2020-21 Cal Poly Football Team Information Guide

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: 21,242 (Fall 2019) 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 (Ninth 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 (100 Seasons): 509-414-20 (55.0 percent) All-Time Record Since 1941 (Four-Year School): 423-340-9 (55.4 percent) All-Time FCS Record (1994-2019): 151-141 (51.7 percent) (26 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, Donovan Aird 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, First Year (Central Washington ‘96) Records: At Cal Poly -- 0-0 (First Year); Overall -- 95-35 (10 Years) Best Time to Call: Mornings -- 10-11 a.m. (Contact SID) Assistant Coaches: Offensive Coor. (WR) — Nick Edwards, First (Eastern Washington ‘13) Quarterbacks — Erik Meyer, First (Eastern Washington ‘14) RBs/Recruiting Coor. — James Montgomery, First (Washington State ‘11) Running Game Coor./OL — Paul Wulff, First (Washington State ‘90) Tight Ends/ Co-Special Teams Coor. — Casey Petree, First (Texas ‘09) Defensive Coor./Linebackers — J.C. Sherritt, First (Eastern Washington ‘11) Defensive Running Game Coor./DL — Will Plemons, First (Cal Lutheran ‘97) Defensive Assistant — Josh Letuligasenoa, Second (Cal Poly ‘18) Defensive Passing Game Coor./DBs — Cody vonAppen, First (Western Oregon ‘14) Cornerbacks — Jeff Anderson, First (Texas Southern ‘14) Offensive Quality Control — Harry Whitson, Second (Cal Poly ‘19) Defensive Quality Control — Drake Tofi, First (MidAmerica Nazarene ‘18) Director of Football Operations — Hannah Cesario, Second Year (Oregon State ‘19) CAL POLY TEAM INFORMATION 2019 Record: 3-8 overall (2-6, Tie-Ninth Place in Big Sky) Basic Formations: Offense -- Multiple; Defense -- 3-4 Lettermen Returning: 51 total (22 offense / 22 defense / 7 specialists) Lettermen Lost: 26 total (11 offense / 13 defense / 2 specialists) Starters Returning: 17 total (10 offense / 7 defense) (five or more starts) Starters Lost: 12 total (4 offense / 8 defense) (five or more starts) Specialists Returning: 7 - Juanie Campbell (KR), Ryan McNab (KR/H), Xavier Moore (KR), Bradley Mickey (PR), Sawyer Sobelman (LS), Colton Theaker (PK), Mitch Souza (P) Specialists Lost: 2 - J.J. Koski (KR/PR), Tyler Whisenhunt (SS) Redshirts: 25; Grayshirts: 0; Walk-Ons: 3; Transfers: 7; Squad Members: 12; Newcomers: 40

2020-21 Schedule Date Feb. 27 March 6 March 13 March 20 March 27 April 3 April 10 April 17

Opponent Time *#at UC Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:05 p.m.

WEBER STATE . . . . . . . . . . .12:05 p.m. *SOUTHERN UTAH . . . . . . . .12:05 p.m.

Bye *at Eastern Washington . . . . . .1:05 p.m. *at Northern Arizona . . . . . . . . .1:05 p.m. *#UC DAVIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12:05 p.m.

Bye

*Big Sky Game +Battle for the Golden Horseshoe &Mustang Family Weekend ^Alumni 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 Big Sky Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-23 Pronunciation Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 2020 Big Sky Conference Summer Football Kickoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Great West Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Doerr Family Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 2020 Cal Poly Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29-30 2020 Preseason Depth Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32-34 Travel Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 2019 Spring Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 2019 Postseason Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Series Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35-36 2020 Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37-42 Mustang Memorial Plaza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IBC 2020 Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OBC

Credits The 2020-21 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, Matt Brown, Paul Brenneman, Karen Froyland, Ray Ambler, Owen Main, Yary Photography, Cal Poly Archives, Tom Wolfe, Fox Sports Cover Design: Sheneé Sanchez 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 2020-21 Cal Poly Football Team Information Guide, designed by Sheneé Sanchez, features, clockwise from the top, defensive end Myles Cecil, wide receiver Quentin Harrison, linebacker Matt Shotwell and running back Duy Tran-Sampson.

