Groundbreaking (September 2005)
June 2006
December 2005
Alex G. Spanos Stadium • 3,480 seats spanning California Boulevard -- a mix of chairback-style seats (888), bench seating (2,540), wheelchair positions (36) and wheelchair-accompanying seating (36) • Widening/improvements to the existing athletic field (new subsurface, drainage, and irrigation system) • Mustang Memorial Plaza with copper pillars for each team member who died in 1960 plane crash and life-size Mustang Statue • New stadium lighting and public address systems • Press Box (includes press and game staff area, two Alex and Faye Spanos radio suites, two coaching booths, one donated $8 million to TV booth, eight donor the football stadium suites, one renovation project. president’s suite) • Restrooms on Concourse and Press Box levels • Catering on Press Box Level • Seating Capacity: 11,075 • A $1 million videoboard/scoreboard was installed prior to the 2009 season • A new sound system was installed in 2018
Hall of Fame Game (Sept. 30, 2006)
Dedication ceremony Nov. 18, 2006
Savannah State game (Nov. 18, 2006)
1 Welcome to Cal Poly Football Quick Facts GENERAL INFORMATION Name of School: Cal Poly City / Zip: San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0388 Founded: 1901 Enrollment: 22,287 (Fall 2020) Nickname / Colors: Mustangs / Forest Green & Gold Stadium (Capacity): Alex G. Spanos Stadium (11,075) Surface / Lights: Natural grass with lights (upgraded in 2006) Affiliation: NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Conference: Big Sky Conference (10th Season) President: Dr. Jeffrey D. Armstrong (Murray State ‘81) Athletics Director: Donald J. Oberhelman (Kansas State ‘93) Deputy Director of Athletics: Dr. Nick Pettit (Michigan State ‘98) Senior Woman Administrator: Keri Mendoza (Kentucky ‘03) Athletic Dept. Phone: (805) 756-2924 HISTORY First Year of Football: 1915 (Became a four-year school in 1941) All-Time Bowl/Playoff Record: 5-7 (1-4 in FCS) Years in Post-Season: 8 (four in FCS -- 2005, 2008, 2012 and 2016) All-Time Record (102 Seasons): 512-425-20 (54.5 percent) All-Time Record Since 1941 (Four-Year School): 423-343-9 (55.2 percent) All-Time FCS Record (1994-2020): 151-144 (51.2 percent) (27 years) Playoff Records: Division I FCS -- 1-4 (1-1 in 2005, 0-1 in 2008, 2012, 2016) Division II -- 4-3 (1972 0-1; 1978 0-1, 1980 3-0,1990 1-1) Last Playoff Appearance: Division I FCS -- 2016 (lost to U. San Diego 35-21) Division II -- 1990 (lost to North Dakota State 47-0) ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Communications Director: Eric Burdick Football Contact: Eric Burdick Office Phone: (805) 756-6550 Office FAX: (805) 756-7255 Home/Cell Phone: (805) 550-3427 / Same Press Box Phone: (805) 756-6739 E-mail Address: eburdick@calpoly.edu Communications Assistants: Chris Giovannetti, Connor Leary Web Site: www.GoPoly.com Media Relations Overnight & Mailing Address: Cal Poly Athletic Media Relations Mott Gym, Room 201 1 Grand Avenue San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0388 MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION Makenzie Zinger Office Phone: (805) 756-5794 Assoc. A.D./Advancement: Chris Baker Office Phone: (805) 756-7188 Head Athletics Trainer: Kristal Slover Office Phone: (805) 756-6065 Football Athletics Trainers: Prince Williams, Chris Ritter, Stephanie Uyeno Strength and Conditioning: Sara MacKenzie Equipment Manager: Rich Hodgkinson Office Phone: (805) 756-1188 Business Coordinator:
FOOTBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Beau Baldwin, Second Year (Central Washington ‘96) Records: At Cal Poly -- 0-3 (Second Year); Overall -- 95-38 (11 Years) Best Time to Call: Early Afternoons -- 1-2 p.m. (Contact SID) Assistant Coaches: Offensive Coor. (WR) — Nick Edwards, Second (Eastern Washington ‘13) Quarterbacks — Erik Meyer, Second (Eastern Washington ‘14) RBs/Recruiting Coor. — James Montgomery, Second (Washington State ‘11) Running Game Coor./OL — Paul Wulff, Second (Washington State ‘90) Tight Ends/ Co-Special Teams Coor. — Casey Petree, Second (Texas ‘09) Defensive Coor./Linebackers — J.C. Sherritt, Second (Eastern Washington ‘11) Defensive Running Game Coor./DL — Will Plemons, Second (Cal Lutheran ‘97) Defensive Assistant — Josh Letuligasenoa, Third (Cal Poly ‘18) Defensive Passing Game Coor./DBs — Cody vonAppen, Second (Western Oregon ‘14) Cornerbacks — Jeff Anderson, Second (Texas Southern ‘14) Offensive Quality Control — Harry Whitson, Third (Cal Poly ‘19) Defensive Quality Control — Drake Tofi, Second (MidAmerica Nazarene ‘18) Director of Football Operations — Hannah Cesario, Third Year (Oregon State ‘19) CAL POLY TEAM INFORMATION 2020-21 Spring Record: 0-3 overall (0-3, Eighth Place in Big Sky) Basic Formations: Offense -- Multiple; Defense -- 3-4 Lettermen Returning: 65 total (30 offense / 31 defense / 4 specialists) Lettermen Lost: 13 total (7 offense / 3 defense / 3 specialists) Starters Returning: 26 total (13 offense / 13 defense) (one or more starts) Starters Lost: 3 total (2 offense / 1 defense) (one or more starts) Specialists Returning: 4 - Dawson Hurst (KR), Cruz Rubio (LS), Mason Davis (P), Thomas Lee (P) Specialists Lost: 3 - CJ Cole (KR), Sawyer Sobelman (LS), Colton Theaker (PK/KO) Redshirts: 31; Grayshirts: 2; Walk-Ons: 0; Transfers: 8; Squad Members: 4; Newcomers: 39
Date Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 Nov. 20
2021 Schedule
Opponent Time at U. San Diego . . . . . . . . . . . .1:05 p.m. at Fresno State . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:05 p.m. SOUTH DAKOTA . . . . . . . . . .5:05 p.m. *at Montana (SWX/Montana) .12:05 p.m. *^WEBER STATE . . . . . . . . . .5:05 p.m. *at Montana State (ROOT) . . . .1:05 p.m. Bye *+&UC DAVIS . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:05 p.m. *at Portland State . . . . . . . . . . .2:05 p.m. *at Sacramento State (CW59) .6:05 p.m. *IDAHO STATE . . . . . . . . . . . .5:05 p.m. *NORTHERN ARIZONA . . . . .5:05 p.m.
*Big Sky Game +Battle for the Golden Horseshoe &Mustang Family Weekend ^Homecoming All Times Pacific
Table of Contents Alex G. Spanos Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IFC Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Quick Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Media Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-3 Battle for the Golden Horseshoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-6 President / Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-8 Cal Poly Athletics Dept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-10 Athletics Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 This is San Luis Obispo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 The Mustang Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Mustang Strength Complex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-16 Cal Poly Scores High in Academic Progress Rate Once Again . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Big Sky Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-21 Pronunciation Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 2021 Big Sky Conference Summer Football Kickoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Great West Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Doerr Family Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 2021 Cal Poly Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27-28 2021 Preseason Depth Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 2021 Cal Poly Season Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30-35 2021 Spring Season Team and Individual Highs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Cal Poly Coaching Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36-50 Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51-53 Travel Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 2019 Spring Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 Series Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55-56 2019 Postseason Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 2021 Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57-62 Mustang Memorial Plaza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IBC 2021 Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OBC
Credits The 2021 Cal Poly Football Team Information Guide is published by the Cal Poly Athletics Communications Office, Mott Gym, Room 201, 1 Grand Avenue, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0388 Editor: Eric Burdick, Director of Athletics Communications Photographers: Matt Brown, Eric Burdick, Chris Leschinsky, Stan Grosz, The Tribune, Alexander Bohlen, Paul Brenneman, Karen Froyland, Ray Ambler, Owen Main, Nathan Nybakke, Yary Photography, Cal Poly Archives, Tom Wolfe, Fox Sports Cover Design: Jason Namanny Contributors: Steve Yoneda, Chris Giovannetti, Donovan Aird What’s in a Name? When referring to Cal Poly and its Division I athletic teams, please use “Cal Poly” or "Cal Poly Mustangs" only. These are the only names referencing the university that are registered with and approved by the NCAA. Incorrect names that should NOT be used include; Cal Poly SLO, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal State Poly, Cal Polytech, California Poly, Cal Tech, Cal State, San Luis Obispo, CPSU, UC San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly Broncos, Cal-Poly or Cal Poly-Pomona. For detail regarding Cal Poly Athletics' approved logos, name, team colors and brand standards, please visit www.gopoly.com and select Branding Guidelines under the “Department” tab on the home page. On the Cover The front cover of the 2021 Cal Poly Football Team Information Guide, designed by Jason Namanny, features offensive lineman Wade Willet (right) and linebacker Aaron Cooper (left), both seniors and returning team captains.
2 Media Information The 2021 edition of the Cal Poly Football Team Information Guide is designed as a source of information for the media covering the Mustangs during the 2021 season. Please take a moment to review this page to assist you in answering any questions regarding media services and policies. The guide will be supplemented during the season with news releases, statistics and photos. We at Cal Poly appreciate your interest in our football program, and are always available to assist all media members in the coverage of the Mustangs. The Cal Poly Athletics Communications Office is located on the second floor of the Mott Athletics Center (Room 201). Parking for Alex G. Spanos Stadium is available behind Heron Hall if advance notice is received.
GAME-DAY SERVICES: Pregame notes, rosters, statistics, flip-cards, media guides and programs will be available in the press box three hours prior to kickoff. Complete statistics and play-by-play sheets will be distributed at the end of each quarter and again at the end of the game. Updated scores of other games across the nation will be distributed throughout the game. Cal Poly uses the StatCrew statistics system for football with statistics monitors available for visiting media. Drinks and food will be available throughout the game.
MAILING ADDRESS: Athletics Communications Cal Poly 1 Grand Avenue San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0388 Phone: (805) 756-6531
DIRECTIONS TO ALEX G. SPANOS STADIUM: From U.S. Highway 101 (north or south), take the California Boulevard exit. Turn right at the stop sign. Proceed through the signal at Foothill Boulevard and turn right on Campus Way. Take the first left -- a driveway -- into the parking lot behind Heron Hall.
OVERNIGHT MAILING ADDRESS: Athletics Communications Mott Athletics Center, Room 201 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0388 Phone: (805) 756-6531 ENTRANCE: The entrance to Alex G. Spanos Stadium is via Campus Way off California Boulevard. A parking lot attendant will check for a proper parking pass. Please request a parking pass at least one week in advance of the game. Media entrance is at the southwest corner of Alex G. Spanos Stadium (adjacent to Memorial Plaza on California Boulevard). MEDIA CREDENTIALS: Credentials are only issued to accredited members of the media. The press box is located on the west side of Alex G. Spanos Stadium. Please direct all credential requests to Eric Burdick, Athletics Communications Director, at least 72 hours prior to each game. Media passes will be left at Will Call at the northeast corner of the stadium. INTERVIEW POLICY: All interviews with Cal Poly coaching staff and athletes must be arranged through the Cal Poly Athletics Communications Office at least 24 hours in advance. Arrangements will be made for telephone and in-person interviews.
PARKING: Parking is very limited. Please call the Athletics Communications Office at (805) 756-6550 at least one week in advance for a media parking pass.
PHONE LINE INFORMATION: Two phone lines (POTS) are available at Alex G. Spanos Stadium for the official visiting radio station. Phone and ethernet lines will also be available for media wishing to file from the press box. Additional phone lines may be installed by calling Cal Poly Telephone Services at (805) 756-2671. POSTGAME: Postgame interviews will take place in the football coaches office in the parking lot behind Heron Hall. Team locker rooms are off limits to the media. Requested players will be brought to the interview area 10 minutes after the game. Give your request to an SID in the press box. Cal Poly head coach Beau Baldwin will be available to the media following live radio obligations. Full statistical books will be available to the media 20 minutes after the game. EMAIL / INTERNET: The Cal Poly Athletics Communications Office will post all news releases on Mondays and statistics and stories following each game on the official Web site “www.GoPoly.com”. Weekly press notes will be emailed to those media members wishing to receive notes via email. Please contact Athletics Communications Director Eric Burdick with any request to receive notes via email. Internet access via Ethernet is available in the press box. Campus wireless access is not recommended.
Mustangs on the Air ESPN Radio (1280 AM) is entering its 15th full season as the flagship station for Cal Poly athletics. ESPN broadcast Cal Poly baseball games for three seasons, then added football, men’s basketball and broadcasts of other selected sports events to its Central Coast schedule starting in the fall of 2007. Zachary Anderson-Yoxsimer (play-byplay) and Stephan Hodges (analyst) will handle radio duties while Chris Sylvester (play-by-play) and John Kane (analyst) are the announcers for ESPN+ home broadcasts. Sylvester, who attended Cypress
College, has previously done the majority of his broadcast work in Southern California. Since 2011 he has broadcast games for Saint John Bosco High School in Bellflower and Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut. In addition to his play-by-play work, he has hosted shows on the Los Angeles Angels radio station AM 830 KLAA and most recently the L.A. Sports Report on the L.A. Kings radio station AM 790 KABC. A coaches show featuring Beau Baldwin, other Mustang head coaches and special guests, hosted by Sylvester, will air numerous times this season on Tuesdays via podcast.
www.GoPoly.com Game Stories • Press Releases • Schedules • Statistics • Rosters • Photos • Videos Live Audio Broadcasts • Live Video Streams • Camps • Merchandise • Ticket Information
Key Phone Numbers Area Code is 805
Athletics Communications Athletics Communications Phone . . . .756-6550 Athletics Communications Fax . . . . . .756-7255 Alex G. Spanos Stadium Press Box . . . . .756-6739 Football SID Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .550-3427 Football SID Cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .550-3427 Football SID email . . . . . .eburdick@calpoly.edu Athletics Web Site . . . . . . . . .www.GoPoly.com Twitter: . . . . . . . .www.Twitter.com/CPMustangs Facebook: www.Facebook.com/CalPolyMustangs YouTube: . .www.YouTube.com/CalPolyAthletics Athletics Department Athletics Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2924 Football Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-7687 Ticket Office . . . . . . .756-4TIX, (866) GoStangs Equipment Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-1188 Athletics Training Room . . . . . . . . . . .756-6065 Athletics Business Office . . . . . . . . . . .756-2882 Athletics Advancement . . . . . . . . . . . .756-6382 Special Events Coordinator . . . . . . . . .756-0277 Athletics Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-0280 Cal Poly Numbers University Police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2281 Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-6654 Alumni House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2586 Local Hotels Lexington Hotel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .549-9911 Embassy Suites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .549-0800 Holiday Inn Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . .544-8600 La Cuesta Inn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .543-2777 Royal Oak Hotel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .544-4410 Super 8 Motel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..544-6888 The Cliffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .773-5000 Quality Suites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .541-5001 Hilton Garden Inn (Pismo Beach) . . . .773-6020 Transportation Enterprise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .545-9111 Airlines United Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(800) 864-8331 American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(800) 433-7300 Alaska Airlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(800) 252-7522 Charter Bus Agencies American Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .805-481-4646 Lux Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .866-532-3849
Athletics Communications Director
Eric Burdick is in his 21st year of service in the Cal Poly Athletics Communications Office. Prior to coming to Cal Poly, Burdick was sports editor at the San Luis Obispo County Tribune for over 20 years. A 1973 Cal Poly graduate with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, Burdick earned his secondary teaching credential a year later. He was sports information director of men’s sports at Cal Poly for the 1979-80 school year.
3 Media Information -- 2021 Cal Poly Media List Newspapers
The Tribune P.O. Box 112 San Luis Obispo, CA 93406 Sports Editor: Joe Tarica Beat: Nick Wilson Phone: (805) 781-7991 Writer: Nick Wilson Phone: (805) 781-7993 Fax: (805) 781-7979 Web: www.sanluisobispo.com Email: sports@thetribunenews.com
Mustang News (Student Paper) Graphic Arts Building Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 Sports Editor: Diego Sandoval Phone: (805) 756-1796 Fax: (805) 756-6784 www.mustangnews.net Web: Email: mustangdailysports@gmail.com
Atascadero News P.O. Box 6068 Atascadero, CA 93423 Sports Editor: Connor Allen Phone: (805) 466-2585 Fax: (805) 466-2714 www.atascaderonews.com Web: Email: sports@atascaderonews.com Paso Robles Press and Gazette P.O. Box 427 Paso Robles, CA 93447 Sports Editor: Connor Allen Phone: (805) 237-6060 Fax: (805) 237-6066 www.pasoroblespress.com Web: Email: sports@pasoroblespress.com Tolosa Press (SLO City News) 2308 Broad Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Sports Editor: Jack Beardwood Phone: (805) 543-6397 Fax: (805) 543-3698 Web: www.tolosapress.com Email: j.beardwood@yahoo.com
Fax: Web: Email:
(805) 349-9965 www.kcoy.com davealley@kcoy.com
KEYT-TV 3 (ABC Affiliate) 730 Miramonte Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93109 Sports Director: Mike Klan Sports Reporter: Kevin Roose Phone: (805) 966-9389 Fax: (805) 882-3931 Web: www.keyt.com Email: mklan@keyt.com assignmentdesk@keyt.com KCCE-TV (Local Access) 770 Lawrence, Suite 150 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Sports Director: John Monroe Phone: (805) 545-7770 Fax: (805) 545-7774
Television
Five Cities Times Press Recorder PO Box 460 Arroyo Grande, CA 93421-0460 Sports Editor: Joe Bailey Phone: (805) 489-4206 Fax: (805) 473-0571 Web: timespressrecorder.com Email: jbailey@santamariatimes.com
KUHL - AM 1440 P.O. Box 1964 Santa Maria, CA 93456 Sports Director: Brad Memberto Phone: (805) 922-7727 Fax: (805) 349-0265 KSLY - FM 96.1 Sports Update 51 Zaca Lane San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Phone: (805) 545-0101 Fax: (805) 541-5305 KCPR - Cal Poly Radio 91 News, Cal Poly Graphic Arts Building San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 Phone: (805) 756-5277 Fax: (805) 756-5415 web: www.kcpr.calpoly.edu
National Media Outlets
Radio
Santa Maria Times 3200 Skyway Drive (P.O. Box 400) Santa Maria, CA 93455 Sports Editor: Elliott Stern Phone: (805) 739-2235 Beat: Joe Bailey Phone: (805) 739-2237 Fax: (805) 928-5657 www.santamariatimes.com Web: Email: jbailey@santamariatimes.com
KVEC - AM 920 51 Zaca Lane, Suite 100 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Sports Director: TBA Phone: (805) 543-8830 (805) 597-1440 Fax: (805) 781-2568 Web: www.920kvec.com
KSBY-TV 6 (NBC Affiliate) 1772 Calle Joaquin San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 Sports Director: Casey Buscher Sports Reporter: Dusty Baker Phone: (805) 597-8411 Buscher Phone: (805) 597-8416 Baker Phone: (805) 597-8400 Newsroom Fax: (805) 543-4378 Web: www.ksby.com Email: cbuscher@ksby.com dbaker@ksby.com
KCOY-TV 12 (CBS Affiliate) KKFX-TV 11 (Fox Affiliate) 1211 McCoy Lane Santa Maria, CA 93454 Sports Director: Dave Alley Phone: (805) 925-1200 (X650)
ESPN - 1280 AM | 101.7 FM (Flagship) P.O. Box 14910 San Luis Obispo, CA 93406 Sports Director: Mike Chellsen Phone: (805) 547-1280 Fax: (805) 543-1508 Web: www.espnradio1280.com Email: woz@espnradio1280.com mike@espnradio1280.com
K-JEWEL - 106.5 FM / 1400 AM P.O. Box 1400 San Luis Obispo, CA 93406 Sports Director: Dick Mason Phone: (805) 543-9400 Web: www.kjewel.net Email: slomason@gmail.com
Associated Press 221 S. Figueroa St., Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90012 Sports Editor: Ken Peters Sports: John Nadel, Beth Harris Phone: (213) 626-1200 Fax: (213) 346-0200 Los Angeles Times Times Mirror Square Los Angeles, CA 90012 Sports Editor: Angel Rodriguez Phone: (800) 528-4637 Fax: (213) 237-7876 Web: www.latimes.com Email: spcolleges@latimes.com Orange County Register P.P. Box 11626 Santa Ana, CA 992711 Sports Editor: Chuck Scott Phone: (714) 796-7804 Fax: (714) 796-6765 Web: www.ocregister.com Email: sports@ocregister.com NCAA (317) 917-6800
Battle for the Golden Horseshoe UC Davis regained its series advantage against Cal Poly with a 31-28 triumph in 2017 and now owns a 24-20-2 advantage in the series with four straight victories. In 2004, the two schools’ student-run spirit clubs, Mustang Maniacs and the Aggie Pack, came together to sponsor a perpetual trophy that resides with the team that wins each year. The horseshoe-shaped trophy signifies the agricultural influence at both universities. Although the trophy was established in 2004, the two teams have met for football games 43 times. From 2001-05 and in 2007, 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2015, the visiting team won. Seventeen games in the “Battle for the Golden Horseshoe” have been played, with UC Davis winning 10 times and Cal Poly seven. The all-time series began in 1939 with UC Davis posting a 28-0 shutout at Davis. Cal Poly returned the favor in 1940 with a 27-0 victory in San Luis Obispo. The two teams have met every year since 1978. Nineteen of the games in the series have been decided by seven points or less.
4 More than 22,000 students, nationally-renown courses of study and the top-ranked public master’s university in the western United States ... all 11 miles from the Pacific Ocean.
This is Cal Poly Located in the central California coastal town of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly comprises one of 23 campuses in the California State University, the nation’s largest four-year undergraduate university system. Each CSU campus is given considerable freedom to develop its programs and each institution boasts its own qualities and strengths. Cal Poly’s Learn by Doing principle of instruction prepares undergraduates for careers in applied technical and professional fields. From computers to crops, Cal Poly holds that the best preparation for any endeavor is derived through practical application. This ideal has set Cal Poly apart from other schools and been the school’s driving philosophy since its 1901 founding. Courses at Cal Poly emphasize a high proportion of lab work, fieldwork and special assignments, culminating with a senior project. Unique on-campus opportunities – such as an organic farm and a student-run daily newspaper and majors of study ranging from aerospace engineering to wine and viticulture – make hands-on learning a daily reality at Cal Poly. In total, Cal Poly confers bachelor's degrees in 66 separate areas of study (37 master’s programs). Nine of those degrees are exclusive to the San Luis Obispo campus (see next page). For 28 consecutive years, U.S. News and World Report has ranked Cal Poly as the top public master’s university in the western U.S. The publication also ranked Cal Poly’s computer and civil engineering programs No. 2 nationwide, College of Engineering as No. 7 and aerospace, electrical and mechanical engineering each No. 3. On-campus activities are headquartered at the renown University Union and Cal Poly’s student-run activities have earned enviable reputations across the nation. Week of Welcome offers first-quarter students a successful introduction to the collegiate experience through a team of trained student leaders and university officials, all of whom provide academic and social resources, encourage awareness and promote relationships with the campus and Central Coast community. Athletically, Cal Poly boasts one of the most successful Division I programs for an institution of its size. Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, during the 2020-21 academic year, the athletics department – which sponsors 21 varsity programs – saw the women’s
track and field, women’s golf and beach volleyball teams advance to the NCAA regionals and capture Big West titles as well. The women's track and field squad earned its first-ever Big West team championship, 32 points ahead of runner-up Cal State Fullerton. Individual conference titles were earned by Julianna Ruotolo in the heptathlon, Anisa Rind (400), Brooke Tjerrild (pole vault) and Emily Hallett (hammer). The 4-by-400 relay team of Molly Ross, Cassidy Hubert, Ruotolo and Rind also won a Big West title. The Mustang women's golf team captured its second Big West title in program history with a two-stroke victory over UC Davis and qualified for the NCAA Stanford Regional. The beach volleyball squad won its second straight Big West title and finished fourth in the NCAA National Championship at Gulf Shores, Alabama, defeating Stanford and falling to USC and UCLA. Emily Sonny and Macy Gordon were named AVCA first-team All-Americans. The Cal Poly men's tennis team claimed the Big West regular season title for the first time in eight years and finished second in the conference tournament, losing the final match in a third-set tiebreaker. In baseball, shortstop Brooks Lee earned four All-American awards, pitchers Bryan Woo and Andrew Alvarez were drafted and signed and catcher Myles Emmerson signed a free agent contract as well. In wrestling, Bernie Truax earned Cal Poly's first Pac-12 title in three years and went on to finish fourth in the NCAA National Championships at 174 pounds. Cal Poly swimmer Kieran McNulty captured Mountain Pacific Sports Federation titles in the 500 and 1,650 freestyle events. With the exception of football, which played three games in the spring of 2021, no fall sports were held at Cal Poly due to the pandemic. Internationally, Cal Poly was represented at the 2008 Summer Olympics by former Mustangs Sharon Day (United States, high jump), Jimmy Van Ostrand (Canada, baseball) and Stephanie Brown Trafton, whose gold medal for the United States in the discus competition was the first such feat by a Mustang athlete. Day (heptathlon) and Brown Trafton (discus) also qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Wrestler Boris Novachkov qualified for the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro in 65-kilogram (143-pound) freestyle competition while softball pitcher Sierra Hyland (Team Mexico) and baseball pitcher Joey Wagman (Team Israel) represented Cal Poly in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
THE CAL POLY BREAKDOWN • Affiliation: Member of the 23-campus California State University, the largest four-year public university system within the United States • Location: San Luis Obispo, approximately 220 miles south of San Francisco and 200 miles north of Los Angeles • Terms: Four 11-week quarters per year • Student Body (Fall 2020 Quarter): 22,287 • Faculty: 1,244, with a 19-to-1 student-to-faculty ratio • Accredited and Recognized Programs: 24 • Estimated 2017-18 Annual Fee Average for Students (California Residents): Undergraduates – $9,432; Graduate – $9,432 • Out-of-State Tuition and Fees (2017-18): $21,312 • Room and Board (2017-18): $13,115 per year • Other Fees (Books, Supplies, Transportation. etc.): $4,566 per year
BEST IN THE WEST
CAL POLY AN ACADEMIC DYNASTY 28 YEARS IN THE MAKING For the 28th straight year, Cal Poly was named the best public, master’s-level university in the West by U.S. News & World Report’s annual America’s Best Colleges guidebook. The 2021 guide provides data on more than 1,800 colleges and universities and rankings for more than 1,400 institutions. It lists Cal Poly in third overall in the West — up one from last year and an improvement of nine spots from 2019’s rankings. In addition, several College of Engineering programs were ranked as the best in the nation among public educational institutions, and Cal Poly was ranked as the top western school for veterans among public and private institutions that participate in federal initiatives helping veterans and active-duty service members pay for their degrees. “For more than a generation, we have taken pride in being recognized as one of the best universities in the nation,” said university President Jeffrey D. Armstrong. “Our goal is to produce the next generation of industry innovators and future leaders who, through Learn by Doing, graduate ready to contribute in their careers from Day One. These rankings also positively reflect on our talented and dedicated faculty and staff who devote themselves to helping students thrive and succeed in life.”
Within individual areas of study, U.S. News and World Report ranked Cal Poly’s College of Engineering No. 8 among public engineering programs for schools whose highest degree is a bachelor’s or master’s (Cal Poly was bested only by the United States Military Academy and Air Force Academy). A number of College of Engineering programs ranked high in the Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs in their individual specialty categories. The university’s industrial/manufacturing program was ranked No. 1; aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical engineering, computer engineering, civil engineering and electrical/electronic/communications all ranked No. 2; mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering ranked at No. 3.
The College of Engineering plaza, located on the northwest corner of the Cal Poly campus.
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DEGREE PROGRAMS
FACTS, FIGURES AND ACHIEVEMENTS • During the last survey conducted among those students who graduated during the 2016-17 academic year, 89 percent of Cal Poly students reported working full time or attending graduate school within one year of receiving an undergraduate degree. Breaking down the figures, 70 percent of Cal Poly graduates were working full time within one year of graduation, 17 percent were attending graduate school and 6 percent were at least employed part time. Additionally, 96 percent of those employed were in fields related to their college degree.
degrees to students of all minority groups and No. 8 in engineering degrees to Hispanic students. Overall, Cal Poly ranked No. 12 in granting degrees to all minorities. • The average high school grade-point average for freshmen enrolling at Cal Poly for the 2018-19 school year was 4.10. Average SAT score was 1,402 for reading and mathematics combined while the average ACT score was 30.
• Hundreds of firms recruit and employ Cal Poly • The median starting salary for those Cal Poly stu- grads each year. Cal Poly annually hosts between dents graduating during the 2016-17 academic 300 and 600 employers through an on-campus recruiting program and career fairs. year was $60,900. • Cal Poly’s admissions process is highly competitive. A total of 54,062 freshman and 11,112 transfer and graduate applications were received for the Fall 2019 term. About 4,500 freshmen and 860 transfer students are expected to enroll.
• Measuring 203,605 square feet, Robert E. Kennedy Library contains approximately 2,576,300 items. This collection features more than 620,000 books, 107,000 bound periodicals and an extensive collection of government documents and exclusive collections.
• Cal Poly has more than 132,000 alumni living and working across the globe. San Luis Obispo County • The average freshman retention rate, an indicator features the largest concentration of Cal Poly alum- of student satisfaction, is 94 percent. ni (14,479), followed by Santa Clara County (8,480) • 39 percent of full-time undergraduates receive and Los Angeles County (8,454). some kind of need-based financial aid at Cal Poly. • Of the 21,812 students enrolled at Cal Poly during Total money awarded for 2017-18 was over $172 the 2018-19 academic year, 29 percent were from million and the average need-based scholarship or the San Francisco Bay Area, 6.8 percent from the grant award was $3,524. Central Coast (San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Monterey counties), 22 percent from the Los • Recognized as a leading source of accounting Angeles area, 6 percent from the San Joaquin graduates, Cal Poly’s Orfalea College of Business Valley, 8 percent from the San Diego area, 7 per- is one of only two public universities in California cent from the Sacramento area, 4 percent from (along with the University of California) to be recogother California counties, 16 percent from other nized by Business Week magazine as one of the top 100 undergraduate business programs in the U.S. states and 1 percent international students. nation. • Cal Poly’s main campus features more than 1,300 acres. Off-site acreage includes the adjacent San • As part of developing a comprehensive curriculum Luis Creek Ranches (1,614 acres), non-adjacent for a degree in wine and viticulture, Cal Poly and Western Ranches (3,043), Swanton Pacific Ranch E&J Gallo Winery have established a state-of-thein Santa Cruz County (3,200) and the Valencia art vineyard on campus. Property (500), also located in Santa Cruz County. Cal Poly is the second-largest land-holding institu- • The National Science Foundation has recognized tion in the state, ranking behind the University of Cal Poly’s science programs as among the most California. Cal Poly, however, uses all of its holdings innovative undergraduate curriculums in the United States. A new 190,000-square-foot Center for in active support of education. Science and Mathematics was completed by Fall • Cal Poly annually remains among the top-10 2013. schools in the United States in granting degrees to Hispanic, Asian and other minority students in the • The College of Agriculture, Food and fields of agriculture, architecture and engineering. Environmental Sciences is the nation’s fourthAccording to Diverse Issues in Higher Education largest undergraduate agricultural program. magazine, Cal Poly ranked No. 4 nationally in granting agriculture degrees to Hispanic students; • Cal Poly recently announced a $110 million gift No. 5 in architecture degrees to students of all from Bill and Linda Frost for its College of Science minority groups and architecture degrees to both and Mathematics, the largest financial donation Asian and Hispanic students; No. 6 in agriculture ever given to the university and the California State degrees to Asian students; No. 7 in agriculture University system.
