California Golden Bears Roster 2019 Bears Roster

Head Coach: Justin Wilcox        2017 Salary: $1,600,000        Offensive Coordinator: Beau Baldwinr       Defensive Coordinator: Tim DeRuyter         

Stadium: California Memorial Stadium       Surface: Turf        City: Berkeley        State: California

The California Golden Bears are a proud program that has fallen on hard times. Cal is coming off of a 5-7 season in 2017, tailing off after winning their first three games. The Golden Bears fell victim to a host of injuries on both sides of the ball that took their toll on the team as the season progressed.

Still, Cal seems poised to improve this season. The strongest feature of this Golden Bears’ squad is the veteran offensive line. Cal returns all five starters up front from last season, including center Addison Ooms and left tackle Patrick Mekari. The Golden Bears also welcome back a deep wide receiver corps, even after losing three wide receivers to transfer. The offensive backfield is also experienced with junior quarterback Ross Bowers leading the way after eclipsing 3,000 yards last year.

The major issue facing the Bears is continued lapses on the defensive side of the ball. Even with the turnaround posted by Cal’s defense last season, the Bears still had no rushing defense of which to speak. Cal lost much talent on defense last year, including some of the players who sparked their defensive turnaround.

Cal starts the year with a tough non-conference schedule before getting into the heart of their Pac-10 campaign. If Cal can take two out of its three non-conference games, the Golden Bears have a good chance to return to a bowl game this season and make some noise in what figures to be a down year for its conference.