2 Media Information The 2020-21 edition of the Cal Poly Football Team Information Guide is designed as a source of information for the media covering the Mustangs during the 2020 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 14th 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.

Chris Sylvester begins his fifth year as the play-by-play announcer for Cal Poly this fall. Stephen Hodges will provide color commentary.

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .481-4646 Silverado Bus Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .544-7658

Athletics Communications Director

Eric Burdick is in his 20th 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 -- 2020-21 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: Adam Birder 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: Rob Schiff Phone: (805) 597-8411 Buscher Phone: (805) 597-8416 Schiff Phone: (805) 597-8400 Newsroom Fax: (805) 543-4378 Web: www.ksby.com Email: cbuscher@ksby.com rschiff@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 23-20-2 advantage in the series with three 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 42 times. From 2001-05 and in 2007, 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2015, the visiting team won.

Sixteen games in the “Battle for the Golden Horseshoe” have been played, with UC Davis winning nine 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 insti-

tution of its size. During the 2018-19 academic year, the athletics department – which sponsors 21 varsity programs – saw the men’s and women’s cross country and women’s volleyball and beach volleyball teams advance to the NCAA regionals and capture Big West titles as well. Katie Izzo and Miranda Daschian qualified for the NCAA Championships in cross country and joined Abibat Rahman-Davies and Brooke Tjerrild in track and field’s NCAA West Preliminary Round. Tom Lane qualified in the NCAA Wrestling Championship for the second time. Joe Protheroe and Dominic Frasch (football) along with Crissy Jones and Tia Miric (beach volleyball) earned All-America honors along with sisters Torrey and Adlee Van Winden (indoor volleyball). Pitcher Bobby Ay (ninth round, Arizona) was selected in the MLB Draft in June 2019. Named Big West athletes of the year were Daschian (women’s cross country), Jake Ritter (men’s cross country), Jones and Miric (beach volleyball) and Torrey Van Winden (indoor volleyball).

As testament to Cal Poly’s athletics and academic integrity, 117 Mustangs collected conference all-academic praise during the 2019-20 school year. The Cal Poly Athletics Department also finished sixth in the 2018-19 Big West Commissioner’s Cup, an award presented to the institution with the best overall results in the conference’s 18 sponsored sports, and 10 squads posted perfect Academic Progress Rate scores during the 2018-19 academic year. Six Mustang teams posted the best scores in the conference in their sport.

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 (143pound) freestyle competition.

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 2019 Quarter): 21,242 • 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Conference Coaches of the Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 NCAA National / Regional Coaches Of Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Team NCAA Tournament Appearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Individual NCAA Postseason Appearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224 All-Conference Selections (First and Second Teams) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .897 All-Conference Academic Selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,501 All-America Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 NCAA Individual National Champions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 CoSIDA Regional All-Academic Picks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Teams Earning Top-25 National Rankings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 (2017) Beach Volleyball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 (2019) 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) Men’s Golf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 (2006) Women’s Soccer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 (1996, 1999-00, 2002-04, 2009, 2013) Softball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 (2007, 2009) Men’s Tennis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 (2007, 2010, 2012, 2013-14) Women’s Tennis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 (2003) Volleyball (Indoor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 (2006, 2007, 2017, 2018) Women’s Golf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 (2016) Volleyball (Beach) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 (2019) 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 Sixth Year

BEAU BALDWIN Football First Year

NICK CARLESS Men’s Tennis 10th Year

JENNY CONDON Softball 17th Year

MARK CONOVER Director of Track 12th Year Cross Country 23rd Year

ALEX CROZIER Women’s Soccer 29th Year

LARRY LEE Baseball 19th Year

FAITH MIMNAUGH Women’s Basketball 24th Year

TODD ROGERS Beach Volleyball Sixth Year

PHIL ROWE Men’s Golf First Year

JOHN SMITH Men’s Basketball Second Year

CAROLINE WALTERS Women’s Volleyball Second Year

STEVE SAMPSON Men’s Soccer Sixth Year

JON SIOREDAS Wrestling Fifth Year

KATHRIN PHIL YOSHIDA WINTERHALTER Men’s and Women’s Women’s Tennis Swimming and Diving Sixth Year First 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 53 separate areas, as of the Fall 2018 term.

ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE Featuring 21 varsity programs, the Cal Poly Athletics Department is in its 27th 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 25th 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.

Individually during the 2018-19 academic year, the men’s and women’s cross country and women’s indoor and beach volleyball teams advanced to the NCAA regionals and captured Big West titles as well. Katie Izzo and Miranda Daschian qualified for the NCAA Championships in cross country and joined Abibat Rahman-Davies and Brooke Tjerrild in track and field’s NCAA West Preliminary Round. Tom Lane qualified in the NCAA Wrestling Championship for the second time.

Joe Protheroe and Dominic Frasch (football) along with Crissy Jones and Tia Miric (beach volleyball) earned All-America honors, as did sisters Torrey and Adlee Van Winden (indoor volleyball). Pitcher Bobby Ay (ninth round, Arizona) was selected in the MLB Draft in June 2019. Named Big West athletes of the year were Daschian (women’s cross country), Jake Ritter (men’s cross country), Jones and Miric (beach volleyball) and Torrey Van Winden (indoor volleyball).

As testament to Cal Poly’s athletics and academic integrity, 117 Mustangs collected conference all-academic praise during the 2019-20 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.

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 (Phillies) 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 Teddy Warrecker, Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2462 / twarreck@calpoly.edu Jake Silverman, Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-1201 / jsilve07@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

DONOVAN AIRD CHRIS BAKER ANDREW BAIRD STEPHANIE UYENO Assistant Media Associate A.D., Marketing Assistant Relations Director Advancement Specialist Athletic Trainer

LACEY BUCK Special Event Coordinator

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 TBA (Men’s Assistant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-5156 / TBA@gmail.com 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 Ignacio Hernandez, Assistant / Goalkeeper Trainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756--7070 / ighernan@calpoly.edu Nick Semnani, Director of Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-7070 / nsemnani@calpoly.edu

ERIC BURDICK CARLY HEAD PAUL GABRIELSON JENNA TOGNAZZINI CHRIS GIOVANNETTI Director of Assistant Media Assistant Academic Assistant A.D., Athletics Trainer Development Relations Director Advisor Athletics Comm.

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 Paige Johnson, Director of Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2590 / pfjohnso@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, Volunteer Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .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

RYAN GRUSS HEATHER HELLMAN RICH HODGKINSON ASHLEIGH HORSTMANN JESSE LATINO Coordinator of Asst. AD, Facilities Manager, Ticket Mustang Sports Equipment Administration and Operations Manager Operations Properties

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 Becca Holtgeerts, Volunteer Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2371 / rholtgee@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 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

SARA MACKENZIE Strength and Conditioning Coach

TOM MASE Faculty Athletic Rep.

KERI MENDOZA JASON NAMANNY ASHLEY OFFERMANN Director Assistant A.D., Associate A.D., SWA-Compliance of Marketing Development

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 / jgarci08@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 Alysa Velasquez, Academic Advising Graduate Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-6495 / avelas16@calpoly.edu

NEAL Mc IVOR NICK PETTIT Assistant Deputy Director Athletic Trainer of Athletics

MEGAN MIYAMOTO Assistant Athletic Trainer

ZACH REED Academic Services

CHRIS RITTER Assistant Athletics Trainer

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 Sheneé Sanchez, Creative Services Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2255 / shsanche@calpoly.edu Andrew Baird, Assistant Director of Marketing - Video Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-2410 / adbaird@calpoly.edu Heather Hellman, Mustang Sports Properties (Learfield/IMG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-7221 / hhellman@learfield.com Travis Parrish, Manager, Business Development (Learfield/IMG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-7217 / tparrish@learfield.com Nick Corbani, Property Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-7217 / Nick.Corbani@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 Donovan Aird, Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-6586 / daird@calpoly.edu Connor Leary, Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756-6531 / cleary01@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

KRISTAL SLOVER SHANNON STEPHENS JEFF TROESCH PRINCE WILLIAMS MAKENZIE ZINGER Assistant A.D., Mental Performance Head Athletics Business Assistant Academic Services 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 (2010 Census) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45,119 Miles of County Coastline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Average Household Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$60,534 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, 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.