CAL POLY STUDENT BREAKDOWN* • Male: 11,255 (51.6% of population); Female: 10,567 (48.4%) • Average Age: 20.2 • Approximate Geographic Freshman Origin: San Francisco Bay Area 29%, Los Angeles/Orange/Ventura Counties 22%, San Luis Obispo/Santa Barbara/Monterey/San Benito Counties 7%, San Diego County 8%, San Joaquin Valley 6%, Sacramento area 7%, remaining California Counties 7%, remaining United States 16%, International 1% • Applications for 2019 Fall Term: First-time freshmen 54,062 (est.: 4,500 enrolled); Transfers 11,112 (est.: 860 enrolled); Post-Baccalaureate 1,317 (est.: 420 enrolled) • First-Time Freshman Student Average High School GPA: 4.10 • First-Time Freshman Student Average High School SAT Reading Score: 670 • First-Time Freshman Student Average High School SAT Math Score: 732 • First-Time Freshman Student Average High School ACT Score: 30.0 • Average Transfer Student GPA: 3.43 * All figures taken from Fall Quarter 2018
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES • Agriculture and Environmental Plant Sciences* (BS) • Agricultural Business (BS, Minor) • Agricultural Communication (BS, Minor) • Agricultural Science (BS) • Agricultural Systems Management* (BS) • Animal Science (BS) • BioResource and Agricultural Engineering* (BS) • Dairy Science* (BS) • Environmental Earth and Soil Science (BS) • Environmental Management and Protection (BS) • Food Science (BS, Minor) • Forestry and Natural Resources (BS) • Nutrition (BS, Minor) • Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration (BS) • Wine and Viticulture (BS) COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN • Architectural Engineering* (BS, Minor) • Architecture (BArch) • City and Regional Planning (BS, MCRP, Minor) • Construction Management (BS, Minor) • Landscape Architecture (BLA, Minor) • • • • • • • • • • • • •
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Aerospace Engineering (BS) Biomedical Engineering* (BS) Civil Engineering (BS) Computer Engineering (BS) Computer Science (BS, Minor) Electrical Engineering (BS) Environmental Engineering (BS) General Engineering (BS) Industrial Engineering (BS) Manufacturing Engineering (BS) Materials Engineering (BS) Mechanical Engineering (BS) Software Engineering (BS)
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COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS Anthropology and Geography (BA) Art and Design (BA) Child Development (BS, Minor) Communication Studies (BA, Minor) Comparative Ethnic Studies (BA) English (BA, Minor) Graphic Communication (BS, Minor) History (BA, Minor) Journalism (BS) Modern Languages and Literatures (BA) Music (BA, Minor) Philosophy (BA, Minor) Political Science (BA) Psychology (BS, Minor) Sociology (BA, minor) Theatre Arts (BA, Minor)
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COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS Biochemistry (BS) Biological Sciences (BS) Chemistry (BS) Kinesiology (BS) Liberal Studies (BS/BA) Marine Sciences (BS) Mathematics (BS, Minor) Microbiology (BS, Minor) Physics (BS, BA, Minor) Statistics (BS, Minor)
ORFALEA COLLEGE OF BUSINESS • Business Administration (BS) • Economics (BS, Minor) • Industrial Technology and Packaging (BS, Minor) SEPARATE MINOR PROGRAMS Accounting Actuarial Preparation Agricultural Education Anthropology/Geography Art History Asian Studies Astronomy Biology Biotechnology Computing for Interaactive Arts Crop Science Dairy Industries Dance Data Science, Cross Disciplinary Studies Entrepreneurship Environmental Soil Science Environmental Studies Equine Science Ethnic Studies Ethics, Public Policy, Science and Technology • Event Planning and Experience Management • French • Fruit Science • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
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• Gender, Race, Culture, Science and Technology • Geographic Information Systems • Geology • German • Gerontology • Global Politics • Indigenous Studies in Natural Resources and the Environment • Integrated Marketing Communications • Italian Studies • Land Rehabilitation and Restoration Ecology • Landscape Horticulture • Latin American Studies • Law and Society • Linguistics • Meat Science and Processing • Media Arts, Society and Technology • Military Science • Multidisciplinary Design • Photography • Plant Protection • Poultry Management • Queer Studies • Rangeland Resources • Real Property Development • Religious Studies • Science and Risk Communication • Spanish • Studio Art • Sustainable Agriculture • Sustainable Environments • Water Science • Western Intellectual Tradition • Women's and Gender Studies • • • •
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MASTER’S PROGRAMS Accounting (MS) Aerospace Engineering (MS) Agricultural Education (MAE) Agriculture (MS), with specializations in BioResource and Agricultural Systems, Animal Science, Crop Science, Dairy Products Technology, Environmental Horticultural Science, Food Science, Irrigation, Plant Protection Science and Soil Science. Architecture (MS) Architectural Engineering (MS) Biological Sciences (MS) Biomedical Engineering (MS) Business (MBA) Business Analytics (MS) City and Regional Planning (MCRP) Civil and Environmental Engineering (MS) Computer Science (MS) Dairy Products Technology (MPS) Economics (MS) Education (MA) with specializations in Counseling and Guidance, Curriculum and Instruction, Special Education (SPED), and Educational Leaderships and Administration (ELAP) Electrical Engineering (MS) Engineering (MS), with specializations in Integrated Technology Management and Water Engineering Engineering Management Program (MBA/MS) Engineering, Specialization in Transport Planning (MCRP/MS) English (MA) Fire Protection Engineering (MS) Forestry Sciences (MS) General Management (MBA) History (MA) Industrial Engineering (MS) Mathematics (MS) Mechanical Engineering (MS) Nutrition (MS) Packaging Value Chain (MS) Polymers and Coatings (MS) Psychology (MS) Public Policy (MPP) Taxation (MS)
DOCTORATE • Education (through College of Education and in conjunction with UC Santa Barbara) CREDENTIAL PROGRAMS • Administrative Services • Education Specialist (Mild/Moderate Disabilities) • Single Subject, including Agriculture Instruction; Biological Science Instruction; Chemistry Instruction; English Instruction; Geosciences Instruction; Mathematics Instruction; Physics Instruction; Social Science Instruction; World Languages Instruction • Multiple Subject • Bilingual Authorization * Among California State University system’s 23 campuses, major course of study exclusive to Cal Poly.
6 CAL POLY HISTORY
DISTINGUISHED AND NOTABLE ALUMNI
HUMBLE BEGINNINGS, TRANSCENDENT FUTURE
FROM SAN LUIS OBISPO TO SPACE, THE NATION’S ELITE CALL CAL POLY HOME
In front of the Orfalea College of Business iis the O’Neill Green, which hosts, among other activities, a tailgate prior to football games at the adjacent and recently remodeled Alex G. Spanos Stadium. A 1948 graduate of the College of Agriculture, the late Richard J. O’Neill is the founder of Supporters of Mustang Athletics Teams (SUMAT) and was instrumental in helping to stabilize funding for Cal Poly.
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n the 1890s, when a proposal for a teacher training school in San Luis Obispo seemed unlikely to succeed, California State Senator Sylvester C. Smith instead suggested a polytechnic institute. Myron Angel, chronicler of San Luis Obispo County history, became an ardent supporter of the idea and articulated a vision to establish a school that would “teach the hand as well as the head.” The plan succeeded and on March 8, 1901, legislation was signed founding the California Polytechnic School, then a vocational high school. During the ensuing three decades, Cal Poly evolved into the modern equivalent of a junior college, but its future became uncertain. In 1933, however, Julian A. McPhee, chief of the California Bureau of Agricultural Education, saved the institution from abolishment by agreeing to become school president. During the next 33 years, McPhee guided Cal Poly’s transformation into a four-year institution and set an educational standard still emulated today. Cal Poly’s first baccalaureate exercises were held in May 1942 and in 1947, the institution was officially renamed California State Polytechnic College. As programs continued to evolve, the institution became California Polytechnic State University in 1972. The Learn by Doing ethos continues to inform the paths Cal Poly’s alumni pursue, and they keep the friendships they start here. They also learn by succeeding. Median starting salary for recent graduates was $60,900 (beating all other CSU and UC campuses) and mid-career salaries for Cal Poly alumni are better than all UC and CSU campuses except UC Berkeley and UC San Diego -- and better than many private universities. More than half of Cal Poly seniors have a job offer in hand before they graduate -- even in today’s difficult economy.
Dedicated in 2006 and situated outside of Alex G. Spanos Stadium, Mustang Memorial Plaza commemorates the 16 Cal Poly football players, team manager and program supporter who perished Oct. 29, 1960 in an airplane accident outside of Toledo, Ohio.
Robin Baggett Former General Counsel, Golden State Warriors Bobby Beathard Former NFL General Manager, San Diego Chargers and Washington Redskins Richard Bergquist Founder and former CTO, PeopleSoft Gary Bloom Former vice chairman and president of Symantec Corp.; former CEO of Veritas Data Center Software Dean Borgman Developer of NOTAR, a rotorfree helicopter system Gregory Chamitoff Flight engineer, International Space Station Robert A. Coltrin Jr. Senior show set designer, Walt Disney Imagineering Jim Considine President, Ryder Stilwell, Inc., and former chair of CSU Board of Trustees Jeff Denham U.S. Congressman (CA) Laura Diaz Emmy Award-winning Co-News Anchor, KCBS 2/Los Angeles George P. Foster Owner, Foster Farms Michelle Franzen Correspondent, NBC News Thomas Gallo General manager, Gallo Wineries Danny Gans Former singer, comedian, impressionist and Las Vegas Entertainer of the Year (deceased) Robert L. Gibson Retired Chief Astronaut, Johnson Space Center/NASA Mohinder Gill Founder, Mohinder Sports and 1972 Olympian for India Victor Glover Astronaut, Space X pilot Brian Hackney 11-time Emmy Award winner, KCBS, San Francisco Greg Hind Founder, Hind Sportswear, Inc. Kathleen Holmgren Senior Vice President, Sun Microsystems Peter H. King National correspondent, Los Angeles Times Mike Krukow Former Major League pitcher; current San Francisco Giants radio and TV analyst Chuck Liddell Ultimate Fighting light heavy-
weight champion (retired) and Cal Poly wrestler John Madden Emmy Award-winning football commentator (retired) and 1976 Super Bowl champion coach with Oakland Raiders Abel Maldonado Former Lt. Governor Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika Zambian Ambass. to Belgium Gregory Chamitoff Neel Murarka was aboard Program Manager, Microsoft the International Devin Nunes U.S. Congressman (CA) Space Station Peter Oppenheimer in 2008 Former Senior VP and CFO, Apple Inc. Linda Ozawa Olds, Kirk Perron, Joseph Vergara Tri-founders, Jamba Juice George Radanovich U.S. Congressman (CA) George Ramos Pulitzer Prize winner at Los Angeles Times and former Journalism Department chair (deceased) Former UFC light Loren Roberts heavyweight Winner of eight PGA Tour events and 13 Champions Tour champion Chuck events, Senior British Open Liddell wrestled champion (2006, 2009) at Cal Poly Robert Rowell Team President, Golden State Warriors Burt Rutan Pioneering designer of “Voyager,” the first aircraft to fly non-stop around Earth; designer of SpaceShipOne, winner of $10 million Ansari X prize Karin Smith Five-time U.S. Olympian in the javelin and first female Robert Charles inducted into Cal Poly Athletics Tapella is entrusted Hall of Fame Ozzie Smith as Public Printer Hall of Fame Major League of the United States shortstop Rick Sturckow Lieutenant Colonel, USMC and NASA astronaut Bill Swanson President, Raytheon Robert Charles Tapella Named in 2007 as Public Printer of the United States Ted Tollner Assistant coach for NFL teams for 15 seasons and former Hall of Fame Major head coach at USC and San League shortstop Diego State Alvin Trivelpiece Ozzie Smith Former director, U.S. played Department of Energy’s Office at Cal Poly of Energy between “Weird Al” Yankovic 1974-77 Grammy Award-winning parodist and entertainer
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PRESIDENT JEFFREY D. ARMSTRONG
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effrey D. Armstrong began his tenure as Cal Poly's ninth permanent president on February 1, 2011, with a determination to enhance the University's renowned Learn by Doing teaching approach. Dr. Armstrong brings to Cal Poly a blend of experience as an honored teacher, respected researcher, and experienced administrator. At Cal Poly, he has focused on ways to improve graduation rates. To further bolster student success, he has sought to expand university-industry partnerships to attract more applied research to the campus, thus increasing professional development experiences for faculty in order to enrich classroom instruction. As a first-generation college graduate, Dr. Armstrong is particularly passionate about nurturing a campus climate that embraces inclusion and diversity. "To succeed in our increasingly multicultural society," Dr. Armstrong says, "our students need to experience the world as it really is." As a member of the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) executive committee, Dr. Armstrong joins a dedicated coalition of senior business and higher education executives committed to advancing innovative solutions to U.S. education and workforce challenges. Dr. Armstrong also served from 2011 to 2015 on the board of Aware Awake Alive, a national alcohol-awareness program created to educate young people on the symptoms of alcohol poisoning, create awareness on the conditions that enable it, and encourage responsibility for one another in situations where alcohol is consumed. He participates in numerous California State University (CSU) committees, including the CSU Agricultural Advisory Committee, CSU Agricultural Research Initiative, CSU Water Resources and Policy Initiatives, CSU Technology Steering Committee, and CSU Council on Ocean Affairs, Science & Technology (COAST). Dr. Armstrong also is one of two CSU representatives on the Board of Directors of the California Council on Science and Technology. Before joining Cal Poly, Dr. Armstrong served as dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and professor of Animal Science at Michigan State University (MSU), beginning in 2001. He was head of the Department of Animal Sciences at Purdue University from 1997 to 2001 and served in various positions at North Carolina State University (NCSU) from 1986 through 1997. As a faculty member at NCSU, Armstrong was known for engaging students in the classroom and was awarded numerous honors for his teaching excellence. He also was named Alumni Distinguished Professor for Undergraduate Teaching. A recognized leader in nutrition and reproduction in large food animals, Dr. Armstrong has helped raise more than $9 million in grants and cooperative agreements to support research on social responsibility in the food chain. He has written or contributed to more than 45 scientific journal articles.
Welcome to Cal Poly At Cal Poly, the most important person on campus is the student. We start with the premise that all of our students, because they have met Cal Poly's high standards for admission, are equipped to succeed. And then our dedicated faculty and staff bring to bear their enormous talent and unwavering commitment to students' success. Central to this process is Cal Poly's distinctive Learn by Doing approach, in which we provide students with daily opportunities to apply classroom theory to realworld problems in the context of a comprehensive polytechnic education, grounded in the arts and sciences. Learn by Doing enables students to develop deep confidence in their knowledge and technical skills, preparing them to become resourceful and innovative professionals who can help solve the problems of an increasingly complex and technological world. Highly motivated students, talented faculty, dedicated staff, and the dynamic nature of Learn by Doing - these are important facets of Cal Poly, but not the whole sum. An exceptional university succeeds only if it has the full engagement of the entire university community students, faculty and staff, parents, alumni and friends one that joins together in a partnership of discovery. Fortunately, Cal Poly has an abundance of people deeply committed to a vibrant partnership, and deeply committed to transforming lives, one student at a time. It is my great privilege to be associated with the people of Cal Poly, and I invite you to join our partnership. Jeffrey D. Armstrong President Over his career, he has served as chairman of the United Egg Producers Animal Welfare Advisory Committee and advised McDonald's Corp. on animal welfare and broader issues related to corporate social responsibility. He served as chairman of the Michigan Board of Agriculture Assembly Farm Bill Committee and, in 2009, contributed to significant changes in Congress' farm legislation. Dr. Armstrong also served on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research, Extension, Education and Economics Advisory Committee and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Seventh District Advisory Council. Raised on a beef cattle, swine, and tobacco farm in Western Kentucky, Armstrong attended Murray State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in agriculture in 1981. He earned both a master's (1984) and doctorate (1986) in physiology from North Carolina State University. He and his wife, Sharon, have two children. Jessica is a physician in obstetrics and gynecology and is married to Dean Gibbie, a realtor, and they have one son, Colton. Zack is a financial advisor in Lansing, Michigan.
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DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS DON OBERHELMAN CAL POLY DIVISION I HONORS
onald J. Oberhelman was named Cal Poly’s Director of Athletics on March 17, 2011. Oberhelman came to Cal Poly after serving as the Chief Operating Officer and Senior Associate Athletic Director at San Diego State University. In that capacity, he was responsible for the daily operations of San Diego State’s intercollegiate athletics program. “Cal Poly has a great tradition of academic excellence and we want to continue to build on that tradition in everything we do,” Oberhelman said at the time of his hiring. “For many people, athletics is the first impression they have of the university. We must make sure these impressions are great ones." Oberhelman has served in a number of NCAA and conference leadership roles, including The NCAA Division I Council. The 40-member Council is charged with managing the new governance structure, the many changes taking place in college athletics, and the day-to-day decision making for all of Division I. In April 2015, he was appointed by the NCAA to chair the newly formed NCAA Division I Legislative Committee to review legislation and communicate positions to the Division I Council. Oberhelman has served on many working groups for the NCAA, currently serving in a review of the future of amateurism within the collegiate model. He is a current member of the Executive Committee for the Big West Conference. Oberhelman also serves on the Board of Directors for the Hearst Cancer Center. The Mustang Way, the core values for the department, was developed under Oberhelman's leadership. These values were so well received that the university adopted much of them as their own in 2012, and The Mustang Way has since become an integral part of campus life at Cal Poly. Cal Poly has recently seen many NCAA Division I 'firsts.' After a 20-year history in Division I, with Oberhelman at the helm the Mustangs experienced the first NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament appearance, the first Women's NCAA Basketball Tournament appearance, a No. 1 national ranking for baseball, first hosting of the NCAA Baseball Regionals, first Big Sky Conference football championship, and the best finish in the Big West Commissioner's Cup in school history with six championships in one season. The Mustangs' most successful competitive Division I campaign may have been the 2013-14 season, but Oberhelman believes championships are not enough. “We know our primary obligation is to develop our studentathletes," said Oberhelman. "I want us to be leaders in graduation rates as well as in championships." Cal Poly President Jeffrey D. Armstrong echoed Oberhelman’s sentiments. “Don’s goal is for all of our student-athletes to leave Cal Poly with a diploma and a championship ring,” Armstrong said. “That’s a great goal for our student-athletes and our
Conference Team Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Conference Coaches of the Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 NCAA National / Regional Coaches Of Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Team NCAA Tournament Appearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Individual NCAA Postseason Appearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226 All-Conference Selections (First and Second Teams) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .947 All-Conference Academic Selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,648 All-America Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 NCAA Individual National Champions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 CoSIDA Regional All-Academic Picks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Teams Earning Top-25 National Rankings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
MUSTANG DIVISION I EXCELLENCE NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT TEAM QUALIFIERS Baseball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 (2009, 2013, 2014) Men’s Basketball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 (2014) Women’s Basketball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 (2013) Men’s Cross Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 (1999, 2003-04, 2006-08, 2011) Football . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 (2005, 2008, 2012, 2016) Men’s Golf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 (2006) Men’s Soccer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 (1995, 2008, 2015) Women’s Soccer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 (1999-00, 2002-04) Softball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 (2007, 2009) Men’s Tennis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 (2011, 2012, 2014) Women’s Tennis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 (2003, 2011) Volleyball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 (1999-2000, 2002, 2006-07, 2017-19) Women’s Golf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 (2017, 2021) Beach Volleyball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 (2019, 2021) BIG WEST CONFERENCE TEAM TITLES Baseball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 (2014) Men’s Basketball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 (2013-14) Women’s Basketball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 (2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13) Men’s Cross Country . . . . . . . . . . .17 (1998-00, 2003-09, 2011-13, 2016-19) Women’s Cross Country . . . . . . . . . . . .7 (2000-01, 2012-13, 2015-16, 2018) Women’s Track and Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 (2021) Men’s Golf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 (2006) Women’s Soccer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 (1996, 1999-00, 2002-04, 2009, 2013) Softball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 (2007, 2009) Men’s Tennis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 (2007, 2010, 2012, 2013-14, 2021) Women’s Tennis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 (2003) Volleyball (Indoor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 (2006, 2007, 2017, 2018) Women’s Golf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 (2017, 2021) Volleyball (Beach) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 (2019, 2021) AMERICAN WEST / GREAT WEST / BIG SKY CONFERENCE TITLES Football . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 (1994, 2004-05, 2008, 2011, 2012)
fans.” Mustang athletics continues to be a leader in graduation rates, graduating student-athletes at a higher rate than the campus as a whole, the ultimate measure of academic success. For several years, the Mustangs received more NCAA Academic Achievement Awards than the rest of the Big West Conference combined, and half of all student-athletes maintain over a 3.0 GPA. Facility improvements and renovations have been a priority under Oberhelman’s direction, with every venue, building, and stadium receiving upgrades. Private giving has gone up dramatically during his tenure, leading to these improvements as well as growth in financial aid and athletic support staff. Prior to his tenure at San Diego State, Oberhelman served several roles at Southern Mississippi, the most recent as the senior associate athletic director (2002-07), education coordinator for athletics at Texas A&M (1998-2002) and as a compliance assistant at Florida State (1995-1998). The native of rural Kansas earned his bachelor’s in business administration at Kansas State and his master’s in athletic administration at Florida State. Don resides with his wife D.D. in Pismo Beach.
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MUSTANG HEAD COACHES
SOFIE AAGAARD Women’s Golf Seventh Year
BEAU BALDWIN Football Second Year
NICK CARLESS Men’s Tennis 11th Year
JENNY CONDON Softball 18th Year
MARK CONOVER Director of Track 13th Year Cross Country 24th Year
ALEX CROZIER Women’s Soccer 30th Year
LARRY LEE Baseball 20th Year
FAITH MIMNAUGH Women’s Basketball 25th Year
TODD ROGERS Beach Volleyball Seventh Year
PHIL ROWE Men’s Golf Second Year
JOHN SMITH Men’s Basketball Third Year
CAROLINE WALTERS Women’s Volleyball Third Year
STEVE SAMPSON Men’s Soccer Seventh Year
JON SIOREDAS Wrestling Sixth Year
KATHRIN PHIL YOSHIDA WINTERHALTER Men’s and Women’s Women’s Tennis Swimming and Diving Seventh Year Second Year
MUSTANGS EXCEL IN THE CLASSROOM
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or more than 100 years, Cal Poly’s student-athletes have been dedicated to excellence in both the athletic and academic arenas. During the 2018-19 scholastic year alone, 118 Mustangs were named to conference all-academic teams. Since Cal Poly transitioned to the Division I level in 1994, the school has enjoyed 1,311 total all-conference academic selections – an average of 52 per year. Taking pride in each student’s ability to excel both athletically and intellectually, Cal Poly and the athletics department offer guidance and support to each student-athlete during his or her tenure. To support these motives, the athletics department initiated the Academic Resource Center.
Opened in 2001, the center provides yearround academic support, tutoring, workshops and academic advising. Remodeled in the summer of 2017, the center has also developed study hall programs with biquarterly progress checks, weekly academic appointments and a first-year seminar class for incoming student-athletes. In deference to the student-athlete’s need for class schedule flexibility, Cal Poly also offers in-season priority registration for two of the three quarters during which competition occurs. Of the 66 major courses offered at Cal Poly, Mustang student-athletes were enrolled in 60 separate areas, as of the Spring 2021 term.
ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE Featuring 21 varsity programs, the Cal Poly Athletics Department is in its 28th year of NCAA Division I competition since completing reclassification in 1994. With the exception of football (Big Sky Conference), wrestling (Pac-12 Conference) and the men’s and women’s swimming and indoor track and field programs (Mountain Pacific Sports Federation), Cal Poly is also in its 26th year as a member of the Big West Conference. Among Big West institutions, only UC Davis (24 programs) boasts more athletic disciplines than Cal Poly. Prior to transitioning to the Division I level, Cal Poly ranked as the most successful institution in the history of NCAA Division II athletics with 35 national team titles. Cal Poly has continued its winning tradition at the top flight with teams and individuals routinely earning conference championships and NCAA Tournament berths. During the 2013-14 academic year, the athletics department -- which added beach volleyball in 2014 -saw the men’s basketball, men’s tennis and baseball programs advance to the NCAA Championships while the women’s basketball squad earned a berth in the 2013 NCAA Championships. During the 2020-21 academic year, the men’s tennis and women’s beach volleyball, golf and track and field teams all captured Big West titles. All-American honors were earned by baseball shortstop Brooks Lee, wrestler Bernie Truax (fourth at 174 pounds) and beach volleyball standouts Emily Sonny and Macy Gordon. Baseball pitchers Bryan Woo and Andrew Alvarez were drafted and signed by Major League teams. Named Big West athletes of the year were Sonny and Gordon (beach volleyball), Brooke Tjerrild (women’s track and field) and Lee and Emmerson (baseball). Big West coaches of the year include Sofie Aagaard (women’s golf), Mark Conover (women’s track and field) and Todd Rogers (women’s beach volleyball). As testament to Cal Poly’s athletics and academic integrity, a record 147 Mustangs collected conference all-academic praise during the 2020-21 school year. Cal Poly athletes have consistently excelled outside the bounds of the collegiate arena. Cal Poly was represented at the 2008 Summer Olympics by former Mustangs Sharon Day (United States, high jump), Jimmy Van Ostrand (Canada, baseball) and Stephanie Brown Trafton, whose gold medal for the United States in the discus competition was the first such feat by a Mustang athlete. Day (heptathlon) and Brown Trafton (discus) also qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London while wrestler Boris Novachkov earned a spot in the 2016 Summer Games at Rio de Janeiro. In the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, pitcher Joey Wagman played baseball for Team Israel while Sierra Hyland pitched for Team Mexico. Other prominent post-Cal Poly examples include AllAmerican wide receiver Ramses Barden (2005-08), who was a third-round selection by the New York Giants in 2009 and played four years in the NFL. Former linebacker Chris Gocong (2002-05) – one of Cal Poly’s three Buck Buchanan Award winners as the Football Championship Subdivision’s top defensive player – made 35 starts in three active seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles. Linebacker Nick Dzubnar currently is with the Tennessee Titans. Former men’s soccer midfielder Anton Peterlin is the only Big West player to have appeared in an English Football League match. Six former Mustangs -- Junior Burgos (Toronto FC), Patrick McLain (Chivas USA), Kip Colvey (San Jose Earthquakes), George Malki (Houston Dynamo), Ariel Lassiter (L.A. Galaxy) and Justin Dhillon (Seattle Sounders) — have played on Major League Soccer clubs. Mackenzie Pridham plays for Minnesota United FC of the North American Soccer League. Lassiter (Team USA) and Kip Colvey (New Zealand) have been named to national under-23 teams. As of June 2020, the Cal Poly baseball program produced nine Major League players in the last 11 years with outfielder Mitch Haniger (Mariners), pitcher Spencer Howard (Rangers) and infielder Mark Mathias (Brewers) currently on an active roster. Eighteen other Mustangs were active professionally.
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STAFF DIRECTORY
CAL POLY ATHLETICS STAFF
Cal Poly Athletics One Grand Avenue San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0388 Area Code: 805 BASEBALL (FAX: 756-7406) Larry Lee, Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-6367 / llee@calpoly.edu Jake Silverman, Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-1201 / jsilve07@calpoly.edu Ben Greenspan Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2462 / bgreensp@calpoly.edu Justin Bridgman, Volunteer Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .775-843-3183 / bridgman@calpoly.edu MEN’S BASKETBALL (FAX: 756-2699) John Smith, Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2354 / mbb@calpoly.edu Rodney Tention, Associate Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2354 / rtention@calpoly.edu David Hanson, Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2354 / drhanson@calpoly.edu Justin Downer, Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2354 / jcdowner@calpoly.edu Eric Perry, Director of Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2354 / eperry02@calpoly.edu WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (FAX: 756-2699) Faith Mimnaugh, Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-1159 / fmimnaug@calpoly.edu Kari Duperron, Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2683 / kduperro@calpoly.edu Kristina Santiago, Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-1159 / knsantia@calpoly.edu Ashlee Stewart, Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2953 / asstewar@calpoly.edu Ty Arras, Director of Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-1159 / tarras@calpoly.edu Dye Stahley, Graduate Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-1159 / dstahley@calpoly.edu
ANDREW BAIRD CHRIS BAKER ERIC BURDICK MAURISA DOMINGUEZ PAUL GABRIELSON Compliance Associate A.D., Assistant A.D., Assistant Marketing Assistant Advancement Athletics Comm. Athletics Trainer Specialist
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY (FAX: 756-2699) Mark Conover, Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2235 / mconover@calpoly.edu Priscilla Bayley, Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-1130 / pbayley@calpoly.edu FOOTBALL (FAX: 756-6444) Beau Baldwin, Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-7687 / baldwin1@calpoly.edu Nick Edwards, Offensive Coordinator / Wide Receivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-7687 / nedwar01@calpoly.edu Casey Petree, Tight Ends / Co-Special Teams Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-7687 / apetree@calpoly.edu Erik Meyer, Quarterbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-7687 / emeyer06@calpoly.edu Paul Wulff, Offensive Line / Running Game Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-7687 / pwulff@calpoly.edu J.C. Sherritt, Linebackers / Defensive Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-7687 / jcsherri@calpoly.edu James Montgomery, Running Backs / Recruiting Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-7687 / jmontg05@calpoly.edu Josh Letuligasenoa, Defensive Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-7687 / jletulig@calpoly.edu Jeff Anderson, Cornerbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-7687 / jande176@calpoly.edu Cody Von Appen, Defensive Secondary / Defensive Passing Game Coordinator . . . . . .756-7687 / cvonappe@calpoly.edu Will Plemons, Defensive Line / Defensive Running Game Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-7687 / wplemons@calpoly.edu MEN’S AND WOMEN’S GOLF (FAX: 756-2699) Phil Rowe, Head Coach (Men’s Head Coach) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .975-2951 / phrowe@calpoly.edu Vuk Rajcevic (Men’s Assistant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-5156 / rajcevic@calpoly.edu Sofie Aagaard, Head Coach (Women’s Head Coach) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-5125 / saagaard@calpoly.edu TBA (Women’s Assistant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-5125 / TBA@calpoly.edu MEN’S SOCCER (FAX: 756-2699) Steve Sampson, Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-7010 / stsampso@calpoly.edu Billy McNicol, Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2905 / whmcnico@calpoly.edu CJ Sigler, Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756--2545/ jsigler@calpoly.edu Roberto Rodriguez, Goalkeepers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-7070 / rrodr159@calpoly.edu
CHRIS GIOVANNETTI RYAN GRUSS HEATHER HELLMAN RICH HODGKINSON ASHLEIGH HORSTMANN Assistant Media Manager, Ticket Mustang Sports Equipment Coordinator of Relations Director Manager Operations Properties Administration
WOMEN’S SOCCER (FAX: 756-2699) Alex Crozier, Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2590 / acrozier@calpoly.edu Scott Williams, Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-6560 / swilli53@calpoly.edu Lindsey Lee, Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-6560 / lsmith45@calpoly.edu Ricardo Vazquez, Volunteer Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2590 / rvazqu07@calpoly.edu SOFTBALL (FAX: 756-7405) Jenny Condon, Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-1539 / jacondon@calpoly.edu Gina Vecchione, Associate Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-6365 / gvecchio@calpoly.edu Michele Granger, Assistant Coach (Pitchers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-6366 / granger@calpoly.edu SWIMMING AND DIVING (FAX: 756-2699) Phil Yoshida, Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-5714 / pyoshida@calpoly.edu TBA, Assistant Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-5714 / TBA@calpoly.edu Staley Pearl, Assistant (Diving) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-5714 / spearl@calpoly.edu MEN’S TENNIS (FAX: 756-2699) Nick Carless, Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2777 / ncarless@calpoly.edu Eric Johnson, Associate Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2777 / ejohn123@calpoly.edu WOMEN’S TENNIS (FAX: 756-2699) Kathrin Winterhalter, Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2768 / kfwinter@calpoly.edu Amy Barber, Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2768 / TBA@calpoly.edu
JESSE LATINO CONNOR LEARY SARA MACKENZIE Asst. AD, Facilities Assistant Media Strength and and Operations Relations Director Conditioning Coach
TOM MASE Faculty Athletic Rep.
