won three Missouri Valley Conference championships, and never lost to arch-rival Oklahoma. In 1932, Waldorf was also promoted to Director of Athletics at the school.

Steve Mariucci (born November 4, 1955 in Iron Mountain, Michigan) is a former National Football League coach, most recently for the Detroit Lions. He and his wife, Gayle, have four children: Tyler, Adam, Stephen, and Brielle.

Keith Gilbertson (born May 15, 1948 in Snohomish, Washington) is an American football coach. He was the head coach for the University of Washington from 2003-04, where his record was 7-16 (.304). His previous head coaching experience was at California (1993-96, 20-26 (.435)), and Idaho (1986-88, 28-9 (.757)), then in Division I-AA. His overall record as a collegiate head coach stands at 55-51 (.519). He was previously an assistant coach at Washington (1999-2002 & 1989-92), …

Paul Hackett (born July 5 1947 in Burlington, Vermont) is an American football coach who served both as the University of Pittsburgh and University of Southern California's head football coach during the 1990s. From 1989 to 1992 he led the University of Pittsburgh Panthers and from 1998 until 2000, the USC Trojans prior to Pete Carroll taking over. Between his two head coaching stints, Hackett served as the offensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs from 1993 to 1997.

Frank W. Simpson was a college football coach at California, and Oregon. From 1898 to 1899, he guided the Oregon Ducks to a 6-3-1 record. His career record stands at an amazing 15-3-2. During his last season at California, he guided the Golden Bears to a 9-0-1 record.

Bruce Snyder (born March 14, 1940 in Santa Monica, California) was the head football coach of Utah State University from 1976 to 1982. He was the head football coach of the University of California from 1987 to 1991. And from 1992 to 2000, he served as the head football coach at Arizona State University. At Arizona State he compiled a 58-45 record. Snyder was chosen as the NCAA Coach of the Year in 1996, …

Joseph Robert Kapp (born March 19, 1939 in Santa Fe, New Mexico) is a former professional American and Canadian football player. Kapp is also a former college football head coach of the University of California, Berkeley, and a former general manager of the British Columbia Lions. Kapp played quarterback primarily with the NFL Minnesota Vikings and the Canadian Football League B.C. Lions during the 1960-70's. He is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, …

Ernest Duncan "Pokey" Allen Jr. (January 23, 1943 - December 30, 1996) was a football player and coach.

Lawrence T. (Buck) Shaw was a football coach for Santa Clara University, the University of California, Berkeley, the San Francisco 49ers, the Air Force Academy (its first Varsity coach) and the Philadelphia Eagles. He attended the University of Notre Dame, where he became a star player on Knute Rockne's first unbeaten team. He started his coaching career with one year as head coach at North Carolina State and four years as a line coach at the University of Nevada.

Peter R. "Pete" Elliot was the former head football coach at several colleges. Elliot coached at the University of Nebraska, University of California, University of Illinois and University of Miami. Elliot played at the University of Michigan with this brother Bump. In 1956, he took the head coaching job at Nebraska, lasting one year with a record of 4-6. The next year, he took over at California. He would last until 1959 and compiled a record of 10-21.

Roger Theder is an American college and professional football coach. He was the head coach of the Cal Golden Bears from 1978 to 1981, and was later an assistant coach for the Baltimore Colts. He is noted for his ability as a quarterback "guru". Theder is an alumnus of Western Michigan University

Bill Ingram was a college football head coach at California, Indiana, and Navy. From 1923 to 1925, he guided Indiana to a 10-12-1 record. At Navy he posted a 32-13-4 record. These totals included his 1926 team, which finished with a 9-0-1 record. He did a good coaching job at Cal winning 27 games in 4 years. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, for his great coaching success.

Thomas Allen Holmoe (born March 7, 1960 in Los Angeles, California) is a former professional American football player who played with the San Francisco 49ers from 1983 to 1989. A three-time Super Bowl winner with the 49ers, Holmoe turned to coaching after retiring from football and is the former head coach of the California Golden Bears from 1997 to 2001. During his five year tenure at Cal, he compiled a 16-39 record, including a 1-10 season in 2001.

Walter A. Gordon (1894-1976) was the first African American to receive a doctorate of law from UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall law school. He had an extremely long and varied career where he served as a police officer, lawyer, assistant football coach, member of the California State Adult Authority, Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, and a Federal District Judge. Gordon was born in Atlanta, Georgia, though his family moved to Riverside, California in 1904.

James Hopper was an early college football coach, serving single seasons at the helm for both the Nevada State University Sagebrushers (lat. University of Nevada Wolf Pack and the University of California.

Clarence "Nibs" Price was a coach for the University of California, Berkeley from the 1920s until 1954. After coaching at San Diego High School he began to coach football and basketball, helping to establish the famed Pappy Waldorf's "Wonder Teams". Also notable, Price coached Roy Riegels in the famed 1929 Rose Bowl Game.

Ray Willsey was the head football coach at the University of California from 1964 to 1971. During his tenure he compiled a 40-42-1 record. He was also a coach for the Saint Louis Cardinals football team in 1961, where he went 2-0. He was also an assistant coach at the University of Texas. In 1988, he served as head coach of the Los Angeles Cobras during that team's only year of existence in the Arena Football League, in which his team compiled a 5-6-1 record.

Frank Wickhorst was the head football coach at the University of California in 1946. His career record is 2-7. He also served as a tackle at United States Naval Academy, where he became one of their best players ever.

Leonard "Stub" Allison (1892-1970) was a college football head coach for the University of California from 1935-1944. He was one of their best coaches, as he compiled a 58-42-2 record. In 1937 and 1938, he guided the Bears to back-to-back 10 win seasons, the only such occurrence in school history. He was also the coach at the University of Washington in 1920. His record there was 1-5.