Cal is focusing on Oregon defensive coordinator Tosh Lupoi to turn out to be its subsequent soccer coach, with a course of anticipated to result in his hiring within the coming days, sources advised ESPN.
Lupoi was extensively anticipated to be the front-runner for the job after Justin Wilcox was fired final week. Lupoi performed at Cal from 2000 to 2005 earlier than beginning his teaching profession with the Bears in 2008 below former coach Jeff Tedford. It was throughout that point Lupoi first developed a fame as an elite recruiter.
Lupoi has spent the previous 4 seasons in Eugene, Oregon, as Dan Lanning’s defensive coordinator. Earlier than that, he spent three years as a defensive position coach within the NFL, after a five-year stint on Nick Saban’s workers at Alabama (2014-18), with the ultimate season as defensive coordinator.
Over the previous week, a number of high-profile former Cal gamers have advocated publicly — and privately to Cal basic supervisor Ron Rivera — for Lupoi to be the rent.
Lupoi can also be from the Bay Space, having attended highschool soccer energy De La Salle throughout its document 151-game profitable streak.
Cal certified for a bowl sport for the third straight season however has not had a profitable document in convention play since Tedford was the coach in 2009, a interval that included 4 seasons below Sonny Dykes earlier than Wilcox for the previous 9.
The Athletic first reported Cal was in negotiations with Lupoi.