KERI MENDOZA Assistant A.D., SWA-Compliance
TRACK AND FIELD (FAX: 756-2699) Mark Conover, Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2235 / mconover@calpoly.edu Chris Baptista, Associate Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-6501 / cjbaptis@calpoly.edu Priscilla Bayley, Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-1130 / pbayley@calpoly.edu Les Courtemanche, Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2937 / lcourtem@calpoly.edu Brad Pickett, Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2937 / bgpicket@calpoly.edu VOLLEYBALL (FAX: 756-2699) Caroline Walters, Head Coach (Indoor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2850 / cawalter@calpoly.edu Todd Rogers, Head Coach (Beach) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2970 / torogers@calpoly.edu Jason Borchin, Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2371 / jborchin@calpoly.edu Peter Manguiat, Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2371 / pmanguia@calpoly.edu WRESTLING (FAX: 756-2699) Jon Sioredas, Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-1348 / jsioreda@calpoly.edu Chris Chionuma, Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-5131 / cchionum@calpoly.edu Sean Fausz, Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-5131 / sfausz@calpoly.edu Tristan Moran, Volunteer Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .805-756-1348 / tmoran01@calpoly.edu ADMINISTRATION (FAX: 756-2699) Don Oberhelman, Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2924 / obe@calpoly.edu Ashleigh Horstmann, Assistant A.D. for Administration / Chief of Athletic Staff . . . . . . .756-2924 / ahorstma@calpoly.edu Nick Pettit, Deputy Director of Athletics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2882 / ndpettit@calpoly.edu Keri Mendoza, Senior Associate A.D. for Compliance / Senior Woman Admin. . . . . . . .756-5075 / mendoza1@calpoly.edu Maurisa Dominguez, Assistant Director for Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2900 / mdomin05@calpoly.edu Ryan Gruss / Director, Patron Services and Campus Ticketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2790 / rgruss@calpoly.edu Elliott Stava, Assistant Ticket Operations Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-7288 / estava@calpoly.edu Sara MacKenzie, Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 756-5288 / sbergheg@calpoly.edu Jordan Davis, Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-5288 / jdavi135@calpoly.edu Rich Hodgkinson, Assistant Athletic Director for Equipment Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-1188 / rhodgkin@calpoly.edu Jesse Latino, Associate Athletic Director for Facilities and Event Operations . . . . . . . . . . . .756-1738 / jlatino@calpoly.edu Makenzie Zinger, Strategic Business Services Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-5794 / mzinger@calpoly.edu Dr. Tom Mase, Faculty Athletic Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2924 / gmase@calpoly.edu
NEAL Mc IVOR Assistant Athletic Trainer
MEGAN MIYAMOTO JASON NAMANNY ASHLEY OFFERMANN NICK PETTIT Assistant Director Associate A.D., Deputy Director Athletic Trainer of Marketing Development of Athletics
ZACH REED Academic Services
CHRIS RITTER LUIS SILVA KRISTAL SLOVER SHANNON STEPHENS Assistant Assistant Director Head Athletics Assistant A.D., Athletics Trainer Marketing Academic Services Trainer
ATHLETICS ADVANCEMENT OFFICE (FAX: 756-7255) Chris Baker, Senior Associate A.D., Advancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 756-7188 / baker@calpoly.edu Ashley Offermann, Senior Associate A.D., Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-5722 / aofferma@calpoly.edu Jenna Tognazzini, Assistant Athletic Director for Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-0275 / jtognazz@calpoly.edu Lacey Buck, Special Events Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-0277 / lbuck@calpoly.edu Sharon Wagner, Development Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-6382 / shwagner@calpoly.edu Anna Baytosh, Coordinator of Annual Fund and Stewardship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2255 / abaytosh@calpoly.edu ACADEMICS SERVICES (FAX: 756-2699) Shannon Stephens, Director of Mustang Success Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2762 / sgstephe@calpoly.edu Louise Torgerson, Academic Advisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-7041 / ltorgers@calpoly.edu Kyle Ross, Academic Advisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-7043 / kyross@calpoly.edu Zach Reed, Academic Advisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-6495 / zreed01@calpoly.edu MARKETING AND CORPORATE RELATIONS (FAX: 756-7255) Jason Namanny, Director of Marketing and Fan Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-0280 / jnamanny@calpoly.edu Luis Silva, Assistant Director of Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-7292 / ldsilva@calpoly.edu TBA, Creative Services Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2255 / TBA@calpoly.edu Andrew Baird, Assistant Director of Marketing - Video Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2410 / adbaird@calpoly.edu Heather Hellman, Mustang Sports Properties (Learfield) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-7221 / hhellman@learfield.com Karthik Arun, Manager, Business Development (Learfield) . . .661-699-9045 / karthik.arun@mustangssportsproperties.com@learfield.com Byron Crane, Partnership Services Coordinator (Learfield) . . .520-528-9006 / byron.crane@mustangssportsproperties.com ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS (FAX: 756-7255) Eric Burdick, Associate Director of Athletics for Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-6550 / eburdick@calpoly.edu Chris Giovannetti, Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-7513 / cgiovann@calpoly.edu Connor Leary, Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-6531 / cleary01@calpoly.edu TBA, Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-6586 / TBA@calpoly.edu ATHLETICS TRAINING (FAX: 756-7058) Kristal Slover, Associate Athletic Director for Sports Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-6065 / kemig@calpoly.edu Paul Gabrielson, Assistant Sports Medicine Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2096 / pgabriel@calpoly.edu Chris Ritter, Sports Medicine Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-5491 / cmritter@calpoly.edu Prince Williams, Sports Medicine Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2096 / prwillia@calpoly.edu Stephanie Uyeno, Sports Medicine Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2096 / suyeno@calpoly.edu Megan Miyamoto, Sports Medicine Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-5491 / mtmiyamo@calpoly.edu Neal Mc Ivor, Sports Medicine Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-5491 / nmcivor@calpoly.edu Dr. Michael Corrigan, Dr. Art James Sports Medicine Physician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-1211 / micorrig@calpoly.edu Jeff Troesch, Mental Performance Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA / jtroesch@calpoly.edu
JENNA TOGNAZZINI JEFF TROESCH STEPHANIE UYENO PRINCE WILLIAMS MAKENZIE ZINGER Director of Assistant Mental Performance Business Assistant Development Athletic Trainer Specialist Coordinator Athletic Trainer
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11 CAL POLY ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT FACILITIES
ENHANCED BY SOME OF THE NATION’S MOST RAVENOUS CROWDS AND PRISTINE WEATHER, CAL POLY’S ATHLETICS FACILITIES PROVIDE THE MUSTANGS WITH AN UNPARALLELED HOME ADVANTAGE
Completed in 2006, Alex G. Spanos Stadium (above) hosts Cal Poly’s football and men’s and women’s soccer programs. The Mustang football team christened the complex on Nov. 18, 2006 with a 55-0 victory versus Savannah State, while a program-record 11,075 spectators packed Spanos Stadium Sept. 15, 2007 for Cal Poly’s season home-opening win against Weber State. On Oct. 17, 2008, another sellout crowd of 11,075 supporters – then the thirdlargest regular season crowd figure in NCAA men’s soccer history – flooded Spanos Stadium for Cal Poly’s nationally-televised showdown against central coast rival UC Santa Barbara. During the 2009 season, the men’s soccer program ranked third among NCAA Division I programs by averaging 2,213 fans per home date. Cal Poly’s volleyball, wrestling and basketball programs call the 3,032-seat Mott Athletics Center (right) home. A new $700,000 floor was installed during the summer of 2007 along with two videoboards ($750,000) prior to the 2014-15 campaign. During recent years, Mott has hosted the Pac-12 Conference Wrestling Championships and, in front of a sold-out audience, the first and seconds rounds of the 2006 NCAA Volleyball Tournament (also right). The men’s basketball program produced a trio of sellouts in 2016 as well as two more during the 2014-15 season and one against Big West champion UC Davis in February 2014. Additionally, the Mustang women’s basketball program drew a program-record 2,552 fans for a March 5, 2011 game against UC Santa Barbara. Remodeled at a cost of more than $3 million, the Olympic-sized Anderson Aquatic Center (left) was completed in August 2009 and plays host to both Cal Poly’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs. Situated adjacent to the Mott Athletics Center, the pool measures 12,348 square feet. Eight 50-yard lanes highlight the complex, which also provides for a total of eighteen 25-yard cross course lanes. The complex also features a 15-by-30-foot all-shallow therapy pool. Anderson Aquatic Center held its first official event on Oct. 3, 2009, when the Mustang women’s swimming program welcomed thendefending national champion California to San Luis Obispo.
ADDITIONAL CAL POLY ATHLETICS FACILITY HIGHLIGHTS • With a picturesque mountain backdrop ringing the landscape, Ozzie Smith Plaza was completed in 2001 and plays host to the Bob Janssen Field softball and Baggett Stadium baseball venues. The Mustang baseball team regularly draws four-figure attendances -29 of 30 games in 2018 drew over 1,000 fans -- and hosts nationally ranked competition. The Mustang softball program, which clinched its first Big West title in 2007 at Janssen Field, drew an overflow, program-record 1,532 fans for a 2007 doubleheader against perennial national powerhouse UCLA. Both venues feature spacious clubhouses, as well as batting cages and bullpen areas for both teams. Baggett Stadium was expanded to 3,138 in 2018. • Cal Poly finished resurfacing an on-campus all-weather track in 2018 and renamed the facility the Steve Miller/John Capriotti Athletics Complex. The track and field program hosts its annual Cal Poly Invitational each March. • Cal Poly broke ground on the Sports Complex in 1999, which, in
addition to Baggett Stadium and Bob Janssen Field, features six multi-purpose fields for use by the school’s intercollegiate and club teams, as well as intramural programs. • Cal Poly opened Mustang Courts in 2001 and installed an electronic scoreboard in time for the 2014 season. The seven-court complex is located behind Mott Athletics Center, features permanent chairback seating and is used by both the men’s and women’s tennis programs. • Doerr Family Field, used by the football and men’s and women’s soccer programs for practice, opened in 2018. • The Mustang men’s golf program hosts the Firestone Grill Intercollegiate and the women’s team hosts the Lamkin Grip Cup Invitational at Cypress Ridge Golf Course in nearby Arroyo Grande. Cal Poly hosted the Big West Conference women’s golf champi-
onship at the San Luis Obispo Country Club four times this decade and hosted the men’s finals in 2015. • The Cal Poly golf program unveiled its three-hole practice facility and driving range in 2018 at Dairy Creek Golf Course off Highway 1. A new clubhouse was under construction at Dairy Creek in the fall of 2020 and should be completed by February 2021. • During the 2008-09 academic year, Cal Poly finished construction on the FieldTurf Upper Field, located above Ozzie Smith Plaza. The area is used by Cal Poly’s athletics programs and intramural leagues. • The Fairbanks Memorial Cross Country Course in San Luis Obispo has regularly played host to the Big West Cross Country Championships.
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The Mustang softball program, which clinched its first Big West title in 2007 at Bob Janssen Field, drew an overflow, program-record 1,532 fans for a 2007 doubleheader against perennial national powerhouse UCLA. The facility opened in 2001.
Cal Poly opened Mustang Courts in 2001 and installed an electronic scoreboard in time for the 2014 season. The seven-court complex, located behind Mott Athletics Center, features permanent chairback seating and is used by both the men’s and women’s programs.
Construction of Cal Poly’s on-campus beach volleyball complex was completed in late 2019. The Mustang Beach Volley-ball Complex features five regulation-size NCAA beach volleyball courts, seating for up to 250 spectators, a state-of-the-art LED video scoreboard positioned on the south side of Mott Athletics Center, lights around the facility, and an outdoor shower. Cost of the project, all funded by donors, was $3 million. Construction of the Dignity Health Baseball Clubhouse began shortly after the end of the 2018 season and was completed in June 2020. The $9 million project at Baggett Stadium includes a two-story, 10,000-squarefoot clubhouse complete with a lounge and kitchen, meeting and study space, locker room, training room, offices, and a therapeutic cold plunge pool. New seating and backstop safety netting were installed prior to the start of the 2018 campaign, raising the capacity of Baggett Stadium to 3,138, and a new LED videoboard was erected in time for the 2019 campaign.
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Welcome to San Luis Obispo U
nmatched beauty that comprises miles of sandy coastline and rocky ocean outcroppings, world-class wineries and rolling hills, historic landmarks and celebrated shopping and dining opportunities that stretch from coffeehouses to diverse and award-winning cuisine are all factors that make San Luis Obispo one of the most breathtaking and impressive places to reside within the United States. One of the oldest cities in California, San Luis Obispo was founded in 1772 with the establishment of the fifth of California’s 21 Spanish missions. The city has grown and flourished since the Feb. 16, 1856 incorporation and is now a bustling college town that offers a quality of life unlike few places in the United States. Endless hiking and biking trails along pristine lakes and mountains provide the perfect training for outdoor enthusiasts. Surfers flock to the 80 miles of continuous coastline in San Luis Obispo County. In 2009, U.S. News and World Report ranked San Luis Obispo No. 8 on its top-10 list of Best Places to Live. San Luis Obispo features a year-round climate that includes an average of 315 days of sunshine per year and a median temperature of 73 degrees. Located along U.S. Highway 101, San Luis Obispo is roughly halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles. The city features a regional airport serviced by two carriers with daily connecting flights to San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix. A second regional airport is located 35 miles south in Santa Maria.
SAN LUIS OBISPO FACTS Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220 miles south of San Francisco and 200 miles north of Los Angeles Miles to Nearest Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Average Yearly Temperature High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 degrees Average Yearly Precipitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 inches Average Days of Sunshine per Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315 Median Resident Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Population (2020 Census) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47,777 Miles of County Coastline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Average Household Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$56,071 Nearby Airport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .San Luis Obispo County Regional
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY ATTRACTIONS • • • •
Founded in 1772, Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is the fifth of California’s 21 Spanish missions. Downtown San Luis Obispo features prime restaurants and shopping. The Thursday night Farmers’ Market brings produce vendors, food stands and live entertainment to downtown. The county features a thriving wine business with more than two dozen premier wineries within easy reach of downtown. • Madonna Inn is a landmark that features 109 uniquely-themed rooms and eccentric architecture. • Hearst Castle, William Randolph Hearst’s elaborate summer home, is located 45 miles north along the coast in San Simeon. • Hikers, bikers, equestrians and other outdoor enthusiasts have access to extensive trails, parks and mountains. Three golf courses reside in San Luis Obispo with 12 additional sites located within 28 miles of downtown. With 80 miles of coastline, San Luis Obispo County features infinite opportunities for surfers, anglers, kayakers and whale-watchers.
San Luis Obispo, from nearby Bishop’s Peak
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15 Mustang Strength Complex Sports a Modern Look
The Mott Athletics Center weight room now features state-of-the-art equipment, thanks to $150,000 in donations from over 20 donors, many of them parents of Cal Poly football players. A view of the old facility is shown in upper right corner.
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uring the summer of 2013, the Mott Athletics Center weight room for Cal Poly Athletics underwent a $150,000 renovation, thanks in large part to philanthropic support from parents of football players in addition to football alumni and area supporters. The 2,500-square-foot facility, under the direction of Cal Poly strength and conditioning director Sara MacKenzie, services over 550 student-athletes, had not been improved since it was originally built in 1998, and has been renamed Mustang Strength Complex. "This gift is one of the most important projects our Athletics Department can receive," said former strength and conditioning director Chris Holder. "The weight room is the only place in our program that sees every student-athlete on a regular basis. We impact the life of every Mustang athlete and, now, we will be doing so in a state-of-the-art facility." The 2013 renovation included new equipment, new platforms, new lighting, a new sound system, repair of the concrete floor, fresh paint and Cal Poly Mustang Branding throughout. "The project was originally proposed by parents of two football players who wanted
to see improvements for today's student athletes," said Ashley Offermann, associate athletics director for development. "Football head coach Tim Walsh was a driving force and approved the funding priority that would benefit all of Cal Poly's athletic programs." In total, there were over 20 donors who gave in excess of $150,000 to complete the project, Offermann added. In the spring of 2013, Walsh and director of athletics Don Oberhelman collaborated on the idea and plans to remodel the facility. "This project is being funded on the backs of our football parents," said Oberhelman. "Coach Walsh jumped on board with this project in the beginning, putting football-specific concerns on hold, knowing what a huge impact this will have for every one of our sports. "Offermann then worked very hard to put a plan in place to reach out to the football parents and a few former football players, and they have responded," Oberhelman added. "When we looked at our needs in football and looked at the needs of the department, Don and myself decided that what is best for both the department and football is to help remodel the weight room," said Walsh. The additions that will be made will make
the facility attractive enough for us with the recruiting process. "Most importantly, it will provide a better atmosphere for Chris to do the things he wants to do with the athletes," Walsh added. "I'd like to thank all the football parents and alumni involved with the funding of the project." Holder feels the project will help fulfill his master plan and provide the tools necessary for carrying off his ideas. "The football parents who so generously donated the funds to make this a reality have given my staff and myself the opportunity to really push the limits of our knowledge and creativity," said Holder. "This project gives their sons, as well as all other student-athletes, male and female, at Cal Poly the best opportunity to develop a physical edge. "Plain and simple, I need the athletes to walk into our space and WANT to train in our facility," Holder added. We have a room, now, that will be a source of pride for our athletes, for our coaches and staff and a place that will be a valuable tool in the recruiting process of future Mustangs. "If you have the right energy in the room, if the gear is updated and purposeful, every Mustang athlete has the opportunity to
16 Mustang Strength Complex Sports a Modern Look
Another view of the renovated Mott Athletics Center weight room, which includes repair of the floor and walls, paint, new lighting, a sound system and branding. Mustang student-athletes began using the new facility in September 2013. reach their physical potential," Holder said. "Like the other colleges here on campus, we have nicknamed the room "The Cal Poly School of Strength". During construction, the weight room's old equipment was moved outdoors behind the Mott Athletics Center, used by the athletes in preparation for the fall sports season. Preparing the weight room for the remodeling project involved the masonry and carpentry skills of Holder, his assistants (Cameron Van Wye, Sara Bergheger and Andy Sverchek) and director of facilities and event operations Jesse Latino. Facility Services provided assistance with repairing the concrete below the rubber flooring. Repairing and reinforcing the walls to prevent further damage was completed prior to painting the facility and installing updated lighting, a sound system and fresh branding.
"In keeping with the theme of service to our student-athletes, improving the weight room is the fastest and most impactful way to better their Cal Poly experience," said Oberhelman. "I want to give a big thank you to those of you who have helped to make this happen." The Mustang coaching staff is just as enthusiastic about the project. "One of the coolest aspects about Cal Poly athletics is how the student-athletes from every sport support and encourage each other," said women's basketball head coach Faith Mimnaugh. "Perhaps the greatest example of this is when you witness a strength-training session. Athletes from different sports come together to train to improve their strength, quickness and power. "All the athletes will benefit from the weight room renovation," Mimnaugh added. "The contributors who made it possible will
know that they are providing tomorrow's leaders with a facility that matches the excellence that these students display on the field, on the court and in the classroom. Great things can be accomplished through teamwork and selflessness." Added women's volleyball head coach Sam Crosson, "The renovation of the weight room facility at Cal Poly will have a significant impact on both current and future student-athletes, not only for our program but for all of the student athletes on campus. The facility is the foundation for improving athletic performance and its modernization will have an immediate effect on the future success of our program." For more information, or a tour of the renovated strength and conditioning room, contact Offermann at (805) 440-9792 or at aofferma@calpoly.edu.
During the summer of 2013, student-athletes went outside to use the old weight room equipment behind Mott Athletics Center.
17 Mustangs Earn Highest APR Rate in Big Sky for Fourth Straight Year Six of Cal Poly's intercollegiate athletic teams compiled Academic Progress Rate multi-year scores that are No. 1 in their respective conference after the 2018-19 academic year. Football leads the Big Sky Conference for the fourth consecutive year while men's golf, softball, women's beach volleyball, women's tennis and women's volleyball all are ranked No. 1 in the Big West Conference. Men's swimming and diving is ranked No. 2 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation while wrestling is second in the Pac-12 Conference. Women's track is No. 2 in the Big West and baseball earned the third-best multirate score in the Big West. The 16th edition of Academic Progress Rate scores was released by the NCAA in May. Division I student-athletes continue to succeed in the classroom at record-high levels. The overall four-year Academic Progress Rate concluding with the 2018-19 academic year held steady at 983 for the third consecutive year. Cal Poly's institutional score is 985 for the second year in a row. "Cal Poly should be considered among the best in the nation in the academic performance of our student-athletes," said Mustang director of athletics Don Oberhelman. "These numbers indicate our commitment to academic excellence. "Our teacher-scholar model is so important at Cal Poly and that philosophy is thriving in our athletic program," Oberhelman added. "Our student-athletes continue to succeed both in the classroom and on the field." Mustang teams with improvements in their multi-year rates include an eight-point jump by football to 983, three-point climbs by men's track (981) and women's basketball (980) and a one-point increase by men's cross country. Teams holding steady from last year to this year include baseball (979), men's golf (1,000), women's golf (986), women's beach volleyball (1,000), women's swimming and diving (992), women's tennis (1,000) and
women's volleyball (1,000). The four-year rates include student-athletes who were in school between the 2015-16 and 2018-19 academic years. A record 10 Cal Poly intercollegiate athletics teams posted perfect 1,000 Academic Progress Rate scores during the 2018-19 academic year. They include four squads -- men's golf, women's beach volleyball, women's tennis and women's volleyball -- recognized by the NCAA last week for academic excellence after scoring in the top 10 percent of their sports. All four teams compete in the Big West Conference, giving Cal Poly the most among all schools in the conference for the second straight year. The Mustang men's golf team, then coached by Scott Cartwright, has earned a Public Recognition Award for seven consecutive seasons. Women's tennis and beach volleyball were recognized for the third year in a row while women's volleyball earned its second straight Public Recognition Award.
Other teams with APR scores of 1,000 for the 2018-19 academic year were men's cross country, men's track, women's cross country, women's golf, softball and women's swimming and diving. Five squads registered improvements in their single-year rate scores for the 2018-19 academic year, led by men's cross country with a jump of 68 points to 1,000. Men's track improved its score 51 points to 1,000 and women's basketball, which climbed 15 points last year, added 18 more points this year to reach 984. Baseball added one point to 979 while seven other teams maintained their singleyear rate scores of a year ago. The Mustang football team, which compiled a near-perfect 997 APR for the 2015-16 school year, 978 last year and 983 this year, has compiled a four-year rate of 968, four points higher than the national average for Division I football and eight points ahead of the Football Championship Subdivision average.
Four Big Sky Football Games to be Televised by ROOT SPORTS This Fall SEATTLE, Wash. -- ROOT SPORTS and the Big Sky Conference announced its broadcast schedule for the upcoming 2021 season with a total of four games to be televised on the network. Two additional games will be broadcast on ESPNU. This year marks the ninth year of a partnership between ROOT SPORTS and the Big Sky Conference and the first in which the Big Sky will use the ESPN+ platform for its video streams. All four Big Sky Conference football games will be produced and televised in highdefinition, and available for fans to watch on ROOT SPORTS and select games will be available on AT&T SportsNet.
“This is great for the Big Sky as we are excited to continue our partnership with ROOT SPORTS. Our relationship enables us to elevate our league and bring us exposure on a larger scale,” said Big Sky Conference commissioner Tom Wistrcill. “ROOT SPORTS produces award-winning broadcasts and we are happy to have our games featured weekly.” First game of the season to be televised on ROOT SPORTS will be Cal Poly at Montana State on Oct. 9. The broadcasts will conclude with a telecast in Missoula, Mont. The Griz will host Montana State in the 120th “Brawl of the Wild” on Nov. 20.
2021 ROOT SPORTS Big Sky Conference Football Schedule Oct. 9 Cal Poly at Montana State Oct. 16 Idaho at Eastern Washington Oct. 30 Southern Utah at Montana Nov. 20 Montana State at Montana 2021 ESPNU Big Sky Conference Football Schedule Oct. 2 Montana at Eastern Washington Oct. 15 Montana State at Weber State
18 Big Sky Conference Cal Poly, along with UC Davis, North Dakota and Southern Utah, started competition in the expanded Big Sky Conference in the fall of 2012. The Mustangs and the Aggies accepted invitations from the Big Sky Conference in September 2010 to become affiliate members in the sport of football only. North Dakota and Southern Utah joined the Big Sky as full-fledged members in December 2010. Cal Poly and UC Davis maintain membership in the Big West Conference for the majority of their other sports. “The geography of the Big Sky Conference makes perfect sense for Cal Poly,” said then-Cal Poly interim president Dr. Robert Glidden during a 2010 press conference. “It gives us a consistently competitive schedule and a great opportunity to grow longterm, stable rivalries with well-respected teams.” Added then-Mustang director of athletics Alison Cone, “We’re very excited about joining the Big Sky Conference. Our goal all along has been to find stability for our football program, and the Big Sky Conference gives us exactly what we need to enhance our program. The Big Sky Conference is one of the best FCS conferences in the country and offers great competition with teams that are natural rivals in our region. “We’re able to continue our great rivalry with UC Davis and renew rivalries with other West region schools,” Cone added. “The scheduling improvements will give our student-athletes an opportunity to vie for a conference championship which provides an automatic berth into the NCAA playoffs. It’s also a victory for our fans, who will get a chance to watch some of the best FCS schools in the country year in and year out.” Doug Fullerton, then the commissioner of the Big Sky Conference, said, “The Big Sky is already recognized as one of the top Football Championship Subdivision conferences in the nation. The addition of Cal Poly and UC Davis to our lineup will strengthen us even more. “This is a great fit for both institutions and the Big Sky Conference,” Fullerton added. “We are bringing in two strong western FCS programs. They will benefit from us in having access to an automatic playoff bid and a full slate of conference games.” Cal Poly head football coach Beau Baldwin was head coach at Big Sky Conference member Eastern Washington for nine seasons (2008-16) and was an Eagle assistant coach from 2003-06. Baldwin was named head coach at Cal Poly on Dec. 11, 2019. In their first two FCS seasons, the Mustangs were members of the American West Conference (1994 and 1995) before becoming an independent for eight years. Cal Poly and five other schools, including UC Davis, formed the Great West Conference in 2004. The Mustangs won Great West titles in 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2011. The Big Sky Conference is entering its 59th year of athletic competition this fall and, prior to the addition of four teams in the fall of 2012, was a nine-team league for football since 2006 when Northern Colorado joined the conference. Eastern Washington captured the 2010 FCS championship while Montana played for the national championship in football each of the two previous years. Big Sky teams have won the Division I national title six times -- Boise State (1980), Idaho State (1981), Montana State (1984), Montana (1995 and 2001) and Eastern Washington (2010). Big Sky teams have made 14 total appearances in the Football Championship Subdivision national title game. The Big Sky has been represented in the playoffs by at least two teams in 35 of the past 37 years, including three teams on nine occasions -- 1988, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018 -- and four in 2013, 2016 and 2019. Tom Wistrcill Since 1993, a total of 19 Big Sky teams have made it to at least the semifinals of the playoffs, including Montana State and Weber State in 2019. The Big Sky has Big Sky Commissioner advanced at least two teams to the quarterfinals six of the last 14 seasons. Montana has appeared in seven national championship games since 1995. Since 2000, 11 of the 13 Big Sky teams have made at least one playoff appearance. The Big Sky Conference has produced eight winners of the most outstanding offensive player at the FCS level, along with eight defensive player of the year winners and a trio of FCS coaches of the year. In 2015 the Big Sky swept the four major awards -wide receiver Cooper Kupp of Eastern Washington was offensive player of the year, end Tyrone Holmes of Montana defensive player of the year, Northern Arizona quarterback Case Cookus freshman of the year and Portland State’s Bruce Barnum coach of the year. Since moving to the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) in 1994, Cal Poly is 60-73 against teams from the Big Sky Conference, including a 49-46 mark in the last 95 games from 2004-20. The Mustangs qualified for the NCAA FCS playoffs in 2005, 2008, 2012 and 2016. Idaho rejoined the Big Sky in 2018 while North Dakota left for the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2020. Southern Utah leaves for the Western Athletic Conference following the 2021 season.
2019 Big Sky Conference Football Standings School Weber State Eastern Washington Northern Arizona UC Davis Idaho Idaho State Southern Utah Cal Poly Montana Portland State Montana State Northern Colorado Sacramento State
Big Sky 5-0 1.000 5-1 .833 3-2 .600 3-2 .600 2-4 .333 2-4 .333 1-5 .167 0-3 .000 0-0 —— 0-0 —— 0-0 —— 0-0 —— 0-0 ——
Overall 5-1 .833 5-2 .714 3-2 .600 3-2 .600 2-4 .333 2-4 .333 1-5 .167 0-3 .000 2-0 1.000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000
Big Sky Conference Rivals Cal Poly -- UC Davis and Sacramento State Eastern Washington -- Idaho and Portland State Idaho -- Montana and Eastern Washington Idaho State -- Portland State and Weber State Montana -- Idaho and Montana State Montana State -- Montana and Northern Colorado Northern Arizona -- Southern Utah and No. Colorado Northern Colorado -- Montana State and No. Arizona Portland State -- Eastern Washington and Idaho State Sacramento State -- Cal Poly and UC Davis Southern Utah -- Northern Arizona and Weber State Weber State -- Idaho State and Southern Utah UC Davis -- Cal Poly and Sacramento State
Cal Poly’s Future Big Sky Schedules 2021 Sept. 25 at Montana Oct. 2 Weber State Oct. 9 at Montana State Oct. 16 Bye Oct. 23 UC Davis Oct. 30 at Portland State Nov. 6 at Sacramento State Nov. 13 Idaho State Nov. 20 Northern Arizona
2022 Sept. 24 Bye Oct. 1 Sacramento State Oct. 8 at Northern Arizona Oct. 15 at Idaho State Oct. 22 Eastern Washington Oct. 29 at UC Davis Nov. 5 at Montana Nov. 12 Montana State Nov. 19 Portland State
2023 Sept. 23 at Portland State Sept. 30 UC Davis Oct. 7 Idaho Oct. 14 at Montana State Oct. 21 Northern Colorado Oct. 28 Bye Nov. 4 at Eastern Washington Nov. 11 at Sacramento State Nov. 18 Weber State
2024 Sept. 28 at Northern Colorado Oct. 5 Idaho State Oct. 12 at UC Davis Oct. 19 at Idaho Oct. 26 Bye Nov. 2 Montana Nov. 9 Northern Arizona Nov. 16 Sacramento State Nov. 23 at Weber State
19 Big Sky Conference Big Sky Conference Records 409 660 333 21 21 655 437
Top Single-Game Performances Rushing Charles Roberts, Sacramento State vs. Idaho State Passing Braden Hanson, North Dakota vs. Montana Receiving (Yards) Greg Hardin, North Dakota vs. Montana Receiving (Catches) David Pandt, Montana State vs. Eastern Washington Jerry Louie-McGee, Montana vs. Cal Poly Total Offense Braden Hanson, North Dakota vs. Montana All-Purpose Yards Ryan Fuqua, Portland State vs. Weber State
Top Single-Season Performances Rushes: 386, Charles Roberts, Sacramento State Rushing Yards: 2,260, Charles Roberts, Sacramento State Average Per Rush: 8.4, Tim Lappano, Idaho Rushing Average Per Game: 205.5, Charles Roberts, Sacramento State Rushing TDs: 25, Archie Amerson, Northern Arizona Pass Completions: 386, Gage Gubrud, Eastern Washington Pass Attempts: 570, Gage Gubrud, Eastern Washington Passing Yards: 5,160, Gage Gubrud, Eastern Washington Completion Percentage: .689, Case Cookus, Northern Arizona Passing TDs: 55, Vernon Adams, Eastern Washington Average Passing Yards Per Game: 379.6, Dave Dickenson, Montana Passing Efficiency: 184.9, Case Cookus, Northern Arizona Total Offense Plays: 704, Gage Gubrud, Eastern Washington Total Offense Yards: 5,599, Vernon Adams, Eastern Washington Total Offense Avg. Per Game: 411.9, Gage Gubrud, Eastern Washington All-Purpose Yards: 2,430, Charles Roberts, Sacramento State All-Purpose Yards Per Game: 221.1, Archie Amerson, Northern Arizona Receptions: 117, Cooper Kupp, Eastern Washington Receiving Yards: 1,850, Brandon Kaufman, Eastern Washington Receiving TDs: 21, Cooper Kupp, Eastern Washington Punts: 101, Tony Epperson, Weber State Punting Yards: 4,356, Tony Epperson, Weber State Punting Average: 48.2, Mark Gould, Northern Arizona Punt Return Average: 22.8, Carlis Harris, Idaho State Punt Return TDs: 4, Corey Smith, Montana State Kickoff Return Average: 33.9, Lamont Brightful, Eastern Washington Kickoff Return TDs: 3, Bashir Livingston, Eastern Washington 3, Jesse Hoffman, Eastern Washington Interceptions: 11, Karl Stein, Montana Interception Return TDs: 3, Deion Harris, North Dakota Scoring: 172, Jesse Chatman, Eastern Washington Scoring (Kicking): 122, Chris Snyder, Montana Touchdowns: 28, Geoff Mitchell, Weber State 28, Jesse Chatman, Eastern Washington 28, Trevyn Smith, Weber State PAT Kicks Made: 74, Kevin Miller, Eastern Washington PAT Kicks Attempted: 79, Kevin Miller, Eastern Washington Field Goals Made: 26, Tony Zendejas, Nevada Field Goals Attempted: 33, Tony Zendejas, Nevada
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2020-21 Big Sky Conference Statistics 1999 2012 2012 1985 2016 2012 2007 1998 1998 1975 1998 1996 2016 2016 2016 2015 2013 1995 2015 2016 2013 2016 1998 1996 2016 2012 2013 2013 2013 2002 1970 2003 1999 1998 2010 1969 2016 2001 2003 1991 2001 2008 2013 2013 1983 1983
Longest Plays Rushing Johnny Gordon, Nevada vs. Montana State 1984 TreShawn Garrett, Weber State vs. UC Davis 2017 Passing John Bonds to Hendricks Johnson, No. Arizona vs. Boise State 1990 Jimmy Blanchard to Terry Charles, Portland St. vs. E.Washington 1999 Field Goals Terry Belden, Northern Arizona vs. Cal State Northridge 1993 Pete Garcas, Idaho State vs. Cal State Northridge 1998 Punting Jacob DeMaio, Weber State vs. Southern Utah 2016 Punt Return Alex Tillman, North Dakota vs. Portland State 2014 Kickoff Return Thirty-Five Players (Last: Rashid Shaheed vs. Northern Arizona) 2020-21 Interception Return Rob Pouliot, Montana State vs. Boise State 1988 Jacori Rufus, Idaho State vs. Southern Utah 1998 Ernie James, Idaho State vs. Northern Colorado 2003 D.J. Clark, Idaho State vs. Weber State 2007 Dustin Tew, Idaho State vs. Weber State 2010 Defensive PAT Morgan Ryan, Montana State vs. Sam Houston State 1991
Player Josh Davis (WSU) Xavier Harris (UM) Malakai Rango (ISU) Tamarick Pierce (EWU) Lan Larison (UCD) 10. Lepi Lataimua (CP)
Rushing (Yards per Game) G Att. Yards 5 66 386 2 23 148 5 91 351 7 86 462 5 56 327 3 38 143
Player Cam Humphrey (UM) Eric Barriere (EWU) Hunterr Rodrigues (UCD) Justin Miller (SUU) Bronson Barron (wSU) 8. Hunter Raquet (CP) 9. Jalen Hamler (CP)
Passing (Efficiency Rating) G PC-PA-I 2 38-57-1 7 183-296-7 5 78-119-4 6 154-234-3 5 72-130-2 3 17-32-0 3 32-55-3
Avg./G 77.2 74.0 70.2 66.0 65.4 47.7
TD 1 3 3 5 4 0
Pct. .667 .618 .655 .658 .554 .531 .582
Yards 472 2,434 931 1,704 1,071 188 357
TD 5 19 8 15 7 1 3
Receiving (Receiving Yards per Game) Player G Cgt. Yards Tanner Conner (ISU) 6 34 685 Talolo Limu-Jones (EWU) 7 48 758 Hayden Hatten (UI) 6 43 613 Landen Measom (SUU) 6 30 446 Gabe Sulser (UM) 2 8 145
Avg./G 114.2 108.3 102.2 74.3 72.5
TD 3 4 3 5 2
Player Nick Ostmo (UM) Xavier Harris (UM) Luis Aguilar (NAU) Cade Coffey (UI) Brandon Schenks (SUU) 11. Colton Theaker (CP)
G 2 2 4 5 5 3
Scoring TD FG 5 0-0 3 0-0 0 9-10 0 9-10 6 0-0 0 3-3
PAT 2-PAT Points 0-0 0 30 0-0 0 18 8-8 0 35 12-12 0 39 0-0 0 36 7-7 0 16
Avg. 15.0 9.0 8.8 7.8 7.2 5.3
Player Seth Vernon (PSU) Daniel Whelan (UCD) Cade Coffey (UI) DJ Arnson (NAU) Brian Buschini (UM) 10. Mason Davis (CP)
Punting G No. 1 6 5 17 5 26 5 25 2 6 3 11
Yards 329 814 1,192 1,099 260 365
Avg. 54.8 47.9 45.8 44.0 43.3 33.2
LG 58 67 66 82 52 40
Player Matt Shotwell (CP) Tre Walker (UI) Morgan Vest (NAU) Christian Elliss (UI) Parker McKenna (PSU) 17. Aaron Cooper (CP) 20. Lance Vecchio (CP)
Tackles G Solo 3 18 5 27 5 29 5 25 1 6 3 13 3 14
Asst. 16 27 24 25 4 7 5
Total 34 54 53 50 10 20 19
Avg. 11.3 10.8 10.6 10.0 10.0 6.7 6.3
2020-21 All-Big Sky Conference Teams Offensive Player of the Year: Eric Barriere, QB (Eastern Washington) Co-Defensive Player of the Year: Conner Mortensen, LB (Weber State) Newcomer of the Year: Tyler Vander Waal, QB (Idaho State) Co-Freshmen of the Year: Chubba Maae, DT (UCD) and Dontae McMillan, RB (WSU) Coach of the Year: Jay Hill (WSU) First Team Offense: QB — Eric Barriere (EWU); WR — Talolo Limu-Jones (EWU), Tanner Conner (ISU), Hayden Hatten (UI); OL — Nick Amoah (UCD), Ty Whitworth (WSU), Noah Atagi (WSU), Braxton Jones (SUU), Connor Pettek (UCD), Tristen Taylor (EWU); RB — Josh Davis (WSU), Tamarick Pierce (EWU); TE — McCallan Castles (UCD); FB — Logan Kendall (UI); K — Luis Aguilar (NAU); PR — Rashid Shaheed (WSU); KR — Rashid Shaheed (WSU); ST — Colton Belnap (ISU). Defense: DT — Jared Schiess (WSU), Bryce Rodgers (UCD); DE — Mitchell Johnson (EWU), Francis Bemiy (SUU); OLB — Christian Elliss (UI), La’akea K-Davis (SUU); ILB — Conner Mortensen (WSU), Tre Walker (UI); DB — Morgan Vest (NAU), Jayden Dawson (ISU), Eddie Heckard (WSU), Jordan Perryman (UCD), Anthany Smith (EWU), Preston Smith (WSU), Desmond Williams (WSU); P — Daniel Whelan (UCD). Second Team (Cal Poly Only) Offense: None; Defense: None. Third Team (Cal Poly Only) Offense: None; Defense: LB — None. Honorable Mention Cal Poly -- None.
20 Cal Poly’s Big Sky Conference Championship Teams
2012 Big Sky Champs • Big Sky champion in first year as a member of the conference • Fifth conference championship in last nine years • Earned third NCAA Division I FCS playoff berth in last eight years • Ninth winning season in last 10 years • Won first seven games of season for first time since 2004 • Broke Big Sky record for rushing yards in a season (3,890) • Deonte Williams No. 2 all-time at Cal Poly with 1,506 rushing yards • Williams 11th Mustang in last 11 years to play in all-star game • Andre Broadous passed for 18 touchdowns, rushed for nine scores • No. 1 in FCS in passing efficiency (175.73) • No. 3 in FCS in rushing offense (324.4 yards per game) • No. 7 in FCS in scoring offense (38.6 points per game)
• No. 8 in FCS in sacks allowed (10 sacks in 12 games) • Finished No. 11 in coaches poll and No. 12 in media poll • Unbeaten at home (5-0) for first time since 2005 • Williams and linebacker Kennith Jackson first-team All-Big Sky • Williams, Jackson and Nico Molino earn All-American honors • Head coach Tim Walsh named Big Sky Co-Coach of the Year • Win over Wyoming was Cal Poly’s fourth against FBS in last 10 years • Won nine games in a season for the third time in the last nine years • Did not give up 100 yards to a running back until final game of season • Against FCS runner-up Sam Houston State in second round of playoffs, Cal Poly allowed just 18 points (second-lowest total scored by the Bearkats in 2012) and 241 total yards (the Bearkats' lowest of the year)
Birthdays in Season August Ethan Rodriguez Chuby Dunu Drew Sulick Elijah Satcher Sky Ellis September Ryan Rivera Dylan Krauss Tyler Charbonneau
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Michael Roth Dawson Hurst Wade Willet Connor Heffler Legend Waring Jackson Pavitt Josh Cuevas Nicolo DiFronzo Conor Bruce Dominick McCormack Thomas Lee Mohab Wahdan
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Duy Tran-Sampson Cruz Rubio Dustin Grein October Isaiah Robinson Michael Otterstedt Julian Reed Christopher Bartolic Trevor Owens Tommy Griffin
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Kevin Ryan Brandon Davis Campbell McHarg David Meyer November John Smolenski Jerry Huddleston Hunter Jones Grant Anderson Matthew Stuppiello Mitch Anderson
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Logan Ast Xavier Moore
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December Ethan Bronson Antonio Vakameilalo Aaron Cooper Freddie Gaines Austin Anderson Brayden Groshart Seth Robasciotti
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Josh Ngaluafe Nick White Patrick Roberg Myles Cecil Lepi Lataimua D’Angelo McKenzie Reed Mercer DeMarcus Oandasan January Laipeli Palu Bryce Weiner
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21 2021 Big Sky Composite Schedule (All Times Pacific) Saturday, August 28 Southern Utah at San Jose State 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2 Eastern Washington at UNLV 7 p.m. Sam Houston State at Northern Arizona 6 p.m. Southern Utah at Arizona State 8:30 p.m. Weber State at Utah 4:30 p.m. UC Davis at Tulsa 4:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3 Northern Colorado at Colorado 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4 Cal Poly at San Diego 1:05 p.m. Simon Fraser at Idaho 1 p.m. North Dakota at Idaho State 12 noon Montana at Washington 5 p.m. Montana State at Wyoming 1 p.m. Sacramento State at Dixie State 6 p.m. Portland State at Hawai’i 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11 Cal Poly at Fresno State 7:05 p.m. Idaho at Indiana 4:30 p.m. Idaho State at Nevada 7:30 p.m. Central Washington at Eastern Washington 1 p.m. Western Illinois at Montana 5 p.m. Drake at Montana State 5 p.m. Northern Arizona at South Dakota 11 a.m. Northern Colorado at Houston Baptist 4 p.m. Portland State at Washington State 3 p.m. Northern Iowa at Sacramento State 6 p.m. UC Davis at San Diego 1 p.m. Weber State at Dixie State 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18 South Dakota at Cal Poly 5:05 p.m. Idaho at Oregon State 12:30 p.m. Eastern Washington at Western Illinois 1 p.m. San Diego at Montana State 12 noon Sacramento State at Cal 1 p.m. Northern Arizona at Arizona 7 p.m. Lamar at Northern Colorado 1 p.m. Southern Utah at Tarleton State 4 p.m. Western Oregon at Portland State 2:05 p.m. Dixie State at UC Davis 7 p.m. James Madison at Weber State 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25 *Cal Poly at Montana 12:05 p.m. *UC Davis at Weber State 5:05 p.m. *Eastern Washington at Southern Utah 5:05 p.m. *Sacramento State at Idaho State 12:05 p.m. *Montana State at Portland State 2:05 p.m. *Northern Arizona at Northern Colorado 12:05 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2 *Weber State at Cal Poly 5:05 p.m. *Montana at Eastern Washington 7:35 p.m. *Idaho at UC Davis 7:05 p.m. *Idaho State at Northern Arizona 1:05 p.m. *Northern Colorado at Montana State 12:05 p.m. *Portland State at Southern Utah 5:05 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9 *Cal Poly at Montana State 1:05 p.m. *Eastern Washington at Northern Colorado 12:05 p.m. *Portland State at Idaho 2:05 p.m. *UC Davis at Idaho State 12:05 p.m. *Southern Utah at Sacramento State 6:05 p.m. Dixie State at Montana 12 noon Saturday, Oct. 16 *Idaho at Eastern Washington 1:05 p.m. *Idaho State at Portland State 2:05 p.m. *Sacramento State at Montana 12:05 p.m. *Montana State at Weber State 7:05 p.m. *Northern Colorado at UC Davis 5:05 p.m. *Southern Utah at Northern Arizona 1:05 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23 *UC Davis at Cal Poly 5:05 p.m. *Weber State at Eastern Washington 1:05 p.m. *Montana at Idaho 1:05 p.m. *Idaho State at Montana State 12:05 p.m. *Northern Arizona at Sacramento State 6:05 p.m. *Northern Colorado at Southern Utah 5:05 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30 *Cal Poly at Portland State 2:05 p.m. *Northern Arizona at Idaho 1:05 p.m. *Weber State at Idaho State 12:05 p.m. *Southern Utah at Montana 11:05 a.m. *Sacramento State at Northern Colorado 12:05 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6 *Cal Poly at Sacramento State 6:05 p.m. *Montana State at Eastern Washington 1:05 p.m. *Southern Utah at Idaho 1:05 p.m. *Montana at Northern Colorado 11:05 a.m. *UC Davis at Northern Arizona 12:05 p.m. *Portland State at Weber State 12:05 p.m. Idaho State at BYU 12 noon Saturday, Nov. 13 *Idaho State at Cal Poly 5:05 p.m. *Eastern Washington at UC Davis 5:05 p.m. *Portland State at Sacramento State 6:05 p.m. *Montana at Northern Arizona 12:05 p.m. *Idaho at Montana State 12:05 p.m. *Weber State at Southern Utah 1:05 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20 *Northern Arizona at Cal Poly 5:05 p.m. *Eastern Washington at Portland State 2:05 p.m. *Idaho at Idaho State 12:05 p.m. *Montana State at Montana 11:05 a.m. *Northern Colorado at Weber State 12:05 p.m. *Sacramento State at UC Davis 5:05 p.m. Football Championship Subdivision Playoffs Nov. 27 — First Round Dec. 4 — Second Round Dec. 11 — Quarterfinal Round Dec. 18 — Semifinal Round Jan. 8, 2022 — Championship Game (at Frisco, Texas)
Cal Poly Selected to Finish 12th, 13th in Big Sky Weber State, which won the 2021 spring Big Sky title with a 5-0 mark, was tabbed by both the coaches and media to capture the 2021 fall crown as well. The Wildcats, who claimed at least a share of the Big Sky crown from 2017-19, return 60 lettermen, including 10 starters on offense and 11 on defense. Both polls also ranked Montana No. 2, Eastern Washington No. 3, Montana State No. 4 and Sacramento State No. 5. The rest of the coaches poll includes UC Davis at No. 6, followed by Northern Arizona, Idaho, Idaho State, Portland State, Southern Utah, Cal Poly and Northern Colorado. Sixth in the media poll is UC Davis, followed by Northern Arizona, Idaho, Idaho State, Portland State, Southern Utah, Northern Colorado and Cal Poly.. The polls were announced during the Big Sky's Summer Football Kickoff in July at Spokane, Wash. Cal Poly captured the Big Sky championship in its first season in the conference (2012), compiled a 3232 record in its first eight years in the Big Sky, has claimed five conference titles in the last 17 years, including four in the eight-year existence of the Great West Conference (2004-11), and earned its fourth NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision playoff berth in 2016.
Big Sky Conference Preseason Polls Coaches 1. Weber State (7) 2. Montana (2) 3. Eastern Washington (2) 4. Montana State (1) 5. Sacramento State (1) 6. UC Davis 7. Northern Arizona 8. Idaho 9. Idaho State 10. Portland State 11. Southern Utah 12. Cal Poly 13. Northern Colorado Media 1. Weber State (14) 2. Montana (4) 3. Eastern Washington (3) 4. Montana State (3) 5. Sacramento State 6. UC Davis 7. Northern Arizona 8. Idaho 9. Idaho State 10. Portland State 11. Southern Utah 12. Northern Colorado 13. Cal Poly Number in parentheses indicates first-place votes.
NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs Expanded to 24 Teams Frisco, Texas, will be the host site for the NCAA Division I Football Championship game for the 12th straight year. Frisco emerged from a pool of several cities that submitted bids to serve as the host site for the championship game for three years, beginning with the 2010 season, and the contract has been extended twice. Hosted by the Southland Conference, the 2021 championship game will be played at Toyota Stadium on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. The championship game is the culmination of an expanded 24-team championship bracket. As a result of the expansion to 20 teams eight years ago, the game is played a few weeks later than in years past. Cal Poly qualified for the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs in 2005, 2008, 2012 and 2016. Eastern Washington earned the 2010 title in the first game since the championship was moved from Chattanooga, Tenn., and reached the finals again in 2019 while
North Dakota State has captured eight of the last 10 FCS titles, defeating James Madison 28-20 in the 2019 title game. Shortened to 16 teams due to the COVID19 pandemic, the 2021 spring playoffs was won by Sam Houston State, 23-21 over South Dakota State. The Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) includes the conferences and institutions that compete in the NCAA Division I Football Championship, in addition to two conferences who choose not to participate in the playoffs, the Ivy League and the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The FCS embodies a tradition of excellence through high-level competition, student-athlete character and sportsmanship throughout the regular season and the championship experience. Big Sky teams have made 14 total appearances in the Football Championship Subdivision national title game. The Big Sky has been represented in the playoffs by at least two teams in 35 of the past 37 years.
Pronunciation Guide Logan Ast ast (rhymes with bass) Mason Barbour rhymes with barber Chris Bartolic bar-TOE-lick Thomas Bouda BOO-duh Spencer Brasch brash (rhymes with crash) Payson Campisano CAMP-uh-SAW-no Zedakiah Centers ZED-uh-KY-uh Tyler Charbonneau CHAR-buh-no Josh Cuevas KUAY-vuss Nicolo DiFronzo dih-FRAWN-zo Chuby Dunu duh-NEW Aarmon Euwing arr-MON Ewing Jojo Falo FALL-low Vatulele Finau VAW-tu-lay-lay fin-NOW Dustin Grein rhymes with grind Brayden Groshart GROSS-heart Ryan Hannoun huh-NOON Shakobe Harper shuh-KO-bee Jamarri Jackson juh-MAR-ree Isaiah Jernagin JER-nuh-ghin Je’kob Jones rhymes with Jacob Dylan Krauss crowse (rhymes with louse) Lepi Lataimua LEPP-ee LIE-tau-MOO-uh Ava Leota lay-OH-tuh
Caden McCloughan Mc-CLEW-un Campbell McHarg muck-HARGH David Meyer MY-er Judaea Moon jew-DAY-uh Xavier Moore ZAY-vee-ur Javon Murphy juh-VON Emeka Ndoh eh-MECK-uh EN-doe Josh Ngaluafe NAW-loo-WAUGH-fay DeMarcus Oandasan oh-un-DAW-son Laipeli Palu lie-PELL-ee Puh-LOO Micah Pasion puh-SHAWN Kahliq Paulette kuh-LEEK Jackson Pavitt rhymes with rabbit Seth Robasciotti robe-uh-SHOT-tee Dominic Stellini-Splan stell-LEAN-ee Splan (Plan) Matthew Stuppiello stew-pee-EL-low Bryant Thao tao Antonio Vakameilalo vaca-may-LA-lo Lance Vecchio VECK-key-oh Mohab Wahdan MO-habb Wuh-DON Garrett Weichman WIKE-mun Bryce Weiner WINE-nurr Wade Willet WILL-let Giancarlo Woods john-CAR-lo
22 2021 Big Sky Conference Summer Football Kickoff
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he 2021Big Sky Conference Summer Football Kickoff was held July 24-26 in Spokane, Wash. The event, which for the first six years was held in Park City, Utah, began with meetings and media interviews Sunday and wound up with Root Sports production shots, video components and more media interviews Monday. Offensive lineman Wade Willet and linebacker Aaron Cooper, both seniors this fall, represented Cal Poly. Player and head coach interviews were video streamed live on ESPN+. The players also participated in a clinic for Spokane area youth the afternoon before the Summer Kickoff began. The Big Sky Conference preseason coaches and media polls as well as the preseason all-conference team were released on the final day and Big Sky Commissioner Tom Wistrcill gave a :”State of the Big Sky” address to wrap up the two-day event. The Spokane Sports Commission assisted in running the Big Sky Summer Football Kickoff. Andre Broadous represented Cal Poly at the 2012 Big Sky Summer Football Kickoff, held in Park City, Utah, while Sullivan Grosz attended the 2013 event, Nick Dzubnar in 2014, Chris Brown in 2015, Joseph Gigantino in 2016 and Joe Protheroe in 2017. The Big Sky Summer Kickoff was moved to Spokane in 2018 and two players were invited from each school. Cal Poly was represented by Khaleel Jenkins and Harry Whitson. In 2019, wide receiv-
At top, Wade Willet (left) and Aaron Cooper (right) offered instruction at a Spokane area youth clinic. Above, Mustang head coach Beau Baldwin answers questions in an interview with ROOT Sports. At right, Mariluz Cook chats with Cooper and Willet on ESPN+.
er J.J. Koski and defensive back Kitu Humphrey represented Cal Poly. The event was held virtually in 2020 with linebacker Matt Shotwell representing Cal Poly. The Big Sky had a different look in 2019. The conference welcomed back Idaho, a member of the Big Sky in football from 1965-95. Departing the league after the 2017 season was North Dakota, but the Fighting Hawks still played a Big Sky schedule through the 2019 season. Their results, however, did not count in the league standings as they were an independent, but the opponents counted the result. North Dakota became a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2020. The Big Sky will drop back to 12 teams next season with the departure of Southern Utah to the Western Athletic Conference. After 23 years in Ogden, Utah, the Big Sky Conference moved its offices to Farmington, Utah, closer to Salt Lake City International Airport, in August 2019. “Ogden has been a wonderful home to the Big Sky since 1995,” said Wistrcill. “We are grateful to the city of Ogden and would like to thank the community for welcoming us with open arms and joining us in rooting for Big Sky sports teams over the years.” Farmington is the fourth home in the league’s history, as the league office was located in Pullman, Wash., from 1963-71 and Boise, Idaho, from 197195.
23 Cal Poly’s Great West Conference Championship Teams 2004 Great West Champs • • • • • •
First back-to-back winning seasons since move to Div. I-AA Highest in-season ranking (No. 5) since moving to Div. I-AA Highest postseason ranking No. 16/17) since move to I-AA First Mustang team with three wins over Big Sky opponents Broke nine school records Conference defensive player of the year and Buck Buchanan Award winner (Jordan Beck) • Ten Great West Conference players of the week • Outscored 11 opponents by an average of 30.5 to 16.6 • Top 10 nationally in 13 statistical categories • Twice broke Mustang Stadium attendance records
2005 Great West Champs • Third straight winning season • Second consecutive nine-win season • Successfully defended Great West Football Conference championship • First ever trip to the Division I-AA playoffs • Ranked sixth in the nation in final polls • Produced its second straight Buck Buchanan Award winner (Chris Gocong) • Perfect 6-0 mark at home • Beat Montana for the first time • Six All-Americans and 14 All-Great West Conference first-team honorees • Great West Football Conference Coach of the Year (Rich Ellerson) • 25 wins in last three seasons (school record) • Set or tied 10 all-time Cal Poly school records
2011 Great West Champs
2008 Great West Champs
• Sixth Straight Winning Season • Highest in-season ranking (No. 3) since moving to FCS • Highest postseason ranking No. 8/10) since move to FCS • Second win over San Diego State in three seasons • Second NCAA Division I FCS playoff berth • Third Great West Conference championship in five years • Conference offensive player of the year (Ramses Barden) • Great West Conference Rookie of the Year (Asa Jackson) • Sixth straight AFCA All-American (Ramses Barden) • Nine All-Great West Conference first-team honorees • Scored in 41 of 44 quarters • Seven-game winning streak (at least 42 points in each game) • No. 1 in NCAA FCS in scoring (44.4) and total offense (487.45) • Barden broke or tied NCAA marks set by Jerry Rice and Randy Moss
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Eighth Winning Season in Nine Years Jake Romanelli became 14th Mustang to rush for over 1,000 yards Faced Two FBS Schools and One in Transition to FBS James Langford breaks school record for field goals in a season (15) and points scored in a season by a kicker (86) • Fourth Great West Conference championship • Andre Broadous sets school record for rushing TDs in a season (18) • Andre Broadous throws just one interception in 170 pass attempts • All-America honors for Asa Jackson, Jake Romanelli, Scott Winnewisser • Four All-Great West Conference first-team honorees • Mustangs finish No. 6 in FCS in rushing offense • Asa Jackson selected in fifth round of NFL Draft by Baltimore Ravens • Scott Winnewisser signs free agent contract with New Orleans Saints • Final Cal Poly team to compete in the Great West Conference
The Big Sky Conference is set to broadcast 64 conference and non-conference football games held at Big Sky venues on ESPN digital platforms this fall.
ESPN+ is the new home for Big Sky Conference football games.
The 64 games will be available on ESPN+. Four games being televised by ROOT SPORTS will be available to ESPN+ subscribers outside of the ROOT SPORTS/AT&T Sports Net footprints, including Cal Poly’s Oct. 9 contest at Montana State. Two games airing live on ESPNU will be available on the Watch ESPN App. ESPN+ is a subscriptionbased service available in the United States at a cost of $6.99 a month, or $69.99 per year.
Big Sky Television Schedule ROOT SPORTS Oct. 9 Cal Poly at Montana State Oct. 16 Idaho at Eastern Washington Oct. 30 Southern Utah at Montana Nov. 20 Montana State at Montana ESPNU Oct. 2 Montana at Eastern Washington Oct. 15 Montana State at Weber State
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oerr Family Field, officially dedicated Feb. 2, 2018, is a "labor of love for all of us in the Cal Poly community," as Mustang Director of Athletics Don Oberhelman describes the $4.8 million facility. Named in honor of Richard A. and Kathleen M. Doerr, Doerr Family Field includes a state-of-the-art 140-yard synthetic-turf practice field, allowing room for football sled work, along with goalposts, lights, a flagpole, a scoreboard and two filming towers. The field is the primary practice facility for Mustang football, but also is being used by other athletics teams and Associated Students, Inc. Cal Poly Athletics, Cal Poly Corporation, Cal Poly Housing and Associated Students, Inc., collaborated on the project. Richard A. Doerr, who passed away on August 17, 2021, is a member of the Cal Poly Foundation Board of Directors. He received a bachelor's degree in physical education from Cal Poly in 1966 and played football for the Mustangs from 1964-66.
From left, Mike Larrabee, Scott Cooper, Jeff Jones, Richard Doerr, Kathleen Doerr, Tim Walsh, Steve Jones and Don Oberhelman at ribbon-cutting ceremony.
27 2021 Cal Poly Football Roster (Alphabetical) No. 72 59 16 24 64 36 4 58 13 18 61 7 9 38
Name Pos. Austin Anderson . . . . . . . . . . .OL Grant Anderson . . . . . . . . . . .LB Mitch Anderson . . . . . . . . . . .WR Logan Ast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RB Mason Barbour . . . . . . . . . . . .DL Christopher Bartolic . . . . . . . .K Mark Biggins . . . . . . . . . . . . .RB Thomas Bouda . . . . . . . . . . . .DL Spencer Brasch . . . . . . . . . . . .QB Michael Briscoe . . . . . . . . . . .WR Ethan Bronson . . . . . . . . . . . .OL Conor Bruce . . . . . . . . . . . . . .QB Evan Burkhart . . . . . . . . . . . .WR John Burns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB
Cl. *Fr. *Fr. *So. Fr. Fr. *Gr. *So. Fr. *So. *Fr. *Fr. *Jr. Fr. *Fr.
Ht. 6-5 6-1 6-0 6-1 6-4 6-0 5-10 6-3 6-4 6-2 6-3 6-0 5-10 6-3
Wt. 260 225 187 205 260 200 195 240 200 195 290 190 185 200
Exp. RS RS I HS HS TR II HS TR RS RS I TR RS
Hometown (Schools Attended) San Ramon, CA (California HS) Del Mar, CA (Torrey Pines HS) Whittier, CA (La Habra HS) Solvang, CA (Santa Ynez HS) Templeton, CA (Templeton HS) Newport Beach, CA (Corona del Mar HS/Orange Coast CC/Utah State) Bayview, CA (St. Ignatius Prep) Newport Beach, CA (Corona del Mar HS) Gilbert, AZ (Higley HS/California) Vacaville, CA (Vacaville HS) Victor, CA (Lodi HS) Bakersfield, CA (Garces Memorial HS) Bakersfield, CA (Stockdale HS/Arizona State) Mission Viejo, CA (Mission Viejo HS)
65 56 0 59 74 6 9 80 27 37 73 92 28 83 44
Payson Campisano . . . . . . . . .OL Myles Cecil . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DE Zedakiah Centers . . . . . . . . . .WR Tyler Charbonneau . . . . . . . . .OL Kyle Christensen . . . . . . . . . .OL Chris Coleman . . . . . . . . . . . .WR Aaron Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB Josh Cuevas . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TE Brandon Davis . . . . . . . . . . . .DB Mason Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . .K Nicolo DiFronzo . . . . . . . . . . .OL Ian Dong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DL Chuby Dunu . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RB Sky Ellis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DL Aarmon Euwing . . . . . . . . . . .LB
*So. *Sr. *Fr. Fr. *Fr. *Gr. *Sr. Fr. *Sr. *Sr. *Sr. *Fr. *Sr. Fr. *Sr.
6-4 6-3 5-11 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-2 6-5 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-4 5-11 6-6 5-11
265 285 170 275 275 230 208 245 190 180 275 245 188 255 215
I III RS HS RS TR III HS III I III RS IIII HS SQ
San Diego, CA (Torrey Pines HS) Panorama City, CA (La Salle HS) Anaheim, CA (Servite HS) Concord, CA (Clayton Valley Charter HS) Auburn, CA (Placer HS) Bakersfield, CA (Garces Memorial HS/Fresno State) Lancaster, CA (Paraclete HS) Los Angeles, CA (Campbell Hall HS) Roseville, CA (Woodcreek HS) Durham, CA (Durham HS) Newbury Park, CA (Oaks Christian HS) Cupertino, CA (Cupertino HS) Clovis, CA (Buchanan HS) Aliso Viejo, CA (Aliso Niguel HS) Sacramento, CA (Christian Bros. HS/Sacramento CC)
4 76 10 85 42 93 31 29 33 19 79 8 81 47 46 32 51 26 8
Jojo Falo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DL Vatulele Finau . . . . . . . . . . . . .OL Freddie Gaines . . . . . . . . . . . .DB Cooper Gallaway . . . . . . . . . .LB Adam Garwood . . . . . . . . . . .RB Robbie Greer . . . . . . . . . . . . .DE Dustin Grein . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DE Tommy Griffin . . . . . . . . . . . .DB Brayden Groshart . . . . . . . . . .TE Zion Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RB Ryan Hannoun . . . . . . . . . . . .OL Shakobe Harper . . . . . . . . . . .RB Quentin Harrison . . . . . . . . . .TE Connor Heffler . . . . . . . . . . . .LB Josh Henderson . . . . . . . . . . .LB Zach Hernandez . . . . . . . . . . .DB Matthew Hoffman . . . . . . . . .K Jerry Huddleston . . . . . . . . . .DB Dawson Hurst . . . . . . . . . . . . .DB
*Jr. *Jr. *^Sr. *Fr. Fr. *Fr. *Jr. Fr. *Fr. Fr. *Fr. *So. *Sr. *Fr. *Fr. Sr. *So. Fr. *So.
6-2 6-2 6-1 6-1 5-10 6-6 6-1 6-2 6-3 5-8 6-5 5-7 6-2 5-11 6-2 6-0 6-5 6-2 6-0
280 270 215 205 187 250 215 195 240 167 270 185 195 215 200 185 180 170 195
III II II RS HS RS II HS RS HS RS SQ IIII RS RS RS SQ HS I
San Diego, CA (Madison HS/Air Force Prep) Lennox, CA (Serra HS) San Francisco, CA (St. Ignatius Prep/College of San Mateo) Coto de Caza, CA (Tesoro HS) Los Gatos, CA (Los Gatos HS) San Diego, CA (Westview HS) Turlock, CA (Turlock HS) Corona del Mar, CA (Corona del Mar HS) Nipomo, CA (Nipomo HS) Bakersfield, CA (Garces Memorial HS) Lancaster, CA (Paraclete HS) Long Beach, CA (Mater Dei Catholic HS) Chula Vista, CA (Bonita Vista HS) San Diego, CA (St. Augustine’s HS) Simi Valley, CA (Grace Brethren HS) Bakersfield, CA (Centennial HS/Bakersfield College) Danville, CA (Monte Vista HS) Antelope, CA (Antelope HS) Loomis, CA (Deo Oro HS)
1 62 11 5 35 87 15 5 68 69 57 30 71
Jamarri Jackson . . . . . . . . . . .DB Hunter Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OL Jaden Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .QB Je’kob Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB Jeremy Justice . . . . . . . . . . . .DB Evan King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WR Dylan Krauss . . . . . . . . . . . . .WR Lepi Lataimua . . . . . . . . . . . .RB Thomas Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . .K Carson Leedom . . . . . . . . . . .OL Ava Leota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OL Grady Liddell . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB Charles Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . .OL
*Sr. *So. Fr. Fr. *Fr. *Gr. *So. *Sr. *Jr. *Fr. Fr. *Fr. *So.
5-9 6-3 6-0 5-10 6-2 6-3 5-9 5-9 5-11 6-7 6-7 6-1 6-4
180 292 190 215 185 205 175 193 165 270 275 210 260
1 I HS HS RS TR I IIII I RS HS TR I
Sacramento, CA (Christian Bros. HS/Coll. of San Mateo/Northern Arizona) Stockton, CA (St. Mary’s HS/Rice) Oxnard, CA (Oxnard HS) Fresno, CA (Central HS) Apple Valley, CA (Apple Valley HS) Atherton, CA (Menlo School/California) Livermore, CA (Granada HS) San Bruno, CA (Serra HS) San Ramon, CA (Dougherty Valley HS) San Luis Obispo, CA (San Luis Obispo HS) San Diego, CA (Torrey Pines HS) Camarillo, CA (Camarillo HS/UCLA) San Luis Obispo, CA (San Luis Obispo HS)
55 27 21 28 77 2 51 54 22 94 40 43 50 3 37 19 99
Keith Marco . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OL Ben Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WR Caden McCloughan . . . . . . . .DB Dominick McCormack . . . . . .DB Campbell McHarg . . . . . . . . .OL D’Angelo McKenzie . . . . . . .DB Reed Mercer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB David Meyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB Christian Middleton . . . . . . . .DB Marcus Mifsud . . . . . . . . . . . .DL Timothy Miller . . . . . . . . . . . .LB Judaea Moon . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB Jake Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB Xavier Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . .WR Javon Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB Emeka Ndoh . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DE Josh Ngaluafe . . . . . . . . . . . . .DL
Fr. Fr. *Sr. Fr. Fr. *Jr. *Fr. *Fr. Fr. *Fr. *Jr. *So. Fr. *Jr. Fr. *Gr. Fr.
6-4 6-4 6-1 6-3 6-4 5-10 6-2 6-1 5-11 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-1 6-2
280 190 190 190 300 180 235 210 170 260 220 235 220 190 193 250 320
HS HS I HS HS II RS RS HS RS II I HS II HS TR HS
Redondo Beach, CA (Redondo Union HS) Oakland, CA (Bishop O’Dowd HS) San Jose, CA (Los Gatos HS/Foothill College) Visalia, CA (Redwood HS) Thousand Oaks, CA (Bishop Alemany HS) San Jose, CA (Valley Christian HS/Washington State) Sacramento, CA (Christian Brothers HS) Mission Viejo, CA (Mission Viejo HS) Camarillo, CA (Newbury Park HS) Campbell, CA (Bellarmine Prep) San Luis Obispo, CA (St. Joseph HS) San Jose, CA (Valley Christian HS) Stevenson Ranch, CA (Notre Dame HS) Winston-Salem, NC (Tracy (Calif.) HS) Newark, CA (Stellar Prep) Hanford, CA (Immanuel HS/DeAnza College/Fresno State) West Sacramento, CA (River City HS)
28 2021 Cal Poly Football Roster (Alphabetical) No. 84 67 6 77 90 13 7 17 1 14 14
Name Pos. DeMarcus Oandasan . . . . . . .TE Jaden Ohlsen . . . . . . . . . . . . .K Xavier Oliphant . . . . . . . . . . .DB Eli Otero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DL Michael Otterstedt . . . . . . . . .DL Trevor Owens . . . . . . . . . . . . .DB Laipeli Palu . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB Micah Pasion . . . . . . . . . . . . .TE Kahliq Paulette . . . . . . . . . . . .QB Jackson Pavitt . . . . . . . . . . . . .QB Elijah Ponder . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB
Cl. *Fr. Fr. *Fr. *Jr. Fr. *Sr. *Jr. *So. ^Fr. *Fr. *Fr.
Ht. 6-3 5-10 5-10 6-4 6-4 6-1 6-0 6-4 6-1 6-2 6-3
Wt. 235 165 175 295 240 200 222 230 175 190 200
Exp. RS HS RS I HS I II TR GS RS RS
Hometown (Schools Attended) Santa Clara, CA (Cupertino HS) Denver, CO (Regis Jesuit HS) Danville, CA (Monte Vista HS) El Dorado Hills, CA (Oak Ridge HS/American River College) Vacaville, CA (Vacaville HS) Chico, CA (Pleasant Valley HS/Butte College) Burlingame, CA (Burlingame HS/College of San Mateo) Ewa Beach, HI (Kamehameha HS/Fresno State) Converse, TX (Veterans Memorial HS) Calistoga, CA (Cardinal Newman HS) Pomona, CA (Bishop Amat HS)
23 12 89 34 41 86 25 60 85 39 63
Julian Reed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DB Kyle Reid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WR Justin Restani . . . . . . . . . . . . .WR Ryan Rivera . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TE Seth Robasciotti . . . . . . . . . . .TE Patrick Roberg . . . . . . . . . . . .TE Isaiah Robinson . . . . . . . . . . .DB Ethan Rodriguez . . . . . . . . . . .DL Michael Roth . . . . . . . . . . . . .WR Cruz Rubio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LS Kevin Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PK
Jr. *Sr. *So. *Jr. *Fr. *Fr. *Fr. *Fr. *Sr. *Fr. Fr.
6-2 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-1 6-3 6-4 5-11 6-0
185 210 170 240 240 225 198 270 210 210 185
RS III I II RS RS RS RS II RS HS
Sacramento, CA (Grant HS/American River College) Los Gatos, CA (Los Gatos HS) Sacramento, CA (Pleasant Grove HS) Tracy, CA (Kimball HS/Army Prep) Atascadero, CA (Atascadero HS) Newbury Park, CA (Oaks Christian HS) Los Angeles, CA (St. Bernard HS) Whittier, CA (Bishop Amat HS) Woodinville, WA (Woodinville HS) Anaheim, CA (Mater Dei Catholic HS) Fullerton, CA (Servite HS)
97 78 42 98 54 30 50 33 55 48 66 20 56
Elijah Satcher . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB Jonathan Serdinsky . . . . . . . . .OL Matt Shotwell . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB John Smolenski . . . . . . . . . . .DL Dominic Stellini-Splan . . . . . .OL Sam Stewart, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . .RB D.J. Stuckey . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OL Matthew Stuppiello III . . . . . .DB Kain Su’a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DL Drew Sulick . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB Bryant Thao . . . . . . . . . . . . . .K Corey Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . .DB Jake Trachtman . . . . . . . . . . . .OL
Fr. *Fr. *Sr. *Fr. *Sr. *So. *Sr. *Sr. *Sr. Fr. Fr. *Jr. Fr.
6-4 6-6 6-0 6-5 6-1 5-10 6-3 5-9 6-1 6-0 5-6 6-0 6-7
240 275 225 270 285 220 300 185 300 200 160 210 300
HS RS IIII RS I SQ III I III HS HS II HS
Crockett, CA (Salesian College Prep) Bakersfield, CA (Frontier HS) Goleta, CA (Bishop Diego HS) Phelan, CA (Serrano HS) Tracy, CA (Tracy HS/CC San Francisco) Bakersfield, CA (Liberty HS) Los Angeles, CA (Cathedral HS) San Diego, CA (Cathedral Catholic HS/Claremont Mudd Scripps) Moreno Valley, CA (Rancho Verde HS) Mission Viejo, CA (Santa Margarita Catholic HS) Clovis, CA (Clovis East HS) Upland, CA (Upland HS) Newport Beach, CA (Corona del Mar HS)
95 11 70 53 82 58 15 48 52 75 23 88 2 0
Antonio Vakameilalo . . . . . . .DL Fr. 6-1 270 HS Mountain View, CA (St. Francis HS) Lance Vecchio . . . . . . . . . . . .LB *Sr. 6-2 220 III Bellflower, CA (Villa Park HS) Mohab Wahdan . . . . . . . . . . . .OL *So. 6-4 290 I Cairo, Egypt (Torrey Pines HS) Hudson Walker . . . . . . . . . . . .DE *Fr. 6-4 245 RS Visalia, CA (Redwood HS) Legend Waring . . . . . . . . . . . .WR Fr. 6-0 175 HS Culver City, CA (Culver City HS) Garrett Weichman . . . . . . . . . .OL *Sr. 6-4 325 I Costa Mesa, CA (Edison HS/Orange Coast College) Bryce Weiner . . . . . . . . . . . . .QB Fr. 6-0 180 HS Fresno, CA (Bullard HS) Nick White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TE *Gr. 6-6 245 III Georgetown, CA (Golden Sierra HS) Fenton Will . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB *Sr. 6-0 225 III Santa Maria, CA (St. Joseph HS) Wade Willet . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OL *Sr. 6-5 290 III Brentwood, CA (De La Salle HS) Kyrie Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . .WR *Fr. 5-11 165 RS Oxnard, CA (Pacifica HS) CJ Woods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TE *Fr. 6-4 230 RS Long Beach, CA (Brentwood School) Giancarlo Woods . . . . . . . . . .WR *Fr. 6-2 198 RS Santa Rosa, CA (Cardinal Newman HS) Dylan Wyatt . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DB *Jr. 6-0 180 TR Albany, CA (Saint Mary’s HS/Illinois) *Has utilized his redshirt year ^Has utilized a grayshirt year +Granted medical redshirt
2021 Cal Poly Football Roster (Numerical) No. 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 11 11 12 13 13
Name Pos. Zedakiah Centers . . . . .WR Dylan Wyatt . . . . . . . . .DB Kahliq Paulette . . . . . . .QB Jamarri Jackson . . . . . .DB Giancarlo Woods . . . . .WR D’Angelo McKenzie . .DB Xavier Moore . . . . . . .WR Mark Biggins . . . . . . . .RB Jojo Falo . . . . . . . . . . . .DL Lepi Lataimua . . . . . . . .RB Je’kob Jones . . . . . . . . .LB Chris Coleman . . . . . . .WR Xavier Oliphant . . . . . .DB Conor Bruce . . . . . . . . .QB Laipeli Palu . . . . . . . . . .LB Shakobe Harper . . . . . .RB Dawson Hurst . . . . . . . .DB Aaron Cooper . . . . . . . .LB Evan Burkhart . . . . . . .WR Freddie Gaines . . . . . . .DB Jaden Jones . . . . . . . . . .QB Lance Vecchio . . . . . . . .LB Kyle Reid . . . . . . . . . . .WR Spencer Brasch . . . . . . .QB Trevor Owens . . . . . . . .DB
No. 14 14 15 15 16 17 18 19 19 20 21 22 23 23 24 25 26 27 27 28 28 29 30 30 31 32
Name Pos. Jackson Pavitt . . . . . . . .QB Elijah Ponder . . . . . . . .LB Bryce Weiner . . . . . . . .QB Dylan Krauss . . . . . . . .WR Mitch Anderson . . . . . .WR Micah Pasion . . . . . . . . .TE Michael Briscoe . . . . . .WR Zion Hall . . . . . . . . . . . .RB Emeka Ndoh . . . . . . . . .DE Corey Thomas . . . . . . .DB Caden McCloughan . . .DB Christian Middleton . . .DB Kyrie Wilson . . . . . . . .WR Julian Reed . . . . . . . . . .DB Logan Ast . . . . . . . . . . .RB Isaiah Robinson . . . . . .DB Jerry Huddleston . . . . .DB Ben Martin . . . . . . . . . .WR Brandon Davis . . . . . . .DB Chuby Dunu . . . . . . . . .RB Dominick McCormack .DB Tommy Griffin . . . . . . .DB Sam Stewart, Jr. . . . . . .RB Grady Liddell . . . . . . . .LB Dustin Grein . . . . . . . . .DE Zach Hernandez . . . . . .DB
No. 33 33 34 35 36 37 37 38 39 40 41 42 42 43 44 46 47 48 48 50 50 51 51 52 53
Name Pos. Brayden Groshart . . . . .TE Matthew Stuppiello III .DB Ryan Rivera . . . . . . . . . .TE Jeremy Justice . . . . . . .DB Christopher Bartolic . . . .K Mason Davis . . . . . . . . . .K Javon Murphy . . . . . . . .LB John Burns . . . . . . . . . .LB Cruz Rubio . . . . . . . . . .LS Timothy Miller . . . . . . .LB Seth Robasciotti . . . . . .TE Adam Garwood . . . . . .RB Matt Shotwell . . . . . . . .LB Judaea Moon . . . . . . . . .LB Aarmon Euwing . . . . . .LB Josh Henderson . . . . . . .LB Connor Heffler . . . . . . .LB Nick White . . . . . . . . . .TE Drew Sulick . . . . . . . . .LB D.J. Stuckey . . . . . . . . .OL Jake Moore . . . . . . . . . .LB Reed Mercer . . . . . . . . .LB Matthew Hoffman . . . . . .K Fenton Will . . . . . . . . . .LB Hudson Walker . . . . . . .DE
No. 54 54 55 55 56 56 57 58 58 59 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74
Name Pos. Dominic Stellini-Splan .OL David Meyer . . . . . . . . .LB Keith Marco . . . . . . . . .OL Kain Su’a . . . . . . . . . . .DL Jake Trachtman . . . . . . .OL Myles Cecil . . . . . . . . . .DE Ava Leota . . . . . . . . . . .OL Garrett Weichman . . . . .OL Thomas Bouda . . . . . . .DL Tyler Charbonneau . . . .OL Grant Anderson . . . . . . .LB Ethan Rodriguez . . . . . .DL Ethan Bronson . . . . . . .OL Hunter Jones . . . . . . . . .OL Kevin Ryan . . . . . . . . . .PK Mason Barbour . . . . . . .DL Payson Campisano . . . .OL Bryant Thao . . . . . . . . . . .K Jaden Ohlsen . . . . . . . . . .K Thomas Lee . . . . . . . . . . .K Carson Leedom . . . . . . .OL Mohab Wahdan . . . . . . .OL Charles Lincoln . . . . . .OL Austin Anderson . . . . . .OL Nicolo DiFronzo . . . . . .OL Kyle Christensen . . . . .OL
No. 75 76 77 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 85 86 87 88 89 90 92 93 94 95 97 98 99
Name Pos. Wade Willet . . . . . . . . .OL Vatulele Finau . . . . . . . .OL Campbell McHarg . . . .OL Eli Otero . . . . . . . . . . . .DL Jonathan Serdinsky . . . .OL Ryan Hannoun . . . . . . .OL Josh Cuevas . . . . . . . . . .TE Quentin Harrison . . . . . .TE Legend Waring . . . . . .WR Sky Ellis . . . . . . . . . . . .DL DeMarcus Oandasan . . .TE Michael Roth . . . . . . . .WR Cooper Gallaway . . . . .LB Patrick Roberg . . . . . . . .TE Evan King . . . . . . . . . .WR CJ Woods . . . . . . . . . . .TE Justin Restani . . . . . . . .WR Michael Otterstedt . . . .DL Ian Dong . . . . . . . . . . . .DL Robbie Greer . . . . . . . .DE Marcus Mifsud . . . . . . .DL Antonio Vakameilalo . .DL Elijah Satcher . . . . . . . .LB John Smolenski . . . . . . .DL Josh Ngaluafe . . . . . . . .DL
29 2021 Cal Poly Fall Depth Chart Defense
Offense X-Back (Wide Receiver) 6 Chris Coleman 5-11 18 Michael Briscoe 6-2
186 195
Left Tackle 72 Austin Anderson 69 Carson Leedom
260 270
6-5 6-7
Y-Back (Tight End) 34 Ryan Rivera 85 Michael Roth 81 Quentin Harrison 17 Micah Pasion 48 Nick White
320 295
Fr. Jr.
Sr. So.
Defensive End 11 Lance Vecchio 19 Emeka Ndoh
6-2 6-1
215 250
Sr. Gr.
295 290
Sr. RFr.
Outside Linebacker 9 Aaron Cooper 54 David Meyer
6-2 6-1
210 210
Sr. RFr.
6-3 6-4
F-Back (Slot Receiver) 0 Zedakiah Centers 5-11 9 Evan Burkhart 5-10
6-2 6-4
315 295
Right Guard 50 D.J. Stuckey 70 Mohab Wahdan
5-9 6-0 5-10
Defensive Tackle 99 Josh Ngaluafe 77 Eli Otero
Sr. RFr.
6-3 6-3
Running Back 5 Lepi Lataimua 28 Chuby Dunu 42 Adam Garwood
RFr. RFr.
285 270
Center 73 Nicolo DiFronzo 62 Hunter Jones
6-1 6-4 6-1 6-2 6-0 6-0
RFr. Jr.
6-3 6-5
300 280
Quarterback 7 Conor Bruce OR 13 Spencer Brasch OR 1 Khaliq Paulette 14 Jackson Pavitt 15 Bryce Weiner 11 Jaden Jones
200 230
Sr. Jr.
6-6 6-2
6-4 6-4
6-3 6-2
Nose Tackle 56 Myles Cecil 98 John Smolenski
Left Guard 75 Wade Willet 76 Vatulele Finau
Right Tackle 71 Charles Lincoln 65 Payson Campisano
Gr. RFr.
Defensive End 14 Elijah Ponder 31 Dustin Grein
290 285 195 200 175 190 180 175 185 195 187 170 180
So. So. Jr. So. Fr. RFr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Fr. RFr. RFr.
6-3 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-6
240 225 200 225 245
Jr. Sr. Sr. So. Gr.
Z-Back (Wide Receiver) 3 Xavier Moore 6-1 2 Giancarlo Woods 6-2
190 198
Jr. RFr.
Inside Linebacker 43 Judaea Moon 7 Laipeli Palu Will Linebacker 42 Matt Shotwell 44 Aarmon Euwing Left Cornerback 0 Dylan Wyatt 26 Jerry Huddleston Left Safety 8 Dawson Hurst 29 Tommy Griffin
6-0 6-0 6-0 5-11 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-2
235 222 230 215 180 170 195 195
So. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Fr. So. Fr.
Right Safety 25 Isaiah Robinson 6-1 28 Dominick McCormack 6-3
198 190
RFr. Fr.
Right Cornerback 13 Trevor Owens 6-1 22 Christian Middleton 5-11
200 170
Sr. Fr.
Special Teams Kickoffs 63 Kevin Ryan 6-0 67 Jaden Ohlsen 5-10 68 Thomas Lee 5-11 37 Mason Davis 6-0
185 165 178 170
Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr.
Placekicker (PAT, FG) 67 Jaden Ohlsen 63 Kevin Ryan 37 Mason Davis 68 Thomas Lee
5-10 6-0 6-0 5-11
165 185 170 178
Fr. Fr. Sr. Jr.
Punter 36 Christopher Bartolic 6-0 67 Jaden Ohlsen 5-10 37 Mason Davis 6-0 68 Thomas Lee 5-11
200 165 170 178
Gr. Fr. Sr. Jr.
Holder 12 Kyle Reid 6-1 13 Spencer Brasch OR 6-4 36 Christopher Bartolic 6-0
210 200 200
Sr. So. Gr.
Short Snapper 39 Cruz Rubio 48 Nick White
5-11 6-6
210 245
RFr. Gr.
Long Snapper 39 Cruz Rubio 48 Nick White
5-11 6-6
210 245
RFr. Gr.
Punt Returns 2 Giancarlo Woods 29 Tommy Griffin
6-2 6-2
198 195
RFr. Fr.
Kickoff Returns 5 Lepi Lataimua 81 Quentin Harrison
5-9 6-3
185 200
Sr. Sr.
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or several months, due to COVID19 pandemic restrictions, the Cal Poly football team did not have a fully equipped strength and conditioning facility.
Myles Cecil recorded nine tackles, including a sack, and enters his senior season with 83 career tackles, 4.5 of them sacks.
The weight room inside Mott Athletics Center was shut down via San Luis Obispo County Public Health protocols. Some players assembled in front of Mott Athletics Center to use some equipment hauled outside from the weight room. Others performed their workouts at home, either in the San Luis Obispo area or back in their hometown. As a result, the Mustangs were not fully prepared for the six-game 2021 spring Big Sky Conference schedule that replaced the canceled 2020 fall season, resulting in numerous injuries and the cancellation of the final three games. Cal Poly went 0-3 in the first three contests, outscored 169-58 in Beau Baldwin's first three games as head coach of the Mustangs. Today, the mood is much more upbeat. More than a year after the pandemic hit, a large tent was erected on one of the tennis courts behind Mott Athletics Center and the county approved the resumption of weightlifting and strength and conditioning activities inside the tent under the direction of Mustang strength and conditioning assistant Jordan Davis. "We have made some huge steps forward since April 1," said Baldwin. "For the first time in 14 months, we were truly in the weight room consistently. We never had what was made available to us in April, May and June. We had guys working out in front of Mott before the tent was constructed, guys working out remotely, whether here or at their parents' home. "It was different from state to state," Baldwin added. "They didn't close down weight rooms in some other states that have Big Sky teams, which put us at a big disadvantage. Today, you definitely can see the difference, having 10 straight weeks with these guys in the weight room." Baldwin was not finished, as he looked ahead to the start of Fall Camp on August 6 and a full 11-game schedule that begins with San Diego and Fresno State on the road, the home opener Sept. 18 against South Dakota and an eight-game Big Sky slate beginning at Montana on Sept. 25. "I am so excited about the work the players
have put in during the offseason," Baldwin said. "These guys have gone above and beyond. The continuation of where they left off in the spring is continuing to grow in the summer. You're going to see a different level of strength and muscle endurance and the ability to sustain your strength into the third and fourth quarters. "I think you're going to see a different level of strength and muscle endurance in the fall," Baldwin added. "The uncertainty of 2020 definitely was hard, no doubt about that, but if we were in the weight room four days a week, we'd have been in a much different place. The biggest lack of was the foundation. We never built an offseason foundation. "Games are won from January to August. You only practice 15 times in the spring. That leaves 200-plus days. What does that mean? It means all that weight room time, all that strength and conditioning. The consistency we've had this offseason will help us." Aside from major vacancies at quarterback, running back and cornerback plus the shuffling of offensive linemen and wide receivers, Baldwin identified another focal point in the coming months. "We need to focus on a better true feel for
what our identity is going to be on both sides of the ball," Baldwin said. "Having no real offseason, no spring ball and we were kind of experimenting, trying to figure out what works. "Now the thing we have to establish is, good bad or indifferent, that everyone is clued in 100 percent on who we are, what we are, why we are doing this," Baldwin added. "That is a big emphasis so that there is no question as we go into Fall Camp." While the Mustang roster features 64 returning lettermen, including 13 starters on each side of the ball, and seven transfers from Division I Football Bowl Subdivision schools, Baldwin and his coaching staff needs to decide on a new quarterback, regain some depth within the injury-riddled corps of running backs, shuffle around the offensive linemen and wide receivers, settle on where to play Aaron Cooper, refill the cornerback position and find a replacement for a departed kicker. A look at each position: Quarterback Mustang fans won't see Jalen Hamler calling the plays this fall, He has transferred to San
31 2021 Fall Season Preview Xavier Moore splits the defense for a long gain against Oregon State in 2019 season.
Jose State. Hamler's backup last fall, Kyle Reid, has moved to a wide receiver spot. Hunter Raquet has moved on to Jacksonville State.
28 scores and rushed for 1,200 yards on 121 carries (9.5 yards per carry) and 17 touchdowns.
Conor Bruce, who has completed one pass for 11 yards in his Cal Poly career, enters Fall Camp No. 1 on the depth chart.
True freshmen Bryce Weiner of Bullard High School in Fresno and Jaden Jones of Oxnard High School round out the group of players at quarterback.
"It's going to look quite a bit different at quarterback," said Baldwin. "I'm excited to have Conor back, adding a consistent staple to what we're doing and he's such an incredible teammate as well. I have a ton of respect for how he handles situations that sometimes aren't the easiest to handle at a position where a guy can play.
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"With that being said, I am definitely excited about the group of guys coming in and how that surfaces out 100 percent playing on the field. In some ways, it's wide open. It's as open as any position, put it that way." Jackson Pavitt from Cardinal Newman High School was a redshirt last year. He passed for over 5,200 yards and 60 touchdowns in his last two varsity seasons, leading the Cardinals to a pair of CIF-North Coast Section division titles and the state Division 3-AA crown in 2019.
Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 Nov. 20
Weiner completed 70 of 116 passes for 1,015 yards and 11 touchdowns in five games as a junior, missing several games due to a broken thumb. Jones completed 108 of 149 passes (72.5 percent) for 1,924 yards and 22 touchdowns during his junior campaign in CAL POLY SCHEDULE 2019 at Oxnard.
at U. San Diego . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:05 p.m. at Fresno State . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:05 p.m. SOUTH DAKOTA . . . . . . . . . . . .5:05 p.m. *at Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12:05 p.m. *^WEBER STATE . . . . . . . . . . . .5:05 p.m. *at Montana State . . . . . . . . . . . .1:05 p.m. Bye *+&UC DAVIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:05 p.m. *at Portland State . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:05 p.m. *at Sacramento State . . . . . . . . . .6:05 p.m. *IDAHO STATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:05 p.m. *NORTHERN ARIZONA . . . . . . .5:05 p.m.
*Big Sky Game +Battle for the Golden Horseshoe &Mustang Family Weekend ^Homecoming All Times Pacific and Subject to Change
Spencer Brasch has spent the last 2 1/2 seasons at Cal, playing two games in 2019 against Utah and Oregon State, after completing 359 of 602 passes for 5,522 yards with 78 touchdown passes and 13 interceptions over his final two prep seasons at Higley High School in Gilbert, Ariz., as a 2017 junior and 2018 senior. Kahliq Paulette was a redshirt and spent the year back at his home in Converse, Texas. The Veterans Memorial High School graduate accounted for over 3,700 yards of offense and 45 touchdowns in 2019 as he completed 117 of 221 passes (53 percent) for 2,500 yards and
A six-man quarterback controversy? "Quarterback competition is a good thing," said Baldwin. "We don't look at it as a controversy." Wide Receiver Topping the depth chart at the three wide receiver positions heading into the fall are converted tight end Michael Roth at X, Xavier Moore at Z and Zedakiah Centers at F.
Moore made three catches in the spring and caught a touchdown pass for Cal Poly's only points against Oregon State in 2019. Centers caught eight passes and Roth added four. Quentin Harrison, who led the team with 10 catches, two for touchdowns, has moved to the tight end spot. "I am excited about the growth that we made from the start of spring to the end, and we will see more growth with the true offseason strength and conditioning program. It is going to show up big in that position, like with any position," said Baldwin.
32 2021 Fall Season Preview "The players are getting a better understanding of an offense that is way different from what they were involved in before," Baldwin added. "As a group, it's going to be very competitive between the guys returning -- we saw gains from all of them -- and the incoming recruits. It's going to look quite a bit different."
Nicolo DiFronzo will be Cal Poly’s center for the second year in a row after playing at one of the guard positions in his first
Running Back Duy Tran-Sampson, Mark Biggins and CJ Cole all suffered injuries in last spring's shortened season. Tran-Sampson, a 1,000yard rusher in 2019, and Cole, a Santa Maria St. Joseph High School graduate who was a 1,000-yard rusher as a senior and caught 64 passes as a junior, have retired from football due to their injuries. "I feel for Duy because he put in such great work here and is such a great person off the field along with being such a great Mustang on the field," said Baldwin. "I just wish him nothing but the best in his future endeavors and thank him for everything he gave to the program."
Seniors Lepi Lataimua (143 rushing yards in three games last spring) and Chuby Dunu (100 yards) along with Biggins head the list of returnees this fall at a position which was overloaded with potential candidates a year ago from the Triple Option offense which featured two slot backs and a fullback. "We dealt with a lot of injuries at running back which was unfortunate," said Baldwin. "When we got here, there were a large number of guys. I'm just excited to see the freshness of that group, those guys coming back from injury and coming back healthy and some faces that we really didn't get a chance to see what they can do.
Quentin Harrison is the top returning receiver, grabbing 17 receptions, five for touchdowns, as a junior in 2019 and 10 more catches, two for scores, in 2020-21 spring season. He moves to tight end this fall for final season.
"To see them working out in the weight room and see them coming back from injury and see them getting their bodies to the place where they need to be ... it excites me to see the competition at that position." Other candidates for ball-carrying duties this fall include returnees Shakobe Harper and
Sam Stewart Jr., both of whom didn't play at all last spring, along with newcomers Logan Ast from Santa Ynez High School and Adam Garwood from Los Gatos High School. Ast rushed for over 1,000 yards and caught 29 passes in his last two seasons with the Pirates while Garwood, whose dad Alex was an AllAmerica West Conference linebacker at Cal Poly in 1995, rushed for 2,046 yards and 34 touchdowns in 23 career varsity games. Tight End A position that was virtually non-existent in the Triple Option offense of a couple years ago, there are 13 tight ends on Cal Poly's preseason roster for the 2021 season. Quentin Harrison moves from wide receiver to try his lot at tight end while Michael Roth vacates his spot within the tight ends group and challenges for the starting nod at wide receiver. Harrison made 10 catches in three spring games, two for touchdowns, and was Cal Poly's No. 2 receiver behind J.J. Koski
33 2021 Fall Season Preview Brandon Davis makes one of his 14 tackles of the 2020-21 spring season. He also returned an interception 55 yards for a touchdown against UC Davis.
from Rice, at center, junior Mohab Wahdan at right guard and sophomore Payson Campisano at right tackle. Defensive Line Senior nose tackle Myles Cecil and tackle Jojo Falo head the pool of candidates on the defensive front. Cecil made 39 tackles in 2018, 35 in 2019 and added nine more in three games last spring, giving him 83 total tackles heading into his final season as a Mustang. Falo suffered a season-ending injury in the 2019 opener against San Diego and rebounded to play in all three games during the spring, notching three tackles. Senior Eli Otero will back up Cecil and redshirt freshman John Smolenski sits behind Falo at tackle on the preseason depth chart.
(now with the Los Angeles Rams) in 2019 with 17 receptions and five scores.
A pair of redshirt freshmen will do battle for the starting nod at defensive end. Elijah Ponder made three tackles in three spring games a few months ago while Smolenski added four stops, also in three contests. Ponder notched 57 stops as a senior at Bishop Amat in 2019 while Smolenski garnered 69 tackles, including nine for lost yardage and five sacks, as a senior at Serrano High School, also in 2019.
Senior Nick White and junior Ryan Rivera will challenge Harrison. "A work in progress," Baldwin said of the tight ends. "It was a position that (two years ago) really didn't exist in the way that we're going to use it. I'm excited about the growth the guys have made in that position and it's another position where you're going to see a lot of new guys stepping in and taking us to another level at that spot." Offensive Line Four of the five starters last spring return for a full 11-game schedule this fall. Senior Nicolo DiFronzo will snap the ball while the No. 1 guards on the preseason depth chart -- senior Wade Willet at left guard and senior De'Jon Stuckey on the right side -- return as well. San Luis Obispo High School graduate Charles Lincoln, who started all three game in the spring, moves from left tackle to right tackle. Austin Anderson and Carson Leedom, both redshirt freshmen, battle for the starting nod at left tackle. Leedom also is a San Luis Obispo High School graduate. The offensive linemen likely face the most changes in the switch from Tim Walsh's Triple Option to the multiple-formation offense of Beau Baldwin. "Any position on offense became a drastic change from what they are doing offensively today compared to what they were doing before," said Baldwin. "The offensive linemen, you could argue, might have been impacted the most in terms of pass protection, zone blocking and other differences. Ultimately it will be how bad they want to feel that change, to feel that difference, and it has been very impressive so far." Other strong candidates along the offensive front include junior Vatulele Finau at left guard, sophomore Hunter Jones, the transfer
Matt Shotwell, Cal Poly’s leader with 90 tackles as a sophomore in 2018, 89 stops in 2019 and 34 in three spring games, returns for his sixth year with the Mustang football team.
34 2021 Fall Season Preview "This is a a group that definitely, with some of the steps we took last year, will be the foundation of our defense," said Baldwin. "Everything is going to start up front for us and we're going to play to the level that the defensive line takes us."
than we have in recent years," said Baldwin. "Those two outside linebacker spots will look different that what they've looked like before. We're going to count on the outside backers to get added pressure on the quarterback."
Outside Linebacker
Assigned those duties will be seniors Aaron Cooper and Lance Vecchio at Sam and junior Dustin Grein at Rush. Cooper made 20 tackles and intercepted a pass in three spring games while Vecchio added 19 stops, including a sack. Grein recorded 14 tackles, three for lost yardage, and forced two fumbles, recovering one of them.
Mustang fans yearn for the days when Buck Buchanan Award winners Jordan Beck
Inside Linebacker Sixth-year senior Matt Shotwell, one of seven Mustangs who were forced to take no classes and not practice or work out with the football team in the spring quarter in order to preserve one final playing season with a full 11-game schedule this fall, headlines an experienced group of inside linebackers. Listed No. 1 at Will, Shotwell led the Mustangs for the third straight year in tackles last spring, making 18 solo stops and 16 assisted tackles for 34 total. He enters his final Mustang season with 217 career tackles, No. 17 in Cal Poly's record book. Senior Laipeli Palu, who missed the spring season due to injury, is listed No. 1 at Mike. The backups include junior Timothy Miller at Mike and seniors Fenton Will and Aarmon Euwing at Will.
Aaron Cooper was third on the Mustang defense with 67 tackles (37 solo) as an inside linebacker in 2019. He moved to the outside and garnered 20 tackles (13 solo) last spring. (2001-04), Chris Gocong (2001, 2003-05) and Kyle Shotwell (2003-06) along with AllAmerican Chris White (2003-06) combined for 93.5 sacks in their careers. Averaging 51 sacks a season during the Beck-Gocong-Shotwell-White era (200306), Cal Poly has been able to record 20 or more sacks in a season just once since 2011. That is expected to change under Baldwin's tutelage. "We've added some length, got some guys who will rush the passer at a higher level
"This is a competitive position, especially with Shotty coming back and a lot of other guys in that world," said Baldwin. "Unfortunately, you can have only two of them on the field. We will have great depth at that position and some great competition from Day 1 in camp." Cornerback This is an area in which several of the younger Mustangs gained considerable experience, even if the spring season was called after three games. Isaiah Jernagin recorded 16 tackles and broke up three passes, Xavier Oliphant added nine stops and returned an interception 53 yards against Eastern Washington, Jamarri Jackson produced four tackles, Dawson Hurst added two stops and Julian Reed earned three tackles.
Lepi Lataimua was Cal Poly’s top rusher during the three-game 2020-21 spring season, netting 143 yards. "We saw some growth out of a couple of our young corners, which excites me," said Baldwin. "A lot of the corners that were playing last year were somewhat new and hadn't played a lot of snaps before. The jumps are going to be enormous from where they were in the shortened 2020-21 spring season to where we are in the full season in 2021." Safeties Compared to the cornerbacks, the safeties have more experience, led by Brandon Davis and Matthew Stuppiello III at field safety and Freddie Gaines and Caden McCloughan at boundary safety. All four are seniors. Davis made 14 tackles and returned an interception 55 yards for a touchdown against UC Davis while McCloughan notched two tackles and Stuppiello one. Gaines missed the spring slate due to injury. There are some youngsters in the group as well, including redshirt freshmen Isaiah Robinson (11 tackles in the spring) and John Burns (five tackles, one blocked kick) and junior Corey Thomas (five tackles). "Safety is a position where we have a lot of experience compared to some other posi-
35 2021 Fall Season Preview conference games on the road at Montana, Montana State, Portland State and Sacramento State.
tions, guys who have played a lot of football," said Baldwin. "That's going to show up this fall. You go like your D-line goes, yes, but you also depend a lot of times on your cornerbacks and safeties in the back end.
"It's an extremely challenging schedule, but we're excited about the opportunity to play," said Baldwin, hired in December 2019 as Cal Poly's 17th head football coach. "There are some really competitive games at Spanos Stadium and we're going to some tough places on the road as well.
"To have the experience back there is going to pay dividends," Baldwin added. "A lot of those guy are not only going to be contributors on defense, but also play a big part on special teams. Usually your safeties are on special teams."
"We're going to have our hands full," Baldwin added.
Special Teams
With 39 newcomers on the preseason roster and 29 players who were redshirts or grayshirts last year, a lot of young talent may get a chance to display their talent on the field quickly this fall.
Speaking of special teams, Colton Theaker, Cal Poly's primary kicker for two seasons, has entered the Transfer Portal, leaving competition "between a bunch of young guys at the kicker positions," Baldwin said. Senior Mason Davis likely will handle placekicking and punting duties and also could serve as the holder. Junior Thomas Lee could handle kickoffs.
Lance Vecchio forced a fumble in the end zone against UC Davis last spring, finishing the year third on the team with 19 tackles.
Cruz Rubio replaces Sawyer Sobelman as Cal Poly's long snapper, backed up by Micah Pasion, a transfer from Fresno State.
Sept. 11 game at Fresno State and five home games.
Returning kickoffs will be Hurst and Lataimua while Oliphant and Giancarlo Woods will share punt return duties.
The Mustangs and Bulldogs will meet in Bulldog Stadium for the first time since 2013 and will play four Big Sky Conference games at home, hosting Weber State, UC Davis, Idaho State and Northern Arizona.
Schedule Highlighting Cal Poly’s 2021 schedule is a
The 2021 Cal Poly football schedule also includes a home date with South Dakota and
"Guys have been more ready to play than they have been in the past at a young age," said Baldwin. "High school programs are at a different level, both in offseason training and the programs themselves are at a level to where that young guy might be in a better position to come in and play early compared to the way it was before. "Obviously, experienced guys should have an edge, but having experience doesn't just give you a ticket to play in front of somebody else," Baldwin added. "The large number of newcomers won't impact our camp. In terms of what you coach, you adjust as you go, but it won't impact the way we run our fall camp."
2020-21 Cal Poly Season Highs Individual
Rushes 13, Lepi Lataimua vs. UC Davis, March 20 13, Lepi Lataimua vs. Eastern Washington, March 27 13, Chuby Dunu vs. Eastern Washington, March 27 Yards Rushing 63, Chuby Dunu vs. Eastern Washington, March 27 TD Rushes 1, CJ Cole vs. UC Davis, March 20 Long Rush 27, Hunter Raquet vs. E. Washington, March 27 (no TD) Pass Attempts 35, Jalen Hamler vs. Southern Utah, March 13 Pass Completions 23, Jalen Hamler vs. Southern Utah, March 13 Yards Passing 277, Jalen Hamler vs. Southern Utah, March 13 Touchdown Passes 3, Jalen Hamler vs. Southern Utah, March 13 Long Pass 42, Jalen Hamler to Quentin Harrison vs. Southern Utah, March 13 (TD) Receptions 6, Mitch Anderson vs. Southern Utah, March 13 Yards Receiving 66, Quentin Harrison vs. Southern Utah, March 13 Touchdown Receptions 2, Quentin Harrison vs. Southern Utah, March 13 Field Goals 1, Colton Theaker vs. Southern Utah, March 13 1, Colton Theaker vs. UC Davis, March 20 1, Colton Theaker vs. Eastern Washington, March 27
Long Field Goal 39, Colton Theaker vs. Southern Utah, March 13 39, Colton Theaker vs. Eastern Washington, March 27 Punts 5, Mason Davis vs. UC Davis, March 20 5, Mason Davis vs. Eastern Washington, March 27 Long Punt 41, Michael Roth vs. UC Davis, March 20 Long Punt Return 22, John Burns vs. Eastern Washington, March 27 Long Kickoff Return 32, CJ Cole vs. Southern Utah, March 13 Tackles 14, Matt Shotwell vs. Eastern Washington, March 27 Sacks 1.0, Myles Cecil vs. Southern Utah, March 13 1.0, Lance Vecchio vs. UC Davis, March 20 Interceptions 1, Brandon Davis vs. UC Davis, March 20 1, Aaron Cooper vs. UC Davis, March 20 1, Xavier Oliphant vs. Eastern Washington, March 27 Pass Breakups 1, Ten times Quarterback Hurries 1, Caden McCloughan vs. Eastern Washington, March 27
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Rushes: 49 vs. UC Davis, March 20 Yards Rushing: 168 vs. Eastern Washington, March 27 Yards per Rush: 3.7 vs. Eastern Washington, March 27 TD Rushes: 1 vs. UC Davis, March 20 Pass Attempts: 36 vs. Southern Utah, March 13
Pass Completions: 23 vs. Southern Utah, March 13 Yards Passing: 277 vs. Southern Utah, March 13 Yards Per Catch: 13.1 vs. UC Davis, March 20 TD Passes: 3 vs. Southern Utah, March 13 Interceptions Thrown: 1 vs. Southern Utah, March 13 1 vs. UC Davis, March 20 1 vs. Eastern Washington, March 27 Total Plays: 81 vs. UC Davis, March 20 Total Offense: 319 vs. Southern Utah, March 13 Yards Per Play: 4.6 vs. Southern Utah, March 13 Points: 24 vs. Southern Utah, March 13 24 vs. UC Davis, March 20 Punts: 5 vs. UC Davis, March 20 5 vs. Eastern Washington, March 27 Kickoffs: 5 vs. UC Davis, March 20 Sacks by: 1 vs. Southern Utah, March 13 1 vs. UC Davis, March 20 First Downs: 19 vs. Southern Utah, March 13 Penalties: 5 vs. Southern Utah, March 13 Penalty Yards: 35 vs. Southern Utah, March 13 Turnovers: 2 vs. Eastern Washington, March 27 Fumbles: 2 vs. Eastern Washington, March 27 Fumbles Lost: 1 vs. Eastern Washington, March 27 Fumbles Recovered: 1 vs. Southern Utah, March 13 1 vs. UC Davis, March 20 Interceptions: 2 vs. UC Davis, March 20 Pass Breakups: 4 vs. Southern Utah, March 13 4 vs. Eastern Washington, March 27 Opp. Interceptions: 1 vs. Southern Utah, March 13 1 vs. UC Davis, March 20 1 vs. Eastern Washington, March 27 Quarterback Hurries: 1 vs. Eastern Washington, March 27 Time of Possession: 29:46 vs. UC Davis, March 20
36 Head Coach Beau Baldwin
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eau Baldwin, who coached Eastern Washington to the 2010 NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision national title and has served as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Cal the last three seasons, became Cal Poly's 17th head football coach on December 11, 2019.
"More than anything, I am just humbled and honored to be a part of the Mustang family and to be a part of a culture of commitment and history that is rich both on and off the field," said Baldwin. "With the coaches and former student-athletes who were here before me, they set an amazing foundation that allows for the opportunity for myself and the program to keep moving in a great direction.
"Beau is someone I have known and respected for a very long time, and I am so pleased that he is now a member of the Mustang Family," said Cal Poly Director of Athletics Don Oberhelman.
"I'd like to thank Don Oberhelman and President Armstrong. I just appreciate so much their vision and what they see in myself in being the next leader of Cal Poly football," Baldwin added. "I have so much respect for Don over the years, what he's done here, and President Armstrong, not only for his vision of what we can be on the field, but who Cal Poly is as a university and community. I am very humbled that I was chosen as the next leader."
"His desire to lead and mentor young men, and be an educator is something that is a ‘must’ at Cal Poly," Oberhelman added. "In addition, he has a proven track record of winning Big Sky and national championships, recruiting top notch student-athletes, graduating his students, and creating NFL opportunities for many. "Beau just seems to fit perfectly with Cal Poly." "We are thrilled to welcome Coach Baldwin to Cal Poly," said Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong. "Coach Baldwin's winning record and many accomplishments on the field are impressive, but equally impressive is his history of developing young men of character and supporting high academic achievement. "His passion for winning is complemented by his commitment to winning the right way and upholding the same values we hold dear at Cal Poly," Armstrong added. Baldwin is returning to the Big Sky Conference after a three-year absence, compiling a 58-14 record in Big Sky Conference games and 85-32 overall from 2008-16 as head coach at Eastern Washington with five Big Sky titles, six FCS playoff berths and the national championship in 2010.
Baldwin's 85 wins at Eastern Washington are tied for No. 5 in the Big Sky and his .726 winning percentage is No. 7. In conference games only, Baldwin's 58 victories are No. 4 in the Big Sky while his .806 winning percentage is No. 5 all-time. Among head coaches with five or more years of experience in the Big Sky, Baldwin is the second-winningest coach with his .806 percentage in conference games only, behind Montana's Bobby Hauck and his .826 percentage (57-12). Both have coached in the conference for nine years. Named Big Sky Coach of the Year in both 2012 and 2013, Baldwin also was head coach at Central Washington in 2007, winning 10 of 13 games and guiding the Wildcats to the NCAA Division II quarterfinals, after serving as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Eastern Washington for four seasons (2003-06). During Baldwin's three seasons at Cal, the Bears won 20 of 38 games with appearances in the 2018 Cheez-It Bowl and the 2019 Redbox Bowl.
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Central Washington Quarterbacks Coach Central Washington Quarterbacks Coach NAIA National Champions Central Washington Quarterbacks Coach Central Washington Quarterbacks Coach Central Washington Quarterbacks Coach Columbia Football Assn. Champions, NAIA Playoffs Central Washington Quarterbacks Coach Central Washington Quarterbacks Coach Columbia Football Assn. Champions Central Washington Quarterbacks Coach Central Washington Quarterbacks Coach Great Northwest Athletic Conference Champions, NCAA Div. II Playoffs Eastern Washington Offensive Coor. (QBs) Eastern Washington Offensive Coor. (QBs) Big Sky Conference Co-Champions, FCS Playoffs (Quarterfinal Round) Eastern Washington Offensive Coor. (QBs) Big Sky Conference Co-Champions, FCS Playoffs (Quarterfinal Round) Eastern Washington Offensive Coor. (QBs) Big Sky Conference Tri-Champions, FCS Playoffs (First Round) Eastern Washington Offensive Coor. (QBs) Big Sky Conference Tri-Champions, FCS Playoffs (First Round) Eastern Washington Offensive Coor. (QBs) Central Washington Head Coach 10-3 (6-2, Third) NCAA Division II Playoffs (Quarterfinal Round) Eastern Washington Head Coach 6-5 (5-3, Tie-Third) Eastern Washington Head Coach 8-4 (6-2, Tie-Second) FCS Playoffs (First Round) Eastern Washington Head Coach 13-2 (7-1, Tie-First) Big Sky Conference Co-Champions, FCS National Champions Eastern Head 13-2 (7-1,Tie-Third) Tie-First) Big Sky Conference Co-Champions, FCS National Champions Eastern Washington Washington Head Coach Coach 6-5 (5-3, Eastern Washington Head Coach 11-3 (7-1, Tie-First) Big Sky Conference Co-Champions, FCS Playoffs (Semifinal Round) Eastern Head 11-3 Big FCS Playoffs (Semifinal Round) Eastern Washington Washington Head Coach Coach 12-3 (7-1, (8-0, Tie-First) First) Big Sky Sky Conference Conference Co-Champions, Champions, FCS Playoffs (Semifinal Round) Eastern Washington Head Coach 12-3 (8-0, First) Big Sky Conference Champions, FCS Playoffs (Semifinal Round) 11-3 (7-1, (Quarterfinal Round) Eastern Washington Head Coach 11-3 (7-1,Tie-Fourth) First) Big Sky Conference Champions, FCS Playoffs (Quarterfinal Round) 6-5 (5-3, Eastern Washington Head Coach 12-2 (8-0, Tie-First) Big Sky Conference Co-Champions, FCS Playoffs (Semifinal Round) CaliforniaWashington Offensive Coor. (RBs) Eastern Head Coach 12-2 (8-0, Tie-First) Big Sky Conference Co-Champions, FCS Playoffs (Semifinal Round) California Offensive Coor. (Asst. HC) Cheez-It Bowl California Offensive Coor. (QBs) Redbox Bowl Cal Poly Head Coach 0-3 (0-3, Eighth) Overall Record as a Head Coach: 95-35 (11 Seasons) At Eastern Washington: 85-32 (Nine Seasons) (58-14 in Big Sky Conference) At Central Washington: 10-3 (One Season) (6-2 in North Central Conference) At Cal Poly: 0-3 (One Season) (0-3 in Big Sky Conference)
Baldwin's offenses during his first two campaigns at Cal were highlighted by the play of Patrick Laird, the Mission Prep graduate who finished his Golden Bear career with 2,153 yards rushing and 14 touchdowns on the ground. Laird also caught more passes in his Cal career than any running back in school history with 99 receptions for 608 yards and five touchdowns. Laird's 51 receptions as a 2018 senior campaign were also a single-season school record for a running back. Laird is now playing for the NFL's Miami Dolphins. Cal was 7-5 during the 2019 regular season, finishing with wins over Stanford and UCLA to earn a berth in the Redbox Bowl (formerly the Emerald Bowl). Quarterback Chase Garber, who missed four midseason games due to injury, completed 130 of 215 passes for 1,772 yards and 15 touchdowns while Christopher Brown Jr. rushed for 914 yards and eight scores in 13 games. Cal beat Illinois 35-20 in the Redbox Bowl to finish the year 8-5. "I just have a passion for being a head coach," Baldwin said of his decision to coach at Cal Poly. "My experience in the last year at Cal was amazing and I owe a lot to Coach (Justin) Wilcox and the knowledge that I was able to gain, the experience I had and the student-athletes who I was able to be around in the last three years. "At the end of the day, I wanted badly to have another opportunity to
Accomplishments
lead a program," Baldwin added. "With that being said, it had to be right. It had to be the right fit, the right community with the right people and that's what drew me to Cal Poly. It just felt like the right fit at the right time." Prior to his arrival at Cal, Baldwin spent the previous 10 seasons as a collegiate head coach, the last nine campaigns at Eastern Washington following his first head coaching job at Central Washington in 2007. Baldwin compiled an overall record of 95-35 (.731) and a 64-16 (.800) mark in conference play in those 10 years. “It’s great to welcome back to the Big Sky Conference such an accomplished coach like Beau Baldwin," said Big Sky commissioner Tom Wistrcill. "I know the future is very bright for Cal Poly football!” Baldwin led his Eastern Washington squad to a national FCS title and was named College Sporting News Coach of the Year in 2010. He won 11 or more games five times and captured five league championships over his final seven seasons as the school’s head coach. Eastern Washington annually had one of the top offenses in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision during Baldwin’s tenure as head coach, with the Eagles ranking among both the top 10 in passing and total offense eight times.
38 Head Coach Beau Baldwin
Baldwin’s last team as the head coach at Eastern Washington in 2016 compiled a 12-2 overall record with one of the victories against Pac-12 opponent Washington State. The Eagles reached the semifinals of the NCAA FCS playoffs and were a perfect 8-0 in the Big Sky Conference to win their third outright league title in the last four years. Eastern Washington was also the Big Sky champion in 2014, finishing 7-1 in league play and 11-3 overall en route to a quarterfinal appearance in the FCS playoffs. Baldwin was named American Football Coaches Association Region 5 Coach of the Year in the FCS in 2014. Baldwin’s 2013 squad advanced to the semifinals of the FCS playoffs after going a perfect 8-0 in the Big Sky for the first time in school history to capture a league crown. The Eagles finished 12-3 overall after starting the campaign with a season-opening 49-46 win at No. 25 Oregon State, which was only the fourth time a FCS team has ever defeated a ranked NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) team. In 2012, the Eagles finished 11-3 overall and 7-1 in the Big Sky to share the league title with Cal Poly and Northern Arizona. Baldwin took a perennial playoff participant and honed it into a national champion in 2010. The 13-2 season had a storybook end-
ing with a 20-19 come-from-behind victory over Delaware in the title game on Jan. 7, 2011, in Frisco, Texas. Baldwin was also 6-5 in 2011, 8-4 in 2009 and 6-5 in his debut season as the Eastern Washington head coach in 2008. Before becoming a head coach, Baldwin spent 13 seasons as an assistant beginning with nine years as the quarterbacks coach at Central Washington (1994-2002) before four campaigns as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Eastern Washington (2003-06). Baldwin coached several players who earned national honors, including quarterbacks Bo Levi Mitchell, Gage Gubrud and Vernon Adams along with wide receiver Cooper Kupp, now a member of the Los Angeles Rams after being selected by the team in the third round of the 2017 NFL Draft. Mitchell and Kupp were Walter Payton Award winners while defensive end Greg Peach and linebacker J.C. Sherritt garnered the Buck Buchanan Award. Baldwin has been a part of playoff runs at three collegiate levels – NCAA Football Championship Subdivision, NCAA Division II and NAIA. His 24-season collegiate coaching résumé includes two national championships, 10 conference championships, 12 postseason appearances and most recently a
bowl game with Cal's appearance in the 2018 Cheez-It Bowl. Seven of his 10 seasons as head coach – and two more at Eastern as an assistant – ended with playoff berths. He had three more playoff appearances as an assistant at Central Washington, including the 1995 NAIA title. Baldwin played collegiately as a quarterback at Central Washington from 1990-93 and earned his bachelor’s degree from the school in 1996. He also spent one season in Sweden playing semi-pro football in 1993. Baldwin, 48, and his wife, Nicole, are the parents of two daughters, Mia and Macie.
39 Assistant Coaches
Jeff Anderson Cornerbacks
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eff Anderson, who coached for one season at Northern Colorado and more recently two more seasons at San Jose State, was hired as cornerbacks coach at Cal Poly in February 2020.
Anderson joined the San Jose State football coaching staff in 2018 as a graduate assistant. He assisted the defensive coaching staff for the second consecutive season in 2019. Anderson joined the Spartans after serving as a graduate assistant at Northern Colorado in 2017.
He began his coaching career in 2014 at Contra Costa College. Originally named quarterbacks coach in his first season, Anderson was promoted to offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach in 2015 and added the responsibilities of assistant head coach in 2016. In his three seasons, Contra Costa College won two Bay 7 Conference championships. As a player, Anderson was a starting quarterback at Contra Costa College. He completed his playing career for the 2012 and 2013 Texas Southern University football teams. The graduate of Texas Southern majored in liberal arts.
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Nick Edwards Offensive Coordinator / Wide Receivers
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ead Coach Beau Baldwin selected Nick Edwards to be his offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach in December 2019. Edwards was Cal's running backs coach in 2019 and wide receivers coach for the 2017 and 2018 seasons, all under Baldwin, who was the offensive coordinator. Edwards spent his first two campaigns at Cal working with the team's wide receivers, including the duo of Vic Wharton III and Kanawai Noa, who have combined career totals of 241 receptions, 2933 yards receiving and 13 touchdowns. In 2019, Cal's running backs averaged 132 yards per game and scored 15 touchdowns as the Bears posted a 7-5 mark during the regular season. Cal defeated Illinois in the Redbox Bowl at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara to finish the year 8-5. Prior to his arrival at Cal, Edwards spent three seasons (2014-16) as the wide receivers coach at his alma mater, Eastern Washington, also working under Baldwin. Eastern Washington compiled a 12-2 overall record with one of the victories a road win at Pac-12 opponent Washington State, reached the semifinals of the FCS playoffs and was a perfect 8-0 in the Big Sky Conference to win its second league title during Edwards' third season on the Eagles' coaching staff in 2016. Eastern Washington was also Big Sky champion in 2014, finishing 7-1 in league play and 11-3 overall en route to a quarterfinal appearance in the FCS playoffs. Edwards coached four-time Eastern Washington All-American and current Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp, who totaled 428 receptions, 6,464 receiving yards and 73 touchdown catches over 52 career games
while shattering many of Edwards' career records. Kupp was also one of three Eagles receivers in 2016 with over 75 catches and 1,150 receiving yards with the others Kendrick Bourne (79-1201, 7 TD) and Shaq Hill (77-1157, 17 TD). In 2015, Kupp became only the second wide receiver in 42 years to win the Big Sky Offensive MVP Award. Three of Edwards' receivers earned All-Big Sky Conference accolades in his debut season in 2014, led by Kupp as a first-team selection after he caught 104 passes to break the previous school record of 95 set by Edwards in 2011. Edwards began his playing career as a walk-on at Eastern Washington under Baldwin before eventually starting 45 of the 50 games he played in and 51 possible during his career. Edwards finished his career ranked among Eastern Washington's all-time leaders in touchdown receptions (33, No. 2), receptions (215, No. 4), yards receiving (2,634, No. 5) and points scored (202, No. 6). As a junior in 2011, Edwards was selected to nine FCS All-America teams – including seven first-team selections – after catching a school-record 95 passes for 1,250 yards and 19 touchdowns to lead the FCS. Edwards helped the Eagles win the 2010 FCS national title as a sophomore when he started all 15 games and had 57 catches for 614 yards and seven touchdown grabs. Edwards was on offseason NFL rosters with Arizona and Seattle and turned down an opportunity to play for Edmonton in the Canadian Football League before moving into coaching full-time in 2014. He also served at EWU in the fall of 2013 as a strength and conditioning assistant after receiving his bachelor's degree in recreation management from the school in 2012. Edwards, a graduate of Foss High School in Tacoma, Wash., and his wife, Macca, have two sons, Kashmir and Kyrie.
41 Assistant Coaches
Josh Letuligasenoa Defensive Assistant
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rush linebacker and defensive end at Cal Poly from 2012-16, Josh Letuligasenoa began his coaching career at his alma mater in April 2019, coaching the outside linebackers.
One of three Letuligasenoa brothers to play football at Cal Poly -- Lefi as an offensive lineman and Noah as a linebacker -- Josh made 66 tackles as a senior and 65 more as a sophomore. He earned 3.5 sacks among his 9.5 tackles for lost yardage in 2016, also breaking up three passes, and notched three sacks in his sophomore campaign as well. He was a third-team AllBig Sky Conference selection as a senior and earned All-Big Sky Conference honorable mention praise as a sophomore. A team captain in 2016, Letuligasenoa was invited to the Green Bay Packers rookie mini camp in May 2017 but was cut by the NFL team just prior to the start of the 2017 regular season. Following the 2014 season, Letuligasenoa was the recipient of the Mel Kaufman Award, presented annually to the Mustang who most exemplifies the virtues that Kaufman, the four-time winner of a Super Bowl ring, dis-
played on and off the field. He played in 10 games as a redshirt freshman in 2013, backing up the defensive ends and recording five tackles. Letuligasenoa is a graduate of Elk Grove High School just south of Sacramento. He recorded 109 tackles (58 solo) as a senior, recording double-digit tackles in six games and also catching 11 passes for 178 yards and one touchdown as a tight end. Letuligasenoa earned first-team All-Delta Valley League and second-team All-State honors and was selected to play in the East vs. West Holiday Classic All-Star Game. In wrestling, Letuligasenoa was a four-time Delta Valley League champion, finished third in the 2011 CIF-Sac-Joaquin Section Championships and posted a 2-2 mark in the 2011 state meet at 215 pounds. He was 1-2 in the 2012 state finals at 220. Letuligasenoa won the 2011 Delta Valley League title in the discus (146-11) and placed sixth in the shot put (41-1 3/4). Letuligasenoa earned his bachelor's degree in industrial technology at Cal Poly in 2018.
42 Assistant Coaches
Erik Meyer Quarterbacks
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ormer Eastern Washington quarterback Erik Meyer was hired in December 2019 to coach the Mustang quarterbacks.
Meyer earned the Walter Payton Award in 2005, played for several Arena Football League teams and served as a quality control coach for the offense under Beau Baldwin at Cal for the 2017, 2018 and 2019 seasons.
Meyer was a record-setting quarterback for Eastern Washington. His 166.5 career passing efficiency rating set a record for FCS quarterbacks with at least 400 completions. In 42 games, he passed for 10,261 yards, with 84 touchdown passes against just 17 interceptions. Coached by Baldwin during his last three years at Eastern Washington, Meyer completed 65.7 percent of his passes -- 721 of 1,097 -- in his career with the Eagles. Meyer also was recognized for excellence in the classroom at Eastern Washington, receiving the Joseph Helen Dankert Gold Scholar Award for maintaining a 3.8+ GPA during his time as an Eagle. Meyer was named the Big Sky's most valuable player in 2004 and earned the Walter Payton Award, which goes to the FCS Player of the Year, in 2005 after leading the Eagles to conference titles both seasons. Meyer was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 2006 and also signed with the Seattle Seahawks and Oakland Raiders, but was released prior to playing any regular season NFL games. He also played for NFL Europa's Cologne Centurions in 2007 and had a brief stint with the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2009.
Meyer finally settled in with the Arena Football League's Spokane Shock for five seasons (2010-14) and also played for the San Jose SaberCats (2015) and Washington Valor (2017). In seven AFL seasons, Meyer completed 1,214 of 1,821 passes (66.7 percent) for 13,904 yards and 312 touchdowns. He was the league's most valuable player and offensive player of the year in 2013 and guided Spokane to the 2010 Arena League title and San Jose to the 2015 crown. His coaching career began as offensive coordinator at his high school alma mater, La Mirada, from 2008-11 as well as 2014-16, guiding the Matadores to a state title in 2015, CIF-Southern Section championship in 2009 and runner-up CIF-Southern Section finish in 2016. Meyer was a student assistant coach at Eastern Washington in 2012, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Central Washington in 2013 and offensive quality control coach at Cal the last three years, coaching the running backs in 2017, wide receivers in 2018 and quarterbacks in 2019. Meyer played both football and baseball at La Mirada. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 37th round in 2001, the San Francisco Giants in 2004, also in the 37th round, and by the Giants again in the 30th round in 2005. He never signed, instead opting to play football at Eastern Washington. Meyer earned his bachelor's degree at Eastern Washington in 2014.
43 Assistant Coaches
James Montgomery Running Backs / Recruiting Coordinator
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ames Montgomery, who coached the running backs at Sacramento State for six years and was a quality control coach at Weber State, was hired in February 2020 as Cal Poly's running backs coach and recruiting coordinator.
Montgomery completed his sixth season at Sacramento State in 2019. He took over as the team's running backs coach in 2016 after serving as an offensive assistant the previous two years. He added the title of recruiting coordinator in early 2018. Montgomery oversaw a stable of running backs who combined for the Hornets' best rushing attack in nearly 20 years in 2017. The team had five players with at least 75 rushes during the season and had 12 carry the ball at least once. Freshman BJ Perkinson finished as the team leader with 591 yards and four touchdowns in just eight games of work. Fellow freshman Elijah Dotson was second among the backs with 475 yards and five scores. Senior Joseph Ajeigbe provided leadership and experience to the unit and was the only running back on the team to have a collegiate carry at the Div. I level prior to the season. Ajeigbe led the team with 110 attempts (452 yards) and matched Dotson's five touchdowns. Freshman Isaiah Gable completed the group with 75 carries for 377 yards and a TD before an injury cut his season short. In 2016, Montgomery helped lead Jordan Robinson to all-Big Sky honors. The senior rushed for 996 yards and 13 touchdowns while averaging 6.1 yards per carry. Robinson closed the season by rushing for at least 100 yards in four consecutive games where he amassed 659 yards and 10 touchdowns during that stretch. Fellow senior Demetrius Warren added 506 yards and a pair of touchdowns while freshmen Quincy Jountti and Ernie
Timoteo combined for 205 yards and a score. In all, the four Hornet running backs averaged 5.4 yards per carry. During his first season with the Hornets, Sacramento State set numerous offensive school records. The team broke are tied nine marks, including points (458), points per game (38.2), touchdowns (60) and yards (5,780). As an assistant coach on the offensive line, he helped mentor Aleksandar Milanovic and Derek Nielsen to all-Big Sky third team honors. In 2015, Montgomery helped mentor Lars Hanson to honorable mention all-Big Sky honors at tackle. Hanson, who was a four-year starter, went on to sign a free agent contract with the Denver Broncos. The Cordova High School graduate rushed for more than 4,900 yards and 82 touchdowns for the Lancers. He was a Parade Magazine All-American and a first team all-state selection from CalHiSports.com. As a senior, he rushed for 2,183 yards and 39 touchdowns and was the Sacramento Bee's Player of the Year. Following his prep career, Montgomery attended Cal, where he redshirted in 2006 before rushing for 171 yards and two touchdowns the following year. He transferred to Washington State in 2008 and, after sitting out a season, rushed for 180 yards in 2008 campaign which was limited to only three games due to injury. As a senior, he amassed 536 yards and five touchdowns. After earning his bachelor's in social science in 2011, Montgomery returned to Sacramento and was an assistant coach at Del Campo High School. In 2013, he moved to Weber State where he was a quality control coach.
44 Assistant Coaches
Casey Petree Tight Ends / Special Teams Coordinator
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asey Petree was hired to coach the tight ends at Cal Poly in December 2019 and also is serving as Co-Special Teams Coordinator. Petree was a quality control coach at Southern Methodist last fall, working with the safeties and special teams, and was a graduate assistant at Cal from 2016-18, coaching the offense under current Mustang head coach Beau Baldwin. Petree coached the special teams in 2016, wide receivers in 2017 and tight ends in 2018 at Cal and was a Quality Control Coach at SMU in 2019, working with the safeties and special teams. The Mustangs finished 10-3 and played in the Boca Raton Bowl. Petree is a 2009 graduate of Texas with a bachelor's degree in Radio,
Television and Film. While at Texas, he was a co-creator and writer for BurntOrangeCampus.com and, after his graduation, worked as a creative executive / coordinator for Morgan Creek Productions from 2012-16 before getting back into football coaching at Cal. While coaching the Bears, Petree also pursued a master's degree in public health at Cal, earning his degree in the fall of 2018. He is a member of the University of Texas Alumni Association, Silver Spurs Alumni Association and Phi Gamma Delta. Petree married Sarah Guitar Peacock on Feb. 15, 2020, at her family's ranch in Devine, Texas, just outside San Antonio.
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Will Plemons Defensive Line
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ill Plemons, who served three stints as an assistant coach at Fresno State, one under Jeff Tedford and the other two for Pat Hill, was hired at Cal Poly on March 1, 2020, by head coach Beau Baldwin and will coach the defensive line as well as serving as defensive running game coordinator. Plemons also coached the defensive line at Sacramento State for three seasons and at Idaho State for one year. A defensive line coach under Tedford in 2019, Plemons served two stints under Hill, as a graduate assistant from 2004-05 and as an assistant coach from 2008-11. Plemons was a defensive line coach at Sacramento State from 2016-18 and was one of two assistants retained by Troy Taylor for the 2019 season until the opportunity to return to Fresno State arose. During his tenure with the Hornets, Plemons coached a pair of first team all-Big Sky honorees, which included Ben Sorensen, a third team AllAmerican named by the Associated Press who currently is playing in the Canadian Football League. With Sorenson leading the way, 2017 was a highlight season as Hornet defensive linemen combined for 32 of the team's Div. I-era record 43 sacks under Plemons' watch. Plemons also coached at Sacramento State in 2007, guiding a unit which included first team all-Big Sky selections Mike Brannon and Dallas Mauga. Brannon was also an honorable mention All-American after recording 18.0
tackles-for-loss and 9.0 sacks. The following year, he moved to Fresno State where he coached linebackers in 2008 before mentoring the defensive line from 2009-11. In 2010, the Bulldogs ranked ninth in the Football Bowl Subdivision with 2.85 sacks per game. That year, he coach Chris Carter and Logan Harrell to first team allWAC honors and Carter was named the WAC Defensive Player of the Year. Plemons spent the next four seasons as a defensive line coach in the Canadian Football League. He was on the staff of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers for two seasons before shifting to the Toronto Argonauts prior to the 2014 season. While in Winnipeg, Plemons coached a defensive line which accounted for 74 of the team's 94 sacks in his two seasons. Prior to his first stop at Sacramento State, Plemons coached the defensive line at Idaho State in 2006. He graduated from Cal Lutheran in 1997 where he was a four-year starter for the Kingsmen and was a team captain and all-conference player. He started his coaching career at CLU as the tight ends and assistant offensive line coach before being elevated to the position of defensive line coach in 2002 and adding the recruiting coordinator title the following year. During his tenure, Plemons coached seven all-conference players, including a second team All-American. He and his wife, Mary Beth, have four children: William Jr., Bear, Nadia and Anya.
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J.C. Sherritt Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers
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Sherritt was hired in December 2019 as Defensive Coordinator and linebackers coach. The 2010 Buck Buchanan Award winner was a standout linebacker at Eastern Washington before embarking on an eight-year playing career with the Edmonton Eskimos and one season coaching the linebackers for the Calgary Stampeders, both teams from the Canadian Football League. Sherritt, who was a redshirt in 2006 and played at Eastern Washington from 2007-10, the last three under Beau Baldwin, set the Big Sky record for most tackles in a season in 2009 with 170 and improved that mark in 2010 with 176 en route to the Buck Buchanan Award, which goes to the best defensive player in the FCS. Sherritt lost that record in 2019 as Montana's Dante Olson notched 179 tackles.
and 45 on special teams with 15 sacks. He also intercepted 14 passes, forced 17 fumbles and scored one touchdown in 2016 on a 43-yard interception return against Ottawa. A team captain for five seasons, Sherritt was named CFL Most Outstanding Defensive Player in 2012 after breaking the league record for tackles in a season with 130 and helped the Eskimos to the 2015 Grey Cup. In the first game of the 2017 season, Sherritt ruptured his Achilles but bounced back in 2018 by playing all 18 games and recording 100 tackles, including three sacks. Sherritt retired in January 2019 and, two weeks later, became linebackers coach for the Calgary Stampeders. Calgary was 12-6 in 2019, finishing second in the CFL's West Division and qualifying for the playoffs.
Sherritt was a member of the Eagles' FCS national championship team in 2010, the same year he was the Big Sky Conference's defensive player of the year. He finished his Eagle career with 432 tackles, No. 4 in the Big Sky record book.
A native of Truckee, Calif., Sherritt is a 2006 graduate of Pullman (Wash.) High School, where he played linebacker and running back, helping lead his team to a perfect 14–0 record and the State 2A Championship in 2005. He was named state player of the year in 2005.
Undrafted in the 2011 NFL Draft, Sherritt signed a free agent contract with Edmonton of the Canadian Football League and played for the Eskimos for eight seasons. In 109 games, Sherritt accumulated 507 tackles on defense
A three-time Big Sky All-Academic Team member, 2010 ESPN Academic All-American and twice a team captain, Sherritt earned his bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies at Eastern Washington in 2011.
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Cody vonAppen Defensive Secondary
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ody vonAppen, an assistant coach at Northern Arizona for five seasons before serving as a graduate assistant at Boise State in 2019, was hired as Cal Poly's defensive secondary coach and Defensive Passing Game Coordinator in February 2020.
the development of a pair of All-Big Sky performers in Kam’ron Johnson and Wes Sutton. Sutton was named to the All-Big Sky First Team in 2017 and the Second Team in 2018, while Johnson was a second-team selection at the end of each campaign.
vonAppen coached the defensive backs at Boise State for the 2019 season. The Broncos posted a 12-1 mark during the regular season, capturing the Mountain West Conference title before falling to Washington in the Las Vegas Bowl.
During his time as a graduate assistant, he helped guide defensive tackle Siupeli Anau to a pair of All-Big Sky honors, including a first-team selection in 2015, as well as linebackers Delvin Batiste and Josh Bamrick being named honorable mention that same season.
vonAppen was an assistant coach and graduate assistant at Northern Arizona from 2014-18. He spent his first two seasons in Flagstaff (201415) as a defensive graduate assistant, working primarily with the Lumberjack defensive line in his first season and the linebackers and nickels in 2015.
vonAppen began his coaching career at his alma mater, Western Oregon, in 2013, where he coached the quarterbacks during the spring season before taking over the running backs group for the fall.
vonAppen was promoted to a full-time assistant coach role ahead of the 2016 season and oversaw the Northern Arizona safeties. He was part of a Lumberjack staff that helped lead Northern Arizona to the FCS playoffs in 2017, the sixth FCS/I-AA playoff appearance in program history. While in charge of the Lumberjack safeties and nickels, vonAppen oversaw
He spent two seasons as a quarterback at Western Oregon (2011-12). He played his first two seasons at Eastern Arizona College, where he was a two-year starter at quarterback before transferring to Western Oregon. vonAppen earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Western Oregon in 2014, and received his Master’s of Education in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona in May 2016.
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Paul Wulff Offensive Line
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ormer Eastern Washington and Washington State head coach Paul Wulff became running game coordinator and coach of the offensive line at Cal Poly in December 2019. Wulff was assistant head coach and offensive coordinator, coaching the offensive line, at Sacramento State from 2016-18. A veteran of the Big Sky Conference, Wulff was head coach at Eastern Washington from 2000 through 2007 and at Washington State from 200811. Wulff joined Jim Harbaugh's staff with the San Francisco 49ers in 2012 as a senior offensive assistant. The 49ers advanced to Super Bowl XLVII during his first season and made a trip to the NFC Championship game the following year. He returned to college football in 2014 as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at South Florida. He was an offensive consultant at Iowa State for the final five games of 2015 before returning to the Big Sky. Wulff was hired as Sacramento State's assistant head coach, run game coordinator and offensive line coach in 2016 and was with the Hornets for three seasons. In the fall of 2019, Wulff was a volunteer assistant at UC Davis. Wulff played collegiately at Washington State and began his coaching career as an assistant at Eastern Washington in 1993. He was elevated to offensive coordinator in 1998 and became the Eagles' head coach in 2000. In his eight years at the helm, Wulff guided EWU to a 53-40 overall record, a share of two Big Sky championships and three NCAA FCS playoff berths. He was named Big Sky Coach of the Year following the 2001, 2004
and 2005 seasons and was a finalist for National Coach of the Year in 2004 and 2007. Wulff coached 23 players to FCS All-America honors, including 15 offensive linemen. His teams also featured quarterback Erik Meyer, who was the Big Sky Offensive Player of the Year, the Walter Payton Award winner and set the FCS record for pass efficiency. Wulff's offensive line was highlighted by Michael Roos, who was an All-American for EWU before a long NFL career with the Tennessee Titans. The success at Eastern Washington led to Wulff earning the head coaching job at Washington State in 2008. In his four seasons, the Cougars' offense improved its production each year. In 2011, his final year at WSU, Washington State ranked ninth in the FBS is passing offense (322.25 yards per game) and 33rd in total offense (422.42 ypg). The Cougars were the only team in Division I to improve in total offense, total defense, offensive scoring and defensive scoring from 2010 to 2011. A native of Woodland, Calif., Wulff graduated from Davis High School before heading to Washington State. With the Cougars, he was a four-year letterman and earned second-team all-Pac 10 and honorable mention AllAmerican honors as a center in 1989. He signed with the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 1990 and went on to play for the Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks and the New York/New Jersey Knights of the NFL World League. Wulff and his wife, Sherry, are the parents of three children: Katie, Max and Sam.
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TBA Operations Assistant (Defense)
Joey Muscarella Operations Assistant (Offense)
Matty Hazelwood Assistant Operations (Defense) Matty Hazelwood, who served as a student manager with the Cal Poly football team for six years, was promoted to a volunteer assistant coach with the defense in August 2021. A 2016 graduate of St. Ignatius Prep in San Francisco, Matty Hazelwood earned his bachelor’s degree in construction management from Cal Poly in 2021. Hazelwood was a four-year letter winner in football as a safety and baseball as a second baseman at St. Ignatius Prep. He also competed with the Cal Poly Rugby Club as a scrumhalf. Hazelwood aspires to be a coach or hold a front office position in professional sports.
Joey Muscarella was named volunteer assistant coach for the offense in August 2020. Muscarella served as running backs coach at Pacific University of Oregon for one season (2019). He also gained coaching experience as an assistant at Del Oro High School (2012) in Loomis, Calif., coaching the linebackers and running backs, Woodcreek High School (2013-14) in Roseville, Calif., coaching the linebackers, running backs and special teams, and as an offensive assistant at Sacramento State University (2015-18). Muscarella is a 2018 graduate of Sacramento State. He also attended Del Oro High School and Sierra College. A 2012 graduate of Del Oro and the oldest of three boys, Muscarella was a running back and safety for the Golden Eagles.
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Drake Tofi
Harry Whitson
Defensive Quality Control Coach
Offensive Quality Control Coach
Drake Tofi, a graduate of MidAmerica Nazarene in Olathe, Kansas, and a standout running back and defensive back at Monterey Trail High School and American River College, joined the Cal Poly football staff in charge of defensive quality control in the summer of 2020.
A third-team All-Big Sky Conference selection at center in 2018, Harry Whitson moved into the coaching ranks in the fall of 2019 as an offensive analyst and will be the program's offensive quality control coach for the second year this season.
Tofi was a student assistant for the 2017 and 2018 seasons at MidAmerica Nazarene and became an assistant coach in charge of the defensive line for the 2019 campaign.
Whitson helped the Mustangs to a No. 4 national ranking in rushing offense, No. 1 in time of possession and No. 5 in third-down conversion during his senior campaign on the offensive line.
Tofi was a two-year starter for the Pioneers in 2015 and 2016. He rushed for 783 yards and 13 touchdowns, averaging 5.6 yards per carry, caught 28 passes for 376 yards and three scores and made 45 tackles (25 solo) in his MidAmerica career.
He was at left guard during his junior season, playing in seven games with starts in the first six games of the season before an injury sidelined him the rest of 2017. Whitson started all 12 games at left guard in his sophomore season and earned third-team All-Big Sky Conference honors, helping the Mustangs to a No. 1 national ranking in team rushing for the fourth consecutive year and into the 2016 Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. He played all 11 games as a redshirt freshman on the offensive line and was a redshirt in 2014.
Tofi, who rushed for 138 yards against Avila and 103 versus Evangel, both as a junior, earned all-conference honors as a senior. He rushed for three touchdowns against Culver-Stockton, also in 2015, and was a redshirt in 2014. At American River College, Tofi earned All-NorCal North Division Valley Conference honors as a running back in 2013 after rushing for 882 yards and seven touchdowns and catching 23 passes for 199 yards and two more scores. As a freshman in 2012, Tofi rushed for 246 yards and four scores, caught six passes for 94 yards and made seven tackles (five solo). The Beavers were 8-3 both seasons. Tofi was a redshirt in 2011. Tofi rushed for nearly 4,000 yards. including 17 games of 100 or more yards, in his varsity career at Monterey Trail High School in Elk Grove, Calif. His career high was a 303-yard effort versus Laguna Creek, scoring four touchdowns. Tofi claimed first-team All-Metro honors as a senior and received national recognition as one of the Old Spice top-50 players of 2010 after rushing for 2,224 yards, averaging 7.1 yards per carry, and 26 touchdowns. He produced four games of 200 or more yards on the ground and also made 49 tackles (26 solo) and intercepted a pass on defense. As a junior, Tofi rushed for 1,730 yards and 22 touchdowns and made 31 tackles (21 solo). His career totals as a Mustang were 554 carries for 3,958 yards and 48 touchdowns (7.1 yards per carry), 12 catches for 137 yards and one score and 80 total tackles (47 solo). Born in San Francisco, Tofi is the youngest of six (three brothers, two sisters).
Whitson is a 2014 graduate of Redondo Union High School, where he played on the offensive and defensive lines under head coach Matt Ballard. He helped Redondo's Pistol offense rack up 3,566 yards and 37 touchdowns in 2013, including 2,101 rushing yards and 25 touchdowns. On defense, he recorded 24 total tackles (17 solo) along with three sacks and a pair of pass breakups. Whitson earned first-team South Bay Daily Breeze All-Area and All-CIFSouthern Section Northern Division honors and also was a first-team AllBay League selection as both a junior and senior. He was selected to play in both the Lions All-Star Game and West Coast Bowl. Whitson also played lacrosse at Redondo Union. Whitson earned his bachelor's degree in history. His parents are Alan (deceased) and Janis Whitson and he has one brother, George.
51 Cal Poly Football Support Staff Michael Corrigan, MD Third Year • Michigan ‘92 Dr. Art James Sports Medicine Physician Dr. Michael Corrigan, a primary care sports medicine physician for University Health Service at the University of Michigan for 16 years, was named Dr. Art James Sports Medicine Physician at Cal Poly in June 2019. He is the first official team physician housed on the Cal Poly campus. Dr. Corrigan created and served as Chief of the UHS Sports Medicine Clinic at Michigan from 2007-19. In this role, he also served as Adjunct Faculty for the UM Department of Family Medicine, teaching UM Sports Medicine Fellows. He also has held administrative and clinical appointments at the University of Michigan, South Bend Sports Medicine Institute, William Beaumont Hospital in Troy, Mich., and Grace Hospital in Detroit. He was a research assistant at the University of Michigan’s Dental School and Department of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Corrigan earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan, earning class honors, and his medical degree at Wayne State University. He served his family medicine residency at William Beaumont Hospital in Troy, Mich., and was a sports medicine fellow at the South Bend Sports Medicine Institute / University of Notre Dame. Dr. Corrigan holds numerous certificates and licenses and has earned several honors and awards. He is a member of the American College Health Association, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine and the American College of Sports Medicine. He has served on several committees and organizations, has performed volunteer service and has served as a lecturer on the subjects of preparing for summer camps, upper extremity casting and overuse injuries.
Sean Devine, MD 31st Year • UC Davis ‘79 Orthopedic Surgeon/Team Physician A longtime supporter of Cal Poly athletics, Dr. Sean Devine continues to assist the athletic training staff weekly and on the sidelines during game days. Devine graduated from UC Davis and UC Davis Medical School. He did his surgical residency in San Diego and his Sports Medicine fellowship at the prestigious Steadman-Hawkins Clinic. In addition he did a sports medicine rotation with James Andrews, Md., in Birmingham, Ala. Devine has been in private practice in San Luis Obispo since the late 1980s, specializing in shoulder and knee injuries. He is also the team physician for Arroyo Grande High School and Cuesta College. Devine resides in Arroyo Grande with his wife, Eve, and children, Sarah and Jacob.
Steven J. Sainsbury, MD 16th Year • UCLA ‘77 Staff Physician/Team Physician Dr. Steven J. Sainsbury begins his 16th season as a team physician for Cal Poly athletics. Sainsbury, a flight surgeon for the U.S. Air Force from 1983-85, has served as physician director at March Air Force Base and Mee Memorial Hospital in King City as well as a staff physician at Riverside Community Hospital, Riverside General Hospital and, presently, at both Twin Cities Community Hospital in Templeton and Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center in San Luis Obispo.
Sainsbury also has written for several publications, including Inland Empire Magazine, Twins Magazine, Delta Airlines In-Flight Magazines and Sunset Magazine. He was an instructor at Cuesta College from 1997-99 and has taught a kinesiology class at Cal Poly on tobacco, alcohol and drug use. Sainsbury earned his bachelor’s degree in microbiology at UCLA in 1977 and graduated from the George Washington University Medical School in Washington, D.C., in 1982. He served a flexible internship at the USAF Scott Medical Center in Illinois in 1983, completed his emergency medicine residency in 1987 at Highland General Hospital in Oakland and is presently a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. Sainsbury, 67, is an author and expert witness as well. He and his wife, Lynnly, reside in San Luis Obispo and they have eight children.
Chris Byrne, DPM Fifth Year • UC Santa Barbara ‘86 Podiatrist/Team Physician A 1986 graduate of UC Santa Barbara, Dr. Chris Byrne completed his graduate medical studies with high honors from the California College of Podiatric Medicine, in 1991. He went on to complete his surgical residency training at Straith Hospital for Special Surgery in Detroit, Michigan as well as Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Oakland, California. Prior to relocating to San Luis Obispo, Dr. Byrne had practiced in Portland, Oregon for eight years at the Portland Clinic as well as Healthfirst Medical Group. His is the former section Chair of Podiatric Surgery at St. Vincent Hospital in Portland and has been actively involved in the LegacyKaiser Hospital Podiatric Residency Training Program, in Portland. Dr. Byrne has been married to his wife Deanna for 23 years and they have two children, Brendan and Jennifer. He has enjoyed volunteering with his wife in support of YOFAFO established for the empowerment of women and children in Lugazi, Uganda. In his spare time he loves running and biking and is an aspiring triathlete. Also a team podiatrist for Cuesta College, Dr. Byrne serves as a member of the Quality Assurance Committee for San Luis Select IPA. He is also the Medical Director for Coast Ambulatory Surgery Center, the Central Coast’s only surgery center dedicated to foot and ankle surgery. Dr. Byrne is board certified in foot surgery by the American Board of Podiatric Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons.
Prince Williams Fifth Year • Benedictine ‘03 Assistant Athletic Trainer (Football) Prince William, an athletic trainer at Cal State Monterey Bay for six years, joined the Cal Poly Sports Medicine staff in August 2017. He works primarily with Mustang football. From 2012-18, Williams worked primarily with both Otter soccer programs in the fall and with the softball team in the spring while assisting with the other 10 programs. Among other professional highlights was a stop at Cal, where he covered rugby, football and gymnastics with the Bears sports medicine staff. Prior to his time at Cal, Williams spent six years at Hartnell College in Salinas, where he served as both an assistant and head athletic trainer. In addition, he worked with the NFL as an ATC spotter for the San Francisco 49ers during the 2016 and 2017 seasons. Williams graduated in 2003 from Benedictine College (Kan.), where he played football and earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education. He went on to earn his master’s of science degree at Cal (Penn.) in 2007.
52 Cal Poly Football Support Staff Kristal Slover 29th Year • Cal State Fullerton ‘90 Director of Sports Medicine, ATC Now in her 29th year as an athletic trainer at Cal Poly, Kristal Slover begins her 20th year as the department’s head athletics trainer. During her tenure at Cal Poly, Slover has helped lead the successful Cal Poly Sports Medicine program by directing all student-athletics trainers and serving as a guest lecturer for several classes and labs at Cal Poly and Cuesta College. She also serves as the Registration Chair for the Far West Athletic Trainers Association’s Annual Symposium. A graduate of Cal State Fullerton, Slover and husband, John, are the proud parents of two daughters, Janna Marie (20) and Kacie (17).
Eric Burdick 21st Year • Cal Poly ‘73 Director of Athletics Communications Eric Burdick is in his 21st year of service in the Cal Poly Athletics Communications Office, becoming director on March 31, 2014, after stints as an intern (2001-02) and assistant director (2002-14) He was promoted to assistant athletics director in 2017. Prior to coming to Cal Poly, Burdick was sports editor at the San Luis Obispo County Tribune for over 20 years. A 1973 Cal Poly graduate with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, Burdick earned his secondary teaching credential a year later. During the 1970s, he was sports information director of the Calif. Collegiate Athletic Assn., Cuesta College and the Central Conference before becoming sports editor at the Five Cities Times-Press-Recorder for two years (1977-79). He was sports information director of men’s sports at Cal Poly for the 1979-80 school year prior to his stint at The Tribune, where he earned a California Newspaper Publishers Association award for best sports photo.
Latino graduated from Ithaca College in May 2004, where he majored in sport management and was a four-year member of the football team. While at Ithaca he worked with the New England PGA as a Junior Golf Intern and Cornell University as a Facilities and Operations Intern. Latino earned his master’s degree in business administration with a concentration in management from Iona College in June 2008. Originally from Southborough, Mass., Latino resided in Yonkers, N.Y. prior to accepting the position at Cal Poly. He attended Saint John’s High in Shrewsbury, Mass., where he played football and indoor/outdoor track (shot put and discus). Latino and his wife, Jenna, have one child, Easton, born Dec. 15, 2019.
Jeff Troesch 18th Year • Washington State ‘87 Mental Performance Specialist Jeff Troesch, MA, LMHC has been a mental performance specialist at the professional, elite amateur and collegiate levels since 1987, and has served in that role for several programs at Cal Poly since 2004. An internationally renowned expert in mental skills training and performance enhancement with nearly 30 years of experience, Troesch began his career after achieving his advanced degree from Washington State as a consultant with the NBA. He went on to assist the Seattle Mariners and Detroit Tigers in Major League Baseball, the U.S. Soccer Federation, IMG Academies in Bradenton, Fla. and numerous touring golf and tennis pros. Jeff has also worked with student-athletes at dozens of major universities, including UCLA, Cal and Stanford. Currently, he also is involved in consulting with the Versus training system, a mobile brain training device that is being adopted into several major sports organizations, including several in the NBA. Jeff’s roles within each program at Cal Poly vary, but he has input into team building, ongoing team consultation, and individual athlete consultation regarding mental conditioning and performance enhancement, as well as coach consulting and development.
Hannah Cesario
Ryan Gruss
Third Year • Oregon State ‘19
Seventh Year • Azusa Pacific ‘08
Dir. of Operations/Video Coordinator
Cal Poly Ticket Office Manager
A graduate of Oregon State University with a bachelor’s degree in digital communications, Hannah Cesario was hired in July 2019 as the Cal Poly football team's Director of Operations and Video Coordinator. At Oregon State, Cesario worked as a videographer and editor for Oregon State football. She also served as a production assistant and camera operator for Pac-12 Networks. "I am a football fanatic and pursued my love for sports through video during my time at OSU," said Cesario. "I knew after college I wanted to continue in football and explore all the aspects of a football team," Cesario added. "Football operations was the goal. And I felt so fortunate that, 16 days after graduating from Oregon State, I got the call from Cal Poly telling me I got the job as the new director of football operations and video coordinator." Born and raised in West Linn, Oregon, "with a whole lot of love for my family!" Hannah's father, Sal Cesario, played football at Cal Poly in the early 1980s and was a 12th-round selection of the New York Jets in the 1986 National Football League Draft. He played three games at left guard for the Dallas Cowboys during the NFL strike in 1987. Hannah's parents are Sal Cesario and Samantha Davi and she has one fraternal twin, Holly, younger sister Gracie, two step brothers, Kelton and Brogan, and stepmom Thalia. Hannah is a 2015 graduate of Horizon Christian High School (Tualatin, Oregon) and spent most of her time running and swimming for the Horizon Hawks and Wilsonville Wildcats.
Ryan Gruss enters his seventh full year as manager of the Cal Poly Ticket Office. He started at Cal Poly as the box office manager for the Performing Arts Center beginning in 2013. Gruss previously served four years at Azusa Pacific University as a ticket manager and assistant manager of the on-campus Event Center. Gruss is a 2008 graduate of Azusa Pacific with a degree in communication studies and earned his master's degree in business management in 2015. Gruss and his wife, Courtney, have one daughter, Ellie (5).
Jesse Latino 15th Year • Ithaca ‘04 Director of Facilities/Event Operations Jesse Latino enters his 15th year as Director of Facilities/Event Operations for Cal Poly Athletics. Latino previously served two seasons as Assistant Athletics Director for Operations and Facilities at Iona College in New Rochelle, N.Y., after serving as an intern in the office during the 2004-05 school year.
53 Cal Poly Football Support Staff Kevin Sheehan
2021 Travel Plans
First Year • Cal Poly ‘24 Kevin Sheehan, a 2019 graduate of Loyola-Sacred Heart High School in Missoula, Montana, is in his first year as a student assistant for offensive coordinator James Montgomery. An offensive assistant under his high school head coach, Todd Hughes, Sheehan breaks down film, prepares self-scout reports, diagrams plays, and analyzes opponents. He also is responsible for studying other college and NFL teams. On game days, he looks for defensive tendencies, as well as reporting coverages to the offensive staff.
Caitlin Logan Fourth Year • Cal Poly ‘22 Caitlin Logan is from Walnut Creek, California. A Las Lomas High School graduate, she played varsity soccer forfour years. Caitlin is going into her fourth year at Cal Poly in the fall of 2021. She is the head of the Football Social Media Team, running its Twitter and Instagram platforms. She also interned for the SLO Blues summer baseball league team as its social media assistant. Caitlin aspires to pursue a career in sports communications or social media.
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U. San Diego Friday, Sept. 3, Bus to San Diego, Calif. Saturday, Sept. 4, Bus to San Luis Obispo, Calif. Sheraton Mission Valley San Diego (619) 260-0111
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Montana Friday, Sept. 24, Fly from San Luis Obispo to Missoula (Allegiant, Charter) Saturday, Sept. 25, Fly from Missoula to San Luis Obispo (Allegiant, Charter) Courtyard Marriott Missoula (406) 549-5260
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Portland State Friday, Oct. 29, Fly from San Luis Obispo to Portland (Allegiant, Charter) Saturday, Oct. 30, Fly from Portland to San Luis Obispo (Allegiant, Charter) Hyatt Regency Portland (971) 222-1234
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Offense Hangs On for 44-42 Victory in 2019 Cal Poly Spring Game C.J. Cole and Ryan Rivera ran for touchdowns and Jalen Hamler hit Quentin Harrison with a scoring pass as the offense edged the defense 44-42 in Cal Poly's annual Spring Game held April 27, 2019, at Doerr Family Field. The offense sprinted to an early lead with Rivera's three-yard run and Cole's 70-yard burst up the right sideline before the Mustang defense settled in and turned things around, holding the offense to seven three-and-outs after falling behind 23-3 under the modified scoring system. Only touchdown of the second half was an 11-yard pass from Hamler to Quentin Harrison. Xavier Moore returned a kickoff 90 yards for a score, but it was called back due to a penalty. "The spring game was the culmination of what I said going in. One side of the ball dominated each scrimmage we had so far. Today, the offense came out and dominated early and the defense came back. That's kind of the way it went all spring," said 11th-year Mustang head coach Tim Walsh. "The good news about that is we had some success on both sides of the ball, but the bad news is we have things we've got to fix," Walsh added. "I was really pleased with the effort. I thought some guys stepped up and we got better in a lot of positions. That's what we want to do — build some depth." Among the top three signal callers, Hamler called his number a dozen times and gained 49 yards while also completing four of seven passes for 71 yards and the one score. He engineered the pair of 70-yard drive that culminated with Rivera's three-yard touchdown run and Harrison's scoring catch. Jake Jeffrey was the quarterback when Cole sprinted 70 yards for a score and he completed his only pass attempt, a four-yarder to Moore. Kyle Reid complet-
ed his only two pass attempts and gained 16 yards on five rushes. Linebackers Matt Shotwell and Fenton Will, another St. Joseph High School alumnus, led the charge on defense with Shotwell collecting a teamleading six tackles. In all, the offense gained 264 yards on 57 rushes, averaging 4.6 yards a carry, and completed eight of 12 passes for 76 yards. Cal Poly’s 2020 Spring Game, scheduled for May 2, was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
55 Cal Poly Football History -- Series Records (Records are Since Cal Poly Became a Four-Year School in 1941) OPPONENT W-L-T Adams State . . . . . . . . . .2-0-0 Akron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-1-0 Albertson . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-0-0 Alcorn State . . . . . . . . . . .1-0-0 Angelo State . . . . . . . . . .2-1-0 Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-1-0 Arizona State . . . . . . . . . .0-4-0 Boise State . . . . . . . . . .3-12-1 Bowling Green . . . . . . . . .0-1-0 Bradley (Ill.) . . . . . . . . . . .0-2-0 Brigham Young . . . . . . . .0-1-0 Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-0-0 Cal Lutheran . . . . . . . . . .6-2-0 Cal Ramblers . . . . . . . . . .0-1-0 Cal State Fullerton . . . . . .6-5-0 Cal State Hayward . . . . .10-2-0 Cal State Los Angeles . .12-4-0 Cal State Northridge . . .29-9-0 Cal Poly Pomona . . . . . .13-1-1 Cal Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-2-0 California . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0-0 Cameron State (Okla.) . . .0-1-0 Central Connecticut . . . . .0-1-0 Central Oklahoma . . . . . .1-0-0 Central Washington . . . . .1-0-0 Chico State . . . . . . . . . . .1-3-1 Colgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-1-0 Colorado State . . . . . . . . .0-1-0 Dayton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-0-0 Dixie State . . . . . . . . . . . .1-0-0 Eastern Illinois . . . . . . . . .1-0-0
PCT. 1.000 .000 1.000 1.000 .667 .000 .000 .200 .000 .000 .000 1.000 .750 .000 .545 .833 .750 .763 .928 .714 —— .000 .000 1.000 1.000 .714 .000 .000 1.000 1.000 1.000
OPPONENT W-L-T E. New Mexico . . . . . . . .1-0-0 Eastern Washington . . . .2-10-0 Fort Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . .1-0-0 Fresno State . . . . . . . .10-32-2 Hofstra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-2-0 Humboldt State . . . . . . .10-7-0 Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3-0 Idaho State . . . . . . . . . .14-8-0 Iona College . . . . . . . . . . .1-0-0 Jacksonville State (Al.) . .1-0-0 Kent State . . . . . . . . . . . .0-1-0 LaVerne . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-0-0 Lewis and Clark . . . . . . . .1-0-0 Liberty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1-0 Linfield (OR) . . . . . . . . . . .2-1-0 Long Beach State . . . . .6-12-0 Loyola Marymount . . . . . .0-2-0 McMurry (Tex.) . . . . . . . . .0-2-0 McNeese State . . . . . . .1-0-0 Mexico University . . . . . . .1-0-0 Midwestern (Tex.) . . . . . . .2-0-0 Millersville . . . . . . . . . . . .1-0-0 Missouri Valley . . . . . . . . .1-1-0 Montana . . . . . . . . . . . .5-16-0 Montana State . . . . . . .10-7-0 Nebraska-Kearney . . . . . .2-0-0 Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-7-0 New Mexico State . . . . . .3-1-0 North Carolina Central . . .1-0-0 North Dakota . . . . . . . . . .3-5-0 North Dakota State . . . . .3-5-0
PCT. 1.000 .167 1.000 .250 .000 .588 .000 .636 1.000 1.000 .000 1.000 1.000 .500 .667 .333 .000 .000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .500 .238 .588 1.000 .300 .750 1.000 .375 .375
OPPONENT W-L-T Northern Arizona . . . . .2-11-0 Northern Colorado . . . . .11-3-0 Northern Illinois . . . . . . . .0-1-0 Northern Iowa . . . . . . . . .1-7-0 Northwestern State . . . . .1-0-0 Occidental . . . . . . . . . . . .0-4-1 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-1-0 Old Dominion . . . . . . . .1-0-0 Oregon State . . . . . . . . . .0-1-0 Pacific (Cal.) . . . . . . . . . . .0-6-0 Pacific U. (Ore.) . . . . . . . .1-0-0 Pepperdine . . . . . . . . . . . .4-3-1 Portland State . . . . . . .13-11-0 Puget Sound . . . . . . . . . .1-1-0 Redlands . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-1-0 Sacramento State . . . . .21-18 Saint Francis (Pa.) . . . .1-0-0 Saint Mary’s (Calif.) . . . .11-2-0 Saint Mary’s (Tex.) . . . . . .1-0-0 Sam Houston State . . . . .0-1-0 San Diego State . . . . . .11-14-0 San Francisco State . . .21-5-1 San Jose State . . . . . . . .2-8-0 Santa Clara . . . . . . . . . .13-6-0 Savannah State . . . . . . . .1-0-0 Simon Fraser (Canada) . .4-0-0 Sonoma State . . . . . . . . .4-2-0 South Alabama . . . . . . . .1-0-0 Southern Connecticut . . .0-1-0 South Dakota . . . . . . . . .3-1-0 South Dakota State . . . . .6-3-0
PCT. .154 .786 .000 .125 1.000 .000 .000 1.000 .000 .000 1.000 .563 .542 .500 .750 .538 1.000 .846 1.000 .000 .44 .796 .200 .684 1.000 1.000 .667 1.000 .000 .750 .667
OPPONENT W-L-T Southern Oregon . . . . . . .2-0-0 Southern Utah . . . . . . .21-10-0 Sul Ross State (Tex.) . . . .0-2-0 Texas-El Paso . . . . . . . . .1-0-0 Texas State . . . . . . . . . . .1-3-0 Toledo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-1-0 Troy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-1-0 U. San Diego . . . . . . . . . .6-1-0 UC Davis . . . . . . . . . . .20-24-2 UC Riverside . . . . . . . . . .1-2-0 UC Santa Barbara . . . .22-11-0 ULM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0-0 UNLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1-0 Weber State . . . . . . . . . .6-9-0 West Texas A&M . . . . . . .2-0-0 Western Montana . . . . . . .2-0-0 Western New Mexico . . . .3-0-0 Western Oregon . . . . . . . .1-0-0 Western State (Colo.) . . .1-1-0 Western Illinois . . . . . . . . .0-1-0 Western Washington . . . .1-1-0 Whittier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-3-0 Willamette (Ore.) . . . . . . .2-0-0 Winston-Salem State . . . .0-1-0 Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-1-0 Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-0-0 Yale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-1-0 Youngstown State . . . . . .0-2-0 Total: 512-425-20
PCT. 1.000 .677 .000 1.000 .250 .000 .000 .857 .457 .333 .647 —— .500 .400 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .500 .000 .500 .625 1.000 .000 .000 1.000 .000 .000 .545
2021 Opponents in Bold
2019 Postseason Honors Myles Cecil All-Big Sky Conference Honorable Mention
Xavier Moore Big Sky Conference All-Academic Team
David Chellsen CoSIDA District 8 All-Academic Team Big Sky Conference All-Academic Team
Trey Nahhas All-Big Sky Conference Third Team (Phil Steele) Carter Nichols All-Big Sky Conference Honorable Mention Big Sky Conference All-Academic Team
Freddie Gaines Big Sky Conference All-Academic Team Big Sky Football Community Service Team
Matt Shotwell Jalen Hamler Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 2) Kevin Howell Big Sky Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 24) Kitu Humphrey All-Big Sky Conference Honorable Mention J.J. Koski NFLPA Collegiate Bowl All-Big Sky Conference First Team All-Big Sky Conference First Team (Phil Steele) Timothy Miller Big Sky Conference All-Academic Team
All-Big Sky Conference Third Team Mitch Souza Big Sky Conference All-Academic Team HERO SPORTS Sophomore All-American Team Duy Tran-Sampson All-Big Sky Conference Second Team All-Big Sky Conference Second Team (Phil Steele) HERO SPORTS Sophomore All-American Team Tyler Whisenhunt All-Big Sky Conference Second Team All-Big Sky Conference Third Team (Phil Steele) (Note: There were no postseason honors following 2020-21 spring season)
Cal Poly Football Program Covers Cal Poly football program covers from the following seasons (left to right): 1948 1957 1974 1991 2010
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Fresno State (10-32-2)
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South Dakota (3-1)
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Montana (5-16)
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Weber State (6-8)
Weber State 53, Cal Poly 43 Weber State 30, Cal Poly 20 Weber State 43, Cal Poly 40 (4 OT) Cal Poly 28, Weber State 26 Cal Poly 17, Weber State 0 Cal Poly 47, Weber State 19
2008 @ Cal Poly 2009 @ Ogden 2012 @ Ogden 2013 @ Cal Poly 2015 @ Ogden 2016 @ Ogden 2017 @ Cal Poly 2018 @ Cal Poly 2019 @ Ogden
Weber State 49, Cal Poly 35 Weber State 47, Cal Poly 14 Cal Poly 45, Weber State 23 Cal Poly 47, Weber State 0 Cal Poly 30, Weber State 24 Weber State 22, Cal Poly 16 Weber State 17, Cal Poly 3 Weber State 24, Cal Poly 17 Weber State 41, Cal Poly 24
Montana State (10-7)
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UC Davis (20-24-2) UC Davis 28, Cal Poly 0 Cal Poly 27, UC Davis 0 Cal Poly 26, UC Davis 14 UC Davis 29, Cal Poly 22 Cal Poly 31, UC Davis 10 Cal Poly 28, UC Davis 25 Cal Poly 30, UC Davis 0 UC Davis 24, Cal Poly 0 UC Davis 24, Cal Poly 14 UC Davis 10, Cal Poly 6 UC Davis 34, Cal Poly 21 UC Davis 32, Cal Poly 21 Cal Poly 41, UC Davis 0 Tie - 21-21 Cal Poly 28, UC Davis 21 Cal Poly 19, UC Davis 0 UC Davis 31, Cal Poly 28 Tie - 32-32 UC Davis 37, Cal Poly 26 Cal Poly 32, UC Davis 31 UC Davis 34, Cal Poly 31 Cal Poly 17, UC Davis 13 Cal Poly 20, UC Davis 19 UC Davis 34, Cal Poly 24 UC Davis 34, Cal Poly 27 UC Davis 63, Cal Poly 23 Cal Poly 31, UC Davis 28 UC Davis 28, Cal Poly 14 Cal Poly 18, UC Davis 14 UC Davis 36, Cal Poly 33 UC Davis 20, Cal Poly 13 Cal Poly 23, UC Davis 17 Cal Poly 63, UC Davis 28 Cal Poly 51, UC Davis 28 UC Davis 23, Cal Poly 10 UC Davis 22, Cal Poly 21 UC Davis 24, Cal Poly 17 Cal Poly 28, UC Davis 20 Cal Poly 34, UC Davis 16 UC Davis 48, Cal Poly 35 Cal Poly 55, UC Davis 38 Cal Poly 21, UC Davis 16 UC Davis 31, Cal Poly 28 UC Davis 52, Cal Poly 10 UC Davis 48, Cal Poly 24 UC Davis 73, Cal Poly 24
Cal Poly 29, Portland State Cal Poly 52, Portland State Cal Poly 45, Portland State Cal Poly 41, Portland State Cal Poly 22, Portland State Cal Poly 16, Portland State Portland State 20, Cal Poly Cal Poly 34, Portland State Portland State 66, Cal Poly Portland State 31, Cal Poly Portland State 21, Cal Poly Portland State 55, Cal Poly Cal Poly 36, Portland State
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Sacramento State (22-17)
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Portland State (13-11)
Portland Cal Poly Portland Cal Poly Portland Cal Poly Portland Cal Poly Portland Cal Poly Portland Cal Poly Portland
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Idaho State (14-8)
Cal Poly 13, Idaho State 7 Cal Poly 21, Idaho State 0 Idaho State 20, Cal Poly 0 Cal Poly 20, Idaho State 10 Idaho State 12, Cal Poly 7 Cal Poly 65, Idaho State 14 Cal Poly 29, Idaho State 17 Cal Poly 15, Idaho State 13 Cal Poly 44, Idaho State 37 Idaho State 28, Cal Poly 22 Idaho State 35, Cal Poly 32 (OT) Idaho State 24, Cal Poly 14 Idaho State 38, Cal Poly 31 Cal Poly 35, Idaho State 20 Cal Poly 35, Idaho State 10 Cal Poly 48, Idaho State 28 Cal Poly 49, Idaho State 10 Cal Poly 70, Idaho State 14 Idaho State 30, Cal Poly 28 Cal Poly 58, Idaho State 26 Idaho State 38, Cal Poly 34 Cal Poly 37, Idaho State 14
Northern Arizona (2-11)
@ Cal Poly @ Flagstaff @ Cal Poly @ Flagstaff @ Cal Poly @ Flagstaff @ Cal Poly @ Flagstaff @ Flagstaff @ Cal Poly @ Flagstaff @ Cal Poly @ Flagstaff
Northern Arizona 15, Cal Poly 12 Northern Arizona 7, Cal Poly 0 Northern Arizona 21, Cal Poly 20 Northern Arizona 44, Cal Poly 21 Northern Arizona 9, Cal Poly 0 Northern Arizona 55, Cal Poly 21 Northern Arizona 31, Cal Poly 24 Northern Arizona 24, Cal Poly 7 Cal Poly 42, Northern Arizona 34 Northern Arizona 17, Cal Poly 13 Northern Arizona 38, Cal Poly 35 Northern Arizona 28, Cal Poly 10 Cal Poly 38, Northern Arizona 28
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George Brett Timer
Steve Harris Game Scoreboard
Bruce Summers Play Clock
Terry Veal Public Address
Zachary Anderson-Yoxsimer ESPN Radio 1280
Donovan Aird Defensive Spotter
57 2021 Opponents University of San Diego Game 1 -- Sept. 4, 2021, San Diego, CA, 1:05 p.m. PDT
Emilio Martinez Running Back
Hunter Nichols Safety
Location: San Diego, CA (92110-2492) Founded: 1949 Enrollment: 8,861 President: James T. Harris III, DEd (Toledo ‘’80) Vice President for Athletics: Bill McGillis (Saint Thomas ‘84) Colors: Columbia, Navy and White Conference: Pioneer Football League Nickname: Toreros Stadium (Capacity): Torero Stadium (6,000) Surface: Natural Grass Team Information 2020-21 Overall Record: 4-2 2020-21 Conference Record (Place): 4-2 (Tie-Second Place) Basic Offense: Multiple Basic Defense: 4-3 Lettermen Returning / Lost: 44 / 22 Starters Returning / Lost: 19 / 3 Series: Cal Poly leads 6-1 Last Meeting: Cal Poly 52-34, in 2019, at San Luis Obispo
Coaching Staff Head Coach: Dale Lindsey (Western Kentucky ’64) Record / Years: 68-21 / Ninth Year Overall / Years: 68-21 / Ninth Year Football Office Phone: (619) 260-4740 Best Time to Call: Weekday Mornings (Contact SID) Assistant Coaches: Bobby Jay (Defensive Coordinator), Ben Barton (Special Teams Coor./DBs), Tyler Sutton (Offensive Coor./RBs), Taylor Chapatte (Passing Game Coor./QBs), Garrett Robinson (DL), Dorian Keller (Run Game Coor./OL), Steve Irvin (LBs), Matt Aponte (TEs), Taylor Mazzone (WRs), Cody Yescher (Dir. of FB Ops.) Sports Information Football SID: Rose McPherson (rmcpherson@sandiego.edu) SID Office Phone: (619) 260-7930 SID Fax: (619) 260-2990 SID Cell: (510) 449-1485 Press Box Phone: (619) 767-3988 Web Address: www.usdtoreros.com
2020-21 Results March 13 March 20 March 27 April 3 April 10 April 17
2021 Schedule
*at Drake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-10 W *Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27-13 W at Presbyterian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24-21 W *Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25-31 L *Stetson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34-10 W *at Valparaiso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-20 L
Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Nov. 20
*Pioneer Football League game
Dale Lindsey Head Coach
Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 p.m. UC Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 p.m. at Montana State . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 noon *at Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 a.m. *St. Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 p.m. *at Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 a.m. *Drake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 p.m. *at Presbyterian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 a.m. *Valparaiso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 p.m. *Morehead State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 p.m. *at Stetson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 a.m.
*Pioneer Football League game All Times Pacific
Fresno State Game 2 -- Sept. 11, 2021, Fresno, CA, 7:05 p.m. PDT
Ronnie Rivers Running Back
Kevin Atkins Defensive Line
Location: Fresno, CA 93740 Founded: 19-11 Enrollment: 25,200 President: Saul Jimenez-Sandoval (UC Irvine ‘02) Athletics Director: Terry Tumey (UCLA ‘88) Colors: Red and Blue Conference: Mountain West Nickname: Bulldogs Stadium (Capacity): Bulldog Stadium (40,727) Surface: AstroTurf Team Information 2020 Overall Record: 3-3 2020 Conference Record (Place): 3-3 (Tie-Fifth Place) Basic Offense: Multiple Basic Defense: 4-2-5 Lettermen Returning / Lost: 49 / 16 Starters Returning / Lost: 21 / 4 Series: Fresno State 32-10-2 Last Meeting: Fresno State, 41-25, in 2013, at Fresno, CA Oct. 24 Oct. 29 Nov. 7 Nov. 14 Nov. 21 Nov. 27 Dec. 5 Dec. 12
2020 Results
*Hawai’i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-34 L *Colorado State . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38-17 W *at UNLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40-27 W *at Utah State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35-16 W *San Jose State . . . . . . . . . . . . .Canceled *San Diego State . . . . . . . . . . . . .Canceled *at Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26-37 L *vs. New Mexico (at Las Vegas) . .39-49 L *Mountain West Conference game
Kalen DeBoer Head Coach
Coaching Staff Head Coach: Kalen DeBoer (Sioux Falls ‘98) Record / Years: 3-3 (Second Year) Overall / Years: Same Football Office Phone: (559) 278-3015 Best Time to Call: Monday mornings (call SID) Assistant Coaches: Ryan Grubb (Off. Coor./QBs), William Inge (Def. Coor./LBs), Lee Marks (Run Game Coor.), Julius Brown (Huskies/Recruiting Coor.), Kirby Moore (WRs), Eric Schmidt (DL/Special Teams Coor.), Roman Sapolu (OL), Chuck Morrell (S), Paul Creighton (TE), J.D. Williams (CBs) Sports Information Football SID: Savannah Stoeckle SID Office Phone: (559) 278-4645 SID Fax: (559) 278-4689 SID Cell: N/A Press Box Phone: (559) 278-5959 Email: sstoeckle@csufresno.edu Web Address: www.gobulldogs.com Aug. 28 Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Sept. 18 sept. 24 Oct. 2 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 Nov. 25
2021 Schedule UConn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 a.m. at Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 a.m. Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m. at UCLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:45 p.m. *UNLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m. *at Hawai’i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 p.m. *at Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA *Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA *at San Diego State . . . . . . . . . . .7:30 p.m. *Boise State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 p.m. *New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 p.m. *at San Jose State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA
* Mountain West Conference game All Times Pacific
58 2021 Opponents South Dakota Game 3 -- Sept. 18, 2021, San Luis Obispo, CA, 5:05 p.m. PDT
Jack Cochrane Linebacker
Caleb VanderEsch Wide Receiver
Location: Vermillion, SD 57069 Founded: 1862 Enrollment: 9,920 President: Sheila Gestring (Sioux Falls) Athletics Director: David Herbster (Virginia Tech ‘91) Colors: Red and White Conference: Missouri Valley Football Conference Nickname: Coyotes Stadium (Capacity): DakotaDome (10,000) Surface: AstroTurf Pure Grass Team Information 2020 Overall Record: 1-3 2020-21 Conference Record (Place): 1-3 (Tie-Seventh Place) Basic Offense: Spread Basic Defense: 4-3 Lettermen Returning / Lost: 47 / 11 Starters Returning / Lost: 24 / 1 Series: Cal Poly leads 3-1 Last Meeting: Cal Poly 27-24, in 2011, at San Luis Obispo, CA
Coaching Staff Head Coach: Bob Nielson (Wartburg College ‘82) Record / Years: 22-29 / Sixth Year Overall / Years: 208-109-1 / 29th Year Football Office Phone: (605) 658-5650 Best Time to Call: Weekday mornings (call SID) Assistant Coaches: Ted Schlafke (Off. Coor./QBs), Travis Johansen (Def. Coor.), Phil Ockimga (WRs/Recruiting Coor.), Rob Aurich (ILBs/Special Teams Coor.), Andrew Prevost (OL), Tyler Paopao (Tight Ends), Dante Warren (RBs), Abdul Hodge (OLBs), Miles Taylor (DBs), Corey Brown (DL), David Milke (Dor. of FB Ops.) Sports Information Football SID: Bryan Boettcher (bryan.boettcher@usd.edu) SID Office Phone: (605) 658-5544 SID Fax: N/A SID Cell: (605) N/A Press Box Phone: (605) N/A Web Address: www.suutbirds.com
2020-21 Results Feb. 27 March 4 March 13 March 20
Sept. 3 Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 Nov. 20
*at Illinois State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27-20 W *at North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-21 L *Missouri State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24-27 L *at Youngstown State . . . . . . . . . . .10-28 L
*Missouri Valley Football Conference game
Bob Nielson Head Coach
2021 Schedule
at Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m. Northern Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 p.m. at Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m. *at Missouri State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m. *Indiana State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 p.m. *North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 p.m. *at Northern Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA *Illinois State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 p.m. *at Western Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA *South Dakota State . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 p.m. *at North Dakota State . . . . . . . .2:30 p.m.
*Missouri Valley Football game All Times Central
Montana Game 4 -- Sept. 25, 2021, Missoula, MT, 12:05 p.m. PDT (SWX-Montana)
Jace Lewis Linebacker
Samuel Akem Wide Receiver
Location: Missoula, MT 59812 Founded: 1893 Enrollment: 10,015 President: Seth Bodnar (Army West Point ‘01) Athletics Director: Kent Haslam (Brigham Young ’93) Colors: Maroon and Silver Conference: Big Sky Nickname: Grizzlies Stadium (Capacity): Washington-Grizzly Stadium (25,217) Surface: FieldTurf - Revolution 360 with CoolPlay Team Information 2020-21 Overall Record: 2-0 2020-21 Conference Record (Place): Did Not Play Basic Offense: Multiple Basic Defense: Multiple 3-4 and 4-3 Lettermen Returning / Lost: 87 / 12 Starters Returning / Lost: 25 / 3 Series: Montana leads 16-5 Last Meeting: Montana 48-28, in 2018, at San Luis Obispo, CA April 10 April 17
2020-21 Results Central Washington . . . . . . . . . .59-3 W Portland State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48-7 W *Big Sky Conference game
Bobby Hauck Head Coach
Coaching Staff Head Coach: Bobby Hauck (Montana ‘88) Record / Years: 98-26 / 11th Year Overall / Years: 113-75 / 16th Year Football Office Phone: (406) 243-2969 Best Time to Call: Monday mornings (call SID) Assistant Coaches: Brent Pease (Asst. HC/WRs), Kent Baer (Def. Coor./LBs), Timm Rosenbach (Off. Coor./QBs), Ronnie Bradford (Asst. HC/CBs), Justin Green (RBs/Recruiting Coor.), Chad Germer (OL), Barry Sacks (DL), Shann Schillinger (S), Bryce Erickson (TEs), Dan Ryan (Strength Coach), Jimmy Morimoto (Asst. AD for Football Ops) Sports Information Football SID: Eric Taber (eric.taber@mso.umt.edu) SID Office Phone: (406) 231-8331 SID Fax: (406) 243-6859 SID Cell: (646) 287-7492 Press Box Phone: (406) 243-4167 Web Address: www.gogriz.com Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 Nov. 20
2021 Schedule at Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 p.m. Western Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 p.m. *Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:05 p.m. *at Eastern Washington . . . . .8:30 p.m. Dixie State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 p.m. *Sacramento State . . . . . . . . . . . .1 p.m. *at Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 p.m. *Southern Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 noon *at Northern Colorado . . . . . . . .12 noon *at Northern Arizona . . . . . . . . . . .1 p.m. *Montana State . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 noon
*Big Sky Conference game All Times Mountain
59 2021 Opponents Weber State Game 5 -- October 2, 2021, San Luis Obispo, CA, 5:05 p.m. PDT
Rashid Shaheed Wide Receiver
Jared Schiess Defensive Line
Location: Ogden, UT 84408-2701 Founded: 1889 Enrollment: 29,596 President: Dr. Brad Mortensen (Utah State ‘95) Athletics Director: Tim Crompton (Weber State) Colors: Royal Purple and White Conference: Big Sky Nickname: Wildcats Stadium (Capacity): Stewart Stadium (16,500) Surface: FieldTurf Team Information 2020-21 Overall Record: 5-1 2020-21 Conference Record (Place): 5-0 (First Place) Basic Offense: 21 Personnel Basic Defense: 4-3 Lettermen Returning / Lost: 60 / 13 Starters Returning / Lost: 25 / 4 Series: Weber State 9-6 Last Meeting: Weber State, 41-24, in 2019, at Ogden, UT Feb. 27 March 13 March 20 March 27 April 3 April 10 March 6 April 24
Coaching Staff Head Coach: Jay Hill (Utah ’00) Record / Years: 52-31 (Eighth Year) Overall / Years: Same Football Office Phone: (801) 626-6493 Best Time to Call: Monday mornings (call SID) Assistant Coaches: Brent Myers (Associate Head Coach/OL), Matt Hammer (Off. Coor./QBs), Matty Ah You (ILBs), Robert Conley (RBs), Joe Dale (S), Bojay Filimoeatu (DL), Grant Duff (OLBs), Skyler Ridley (TEs), Jared Ursua (WRs), Andre Dyson (CBs), Derrick Luken (Dir. of FB Ops.) Sports Information Football SID: Paul Grua SID Office Phone: (801) 626-7414 SID Fax: (801) 626-6490 SID Cell: (801) 452-3811 Press Box Phone: (801) 626-6588 Email: pgrua@weber.edu Web Address: www.weberstatesports.com
2020-21 Results
Sept. 2 Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 Nov. 20
*at Idaho State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49-21W *UC Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-13 W Bye *Northern Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . .28-20 W *at Southern Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-16 W *Idaho State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20-15 W *at Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Canceled ^Southern Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31-34 L
*Big Sky Conference game ^FCS Playoffs
Jay Hill Head Coach
2021 Schedule at Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:30 at Dixie State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 James Madison . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:05 *UC Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:05 *at Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:05 *Montana State . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:05 *at Eastern Washington . . . . . . . .2:05 *at Idaho State . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:05 *Portland State . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:05 *at Southern Utah . . . . . . . . . . . .2:05 *Northern Colorado . . . . . . . . . . .1:05
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* Big Sky Conference game All Times Mountain
Montana State Game 6 -- October 9, 2021, Bozeman, MT, 1:05 p.m. PDT (Root)
Troy Andersen Running Back
Taylor Tuiasosopo Defensive End
Location: Bozeman, MT 59717-2000 Founded: 1893 Enrollment: 16,600 President: Dr. Waded Cruzado (Puerto Rico at Mayagüez ’82) Athletics Director: Leon Costello (Loras ‘98) Colors: Blue and Gold Conference: Big Sky Nickname: Bobcats Stadium (Capacity): Bobcat Stadium (17,777) Surface: FieldTurf Team Information 2020-21 Overall Record: Did not play 2020-21 Conference Record (Place): Did not play Basic Offense: Multiple Basic Defense: 4-3 Lettermen Returning / Lost: 40 / 12 Starters Returning / Lost: 13 / 11 Series: Cal Poly leads 10-7 Last Meeting: Montana St., 34-28, in 2019, at San Luis Obispo 2020-21 Results No games played *Big Sky Conference game ^FCS playoffs
Brent Vigen Head Coach
Coaching Staff Head Coach: Brent Vigen (North Dakota State ‘98) Record / Years: 0-0 / First Year Overall / Years: 0-0 / First Year Football Office Phone: (406) 994-5694 Best Time to Call: Monday mornings (call SID) Assistant Coaches: Taylor Housewright (Off. Coor./QBs), Freddie Banks (Def. Coor./DBs), Justin Udy (Pass Game Coor./WRs), Bobby Daly (Asst. HC/LBs), Brian Armstrong (Run Game Coor./OL), Jimmy Beal (RBs), Kyle Risinger (DBs), Nate Potter (TEs), shawn Howe (Def. Run Game Coor./DL), Adam Pilapil (Asst. DL). Sports Information Football SID: Bill Lamberty (blamberty@msubobcats.com) SID Office Phone: (406) 994-5133 SID Fax: (406) 994-2278 SID Cell: (406) 580-6781 Press Box Phone: (406) 994-3099 / (406) 994-3100 Web Address: www.msubobcats.com 2021 Schedule Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 Nov. 20
at Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Drake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 San Diego . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:05 *at Portland State . . . . . . . . . . . .3:05 *Northern Colorado . . . . . . . . . . .1:05 *Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:05 *at Weber State . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:05 *Idaho State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:05 *at Eastern Washington . . . . . . . .2:05 *Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:05 *at Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12:05
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*Big Sky Conference game All Times Mountain
60 2021 Opponents UC Davis Game 7 -- October 23, 2021, San Luis Obispo, CA, 5:05 p.m. PDT
Ulonzo Gilliam Running Back
Nick Eaton Linebacker
Location: Davis, CA 95616 Founded: 1908 Enrollment: 39,629 Chancellor: Gary S. May (Georgia Tech ‘85) Athletics Director: Rocko DeLuca (Colorado ‘99) Colors: Yale Blue and Gold Conference: Big Sky Nickname: Aggies Stadium (Capacity): UC Davis Health Stadium (10,743) Surface: Artificial (Shaw Sports Turf) Team Information 2020-21 Overall Record: 3-2 2020-21 Conference Record (Place): 3-2 (Tie-Third Place) Basic Offense: Pro-Set Basic Defense: 4-3 Lettermen Returning / Lost: 81 / 10 Starters Returning / Lost: 24 / 6 Series: UC Davis 24-20-2 Last Meeting: UC Davis, 73-24, in 2020-21, Davis, CA March 6 March 13 March 20 March 27 April 3 April 10 April 17
Coaching Staff Head Coach: Dan Hawkins (UC Davis ‘84) Record / Years: 23-18 / Fifth Year Overall / Years: 134-86-1 / 20th Year Football Office Phone: (530) 752-0434 Best Time to Call: Mornings (call SID) Assistant Coaches: Mark Speckman (Asst. HC/RBs), Matt Coombs (Def. Coor./OLBs), Cody Hawkins (Off. Coor./QBs), Isaiah Jackson (ILBs), Jerry Brady (DL), Cha’pelle Brown (Assoc. HC/CBs), Paul Shelton (TEs), Evan Hicks (Safeties), Mike Cody (OL), Anthony Arceneaux (WRs) Sports Information Football SID: Mark Honbo (mwhonbo@ucdavis.edu) SID Office Phone: (530) 752-8050 SID Fax: (530) 752-3664 SID Cell: (530) 979-1744 Press Box Phone: (530) 752-9367 Web Address: www.ucdavisaggies.com
2020-21 Results
*at Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27-17 W *at Weber State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-18 L *Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73-24 W *Idaho State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31-27 W *Eastern Washington . . . . . . . . . . .22-32 L *at Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Canceled Bye
Sept. 2 Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 Nov. 20
* Big Sky Conference game
Dan Hawkins Head Coach
2021 Schedule
at Tulsa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:30 p.m. at San Diego . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 p.m. Dixie State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m. *at Weber State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 p.m. *Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m. *at Idaho State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 noon *Northern Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 p.m. *at Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:05 p.m. *at Northern Arizona . . . . . . . . . . .12 noon *Eastern Washington . . . . . . . . . . . .5 p.m. *Sacramento State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA
* Big Sky Conference game
All Times Pacific
Portland State Game 8 -- October 30, 2021, Portland, OR, 2:05 p.m. PDT
Anthony Adams Safety
Davis Alexander Quarterback
Location: Portland, OR 97201 Founded: 1946 Enrollment: 26,012 President: Stephen Percy (Hamilton College ‘75) Athletics Director (Interim): Linda Williams (Oregon) Colors: Green, White and Silver Conference: Big Sky Nickname: Vikings Stadium (Capacity): Hillsboro Stadium (7,600) Surface: FieldTurf Team Information 2020-21 Overall Record: 0-1 2020-21 Conference Record (Place): Did not play Basic Offense: West Coast w/Pistol Basic Defense: 4-3 / 3-4 Flex Lettermen Returning / Lost: 35 / 37 Starters Returning / Lost: 13 / 12 Series: Cal Poly 13-11 Last Meeting: Cal Poly, 35-28, in 2017, at San Luis Obispo April 17
2020-21 Results
at Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-48 L *Big Sky Conference game
Bruce Barnum Head Coach
Coaching Staff Head Coach: Bruce Barnum (East. Washington ‘87) Record / Years: 21-37 / Seventh Year Overall / Years: 21-37 / Seventh Year Football Office Phone: (503) 725-5625 Best Time to Call: Mornings (call SID) Assistant Coaches: Payam Saadat (Assoc. HC/Def. Coor./DL), Matt Leunen (Off. Coor./OL), John Ely (LBs), Colin Fry (CoRecruiting Coor./DBs), Skyler Fulton (WRs), Jason Diffee (Special Teams Coor.), Jon Eagle (QBs), Mark Rhea (DL), Derek Hagan (WRs), John Brock (Flex LBs/Co-Recr. Coor.) Sports Information Football SID: Mike Lund SID Office Phone: (503) 725-5602 SID FAX: (503) 725-5550 SID Cell: (503) 866-0236 Press Box Phone: (503) 294-2942 Email: lundm@pdx.edu Web Address: www.goviks.com Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 16 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 Nov. 20
2021 Schedule
at Hawai’i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 at Washington State . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Western Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:05 *Montana State . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:05 *at Southern Utah . . . . . . . . . . . .5:05 *at Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:05 *Idaho State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:05 *Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:05 *at Weber State . . . . . . . . . . . . .12:05 *at Sacramento State . . . . . . . . .6:05 *Eastern Washington . . . . . . . . . .2:05
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*Big Sky Conference game All Times Pacific
61 2021 Opponents Sacramento State Game 9 -- November 6, 2021, Sacramento, CA, 6:05 p.m. PDT (CW59)
Elijah Dotson Running Back
Marcus Hawkins Linebacker
Location: Sacramento, CA 95819 Founded: 1947 Enrollment: 30,565 President: Dr. Robert Nelson (Brigham Young ‘74) Athletics Director: Mark Orr (UC Berkeley ‘99) Colors: Green and Gold Conference: Big Sky Nickname: Hornets Stadium (Capacity): Hornet Stadium (21,195) Surface: FieldTurf Team Information 2020-21 Overall Record: Did not play 2020-21 Conference Record (Place): Did not play Basic Offense: Multiple Basic Defense: 4-2-5 Lettermen Returning / Lost: 40 / 29 Starters Returning / Lost: 15 / 10 Series: Cal Poly leads 21-18 Last Meeting: Sacramento St., 38-14 in 2019, San Luis Obispo
Coaching Staff Head Coach: Troy Taylor (California ‘89) Record / Years: 9-4 / Second Year Overall / Years: 9-4 / Second Year Football Office Phone: (916) 278-7053 Best Time to Call: Mornings (call SID) Assistant Coaches: Kris Richardson (Asst. HC/OL), Andy Thompson (Def. Coor./LBs), Cherokee Valeria (Def. Passing Game Coor./CBs), Sam Cole (Safeties), Bobby Fresques (QBs), Jeremy LaPan (Special Teams Coor./TEs), Tyler Osborne (WRs), Kraig Paulson (DL), Malcolm Agnew (RBs), Garrett Wolfe (Dir. of FB Ops.) Sports Information Football SID: Brian Berger (bwberger@csus.edu) SID Office Phone: (916) 278-4313 SID Fax: (916) 278-5429 SID Cell: (916) 397-4325 Press Box Phone: (916) 278-5995 Web Address: www.hornetsports.com
2020-21 Results
2021 Schedule
No games played
Sept. 4 at Dixie State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 p.m. Sept. 11 Northern Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 p.m. Sept. 18 at Cal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 p.m. Sept. 25 *at Idaho State . . . . . . . . . . . . .12:05 p.m. Oct. 9 *Southern Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:05 p.m. Oct. 16 *at Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12:05 p.m. Oct. 23 *Northern Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . .6:05 p.m. Oct. 30 *at Northern Colorado . . . . . . . .12:05 p.m. Nov. 6 *Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:05 p.m. Nov. 13 *Portland State . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:05 p.m. Nov. 20 *at UC Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA *Big Sky Conference game All Times Pacific
*Big Sky Conference game
Troy Taylor Head Coach
Idaho State Game 10 -- November 13, 2021, San Luis Obispo, CA, 5:05 p.m. PST
OShea Trujillo Linebacker
Tyler Vander Waal Quarterback
Location: Pocatello, ID 83209 Founded: 1901 Enrollment: 7,802 President: Kevin Satterlee (Boise State ‘90) Athletics Director: Pauline Thiros (Idaho State ‘94) Colors: Black and Orange Conference: Big Sky Nickname: Bengals Stadium (Capacity): Holt Arena (12,000) Surface: Helas Turf Team Information 2020-21 Overall Record: 2-4 2020-21 Conference Record (Place): 2-4 (Tie-Fifth Place) Basic Offense: Spread Basic Defense: 4-3 Lettermen Returning / Lost: 59 / 11 Starters Returning / Lost: 24 / 2 Series: Cal Poly leads 14-8 Last Meeting: Cal Poly, 37-14, in 2018, at San Luis Obispo, CA 2020-21 Results Feb. 27 March 6 March 13 March 27 April 3 April 10
*Weber State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21-49 L *at Southern Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . .26-24 W *Eastern Washington . . . . . . . . . . .42-46 L *at UC Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27-31 L *Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24-22 W *at Weber State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-20 L *Big Sky Conference game
Rob Phenicie Head Coach
Coaching Staff Head Coach: Rob Phenicie (Memphis ‘89) Record / Years: 15-25 / Fifth Year Overall / Years: 15-25 / Fifth Year Football Office Phone: (208) 282-2779 Best Time to Call: Monday mornings (call SID) Assistant Coaches: Mike Ferriter (Off. Coor./QBs), Roger Cooper (Assoc. HC/Def. Coor./LB), David Fiefia (Asst. Head Coach/RBs/Special Teams Coordinator), Kam Yancy (CBs), Byron Hout (DL/Recruiting Coor.), Mike Philipp (OL), JB Hall Jr. (S), Hagen Graves (WRs), Tyson Munns (Dir. of FB Ops.) Sports Information Football SID: Steve Schaack (schaste4@isu.edu) SID Office Phone: (208) 282-2621 SID Fax: (208) 282-3659 SID Cell: (208) 406-3570 Press Box Phone: (208) 282-2952 Web Address: www.isubengals.com 2021 Schedule Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 Nov. 20
North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 at Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:30 *Sacramento State . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 *at Northern Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 *UC Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 *at Portland State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 *at Montana State . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 *Weber State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 at BYU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 *at Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:05 *Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
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*Big Sky Conference game All Times Mountain
62 2021 Opponents Northern Arizona Game 11 -- November 20, 2021, San Luis Obispo, CA, 5:05 p.m. PST
Morgan Vest Defensive Back
Hendrix Johnson Wide Receiver
Location: Flagstaff, AZ 86001 Founded: 1899 Enrollment: 29,569 President: Jose Luis Cruz Rivera (U. of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez) Vice President of Athletics: Mike Marlow (Washington State ‘90) Colors: Blue, Gold and Sage Conference: Big Sky Nickname: Lumberjacks Stadium (Capacity): Walkup Skydome (10,000) Surface: Real Grass Field Turf Team Information 2020-21 Overall Record: 3-2 2019 Conference Record (Place): 3-2 (Tie-Third) Basic Offense: Multiple Basic Defense: 4-3 Lettermen Returning / Lost: 45 / 17 Starters Returning / Lost: 26 / 2 Series: Northern Arizona leads 11-2 Last Meeting: Cal Poly, 38-28, in 2018, at Flagstaff, AZ Feb. 27 March 6 March 13 March 20 March 27 April 3 April 10 April 17
Chris Ball Head Coach
2020-21 Results
*Southern Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34-33 W *at Eastern Washington . . . . . . . . .13-45 L Bye Bye *at Weber State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23-28 L *Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Canceled *Southern Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28-20 W *Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-9 W *Big Sky Conference game
Coaching Staff Head Coach: Chris Ball (Missouri Western State College ‘86) Record / Years: 7-10 / Third Year Overall / Years: 7-10 / Third Year Football Office Phone: (928) 523-6787 Best Time to Call: Weekday Mornings (Contact SID) Assistant Coaches: Aaron Pflugrad (Offensive Coor./QBs), Jerry Partridge (Defensive Coor.), Robin Pflugrad (Asst. HC/TEs), Bob Connelly (OL), Jesse Thompson (DBs), Everrette Thompson (DL), Sammy Lawanson (OLBs/NBs), Junior Taylor (WRs), Dave Ungerer (RBs/Special Teams Coor.), Josh Irvin (DEs/Recr. Coor.) Sports Information Football SID: Cody Bashore SID Office Phone: (928) 523-6792 SID Fax: (928) 523-6793 SID Cell: (805) 680-1795 Press Box Phone: (928) 523-7729 / (928) 523-7730 Email: cody.bashore-perales@nau.edu Web Address: www.nauathletics.com Sept. 2 Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 Nov. 20
2021 Schedule
Sam Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 at South Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 at Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 *at Northern Colorado . . . . . . . .12:05 *Idaho State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:05 *Southern Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:05 *at Sacramento State . . . . . . . . .6:05 *at Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:05 *UC Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:05 *Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:05 *at Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:05
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*Big Sky Conference game All Times Mountain
Early Days of Cal Poly Football
Though the first Cal Poly football team to have a head coach hired by the university played its first season in 1915, there was football on campus as early as 1905. Deuel Hall is in the background. Photos are from the Polytechnic Journal.
Mustang Memorial Plaza Friends and family of E. Gary Van Horn attended dedication ceremony for Mustang Memorial Plaza.
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ustang Memorial Plaza at Alex G. Spanos Stadium was formally dedicated September 29, 2006, with over 400 people in attendance, including survivors, friends and family members of those who lost their lives. Cal Poly’s 1960 football team was honorably inducted into the Cal Poly Athletics Hall of Fame later that evening at Chumash Auditorium. Richard Equinoa, retired director of career services at Cal Poly, read the names of the 53 members of the team who were inducted. As many as 46 of the inductees were represented at the induction dinner. Gil Stork, a survivor of the Oct. 29, 1960, plane crash at Toledo, Ohio, that took the lives of 18 team members, served as Master of Ceremonies. Representing the 1960 football team at the podium were survivors Carl Bowser and Ted Tollner. The unity and depth of brotherhood shared by the 1960 players made the group an ideal selection for Cal Poly’s unprecedented selection of an entire team for Hall of Fame honors, according to Alison Cone, Cal Poly’s director of athletics at the time. Eighteen of the original 25 survivors of the tragic plane crash were still alive at the time, and most were present for the remembrance ceremonies, as well as a number of family members. “This dedication is one of the most significant moments in Cal Poly’s
Relatives of halfback John Bell gather in front of memorial plaque. Photos by Chris Leschinsky
history, as well as for me personally,” said then-Cal Poly President Warren J. Baker. “The new Mustang Memorial Plaza is Cal Poly’s tribute to the 1960 team. With this plaza, we will preserve forever the memory of the 18 who perished in the tragic crash, so that their hopes and dreams live on.” A flock of doves was released during the dedication ceremony and PolyPhonics performed two songs. President Baker presided over the unveiling of the granite plaques placed on 18 copper pillars representing each of the 18 team members -- 16 players, a Mustang booster and the team manager -- who lost their lives in the crash. The 15,000-square-foot Mustang Memorial Plaza is rich in symbolism. It is anchored by a striking bronze sculpture of a mustang created by Roy Harris -- aptly titled “Unbridled Spirit” -- which stands at the center of a ‘team huddle’ created by a circle of 18 pillars faced in copper, a metal that grows more beautiful with time. Each of the 18 pillars stands at the same height as that of its honoree. Soft beams of light glow from the tops of the pillars, permanent beacons that serve to guide those who wish to honor the memory of the team. Each pillar displays a granite plaque engraved with the 1961 yearbook photo of the honored individual, statistics for that player, and personal information. As one family member wrote in tribute to its lost loved one, “Always loved. Never forgotten.”
Survivors of the 1960 Cal Poly plane crash include Ted Tollner (left), who spoke at the Hall of Fame dinner; Al Marinai (center), who helped initiate the plaza project; and Gil Stork (right), Master of Ceremonies for both the plaza dedication and Hall of Fame dinner.
2021 Cal Poly Football Schedule Date Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 Nov. 20
Opponent Time at U. San Diego . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:05 p.m. at Fresno State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:05 p.m. SOUTH DAKOTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:05 p.m. *at Montana (SWX/Montana) . . . . . .12:05 p.m. *^WEBER STATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:05 p.m. *at Montana State (ROOT) . . . . . . . . .1:05 p.m. Bye *+&UC DAVIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:05 p.m. *at Portland State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:05 p.m. *at Sacramento State (CW59) . . . . . .6:05 p.m. *IDAHO STATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:05 p.m. *NORTHERN ARIZONA . . . . . . . . . .5:05 p.m.
+Battle for the Golden Horseshoe ^ Homecoming Game. &Parent and Family Weekend *Big Sky game All Times Pacific All games broadcast on ESPN Radio 1280 AM / 101.7 FM
Photograph by: Eric Burdick