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.

Cal Poly 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 fullfledged 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 long-term, 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 58th 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 34 of the past 36 years, including three teams on nine occasions -- 1988, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2009, 2012 with Cal Poly, Montana State and Eastern Washington, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018 -- and four in 2013, 2016 and 2019.

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 advanced at least two teams to the quarterfinals six of the last 13 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. Last year, linebacker Dante Olson of Montana was the recipient of the Buck Buchanan Award (national defensive player of the year).

Since moving to the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) in 1994, Cal Poly is 6070 against teams from the Big Sky Conference, including a 49-43 mark in the last 92 games from 2004-19. The Mustangs have 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 the fall.

2019 Big Sky Conference Football Standings School Weber State Sacramento State Montana Montana State Eastern Washington Idaho Portland State UC Davis Northern Arizona Cal Poly Idaho State Southern Utah Northern Colorado

Big 7-1 7-1 6-2 6-2 6-2 3-5 3-5 3-5 2-6 2-6 2-6 2-6 2-6

Sky .875 .875 .750 .750 .750 .375 .375 .375 .250 .250 .250 .250 .250

Overall 11-4 .733 9-4 .693 10-3 .769 11-4 .733 7-5 .583 5-7 .417 5-7 .417 5-7 .417 4-8 .333 3-8 .273 3-9 .250 3-9 .250 2-10 .167

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

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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

98 98 99 99 60 91 95 100 100

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Longest Plays Rushing Johnny Gordon, Nevada vs. Montana State TreShawn Garrett, Weber State vs. UC Davis Passing John Bonds to Hendricks Johnson, No. Arizona vs. Boise State Jimmy Blanchard to Terry Charles, Portland St. vs. E.Washington Field Goals Terry Belden, Northern Arizona vs. Cal State Northridge Pete Garcas, Idaho State vs. Cal State Northridge Punting Jacob DeMaio, Weber State vs. Southern Utah Punt Return Alex Tillman, North Dakota vs. Portland State Kickoff Return Thirty-Four Players (Last: Malik Flowers (UM), Jaylin White (UCD)) Interception Return Rob Pouliot, Montana State vs. Boise State Jacori Rufus, Idaho State vs. Southern Utah Ernie James, Idaho State vs. Northern Colorado D.J. Clark, Idaho State vs. Weber State Dustin Tew, Idaho State vs. Weber State Defensive PAT Morgan Ryan, Montana State vs. Sam Houston State

2019 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

1984 2017 1990 1999 1993 1998 2016 2014 2018 1988 1998 2003 2007 2010 1991

Player Ulonzo Gilliam (UCD) Antoine Custer Jr. (EWU) Duy Tran-Sampson (CP) Ty Flanagan (ISU) Sirgeo Hoffman (PSU) 17. Jalen Hamler (CP)

Rushing (Yards per Game) G Att. Yards 12 243 1,249 12 195 1,228 11 235 1,037 10 173 895 10 143 769 11 194 522

Player Jalen Hamler (CP) Eric Barriere (EWU) Case Cookus (NAU) Dalton Sneed (UM) Davis Alexander (PSU)

Passing (Efficiency Rating) G PC-PA-I 11 62-108-5 12 258-438-4 12 290-481-7 12 287-438-14 12 211-370-8

Receiving (Receiving Yards per Player G Cgt. Jeff Cotton (UI) 10 87 Samori Toure (UM) 14 87 Brandon Porter (NAU) 12 85 Stacy Chukwumezie (NAU) 12 50 J.J. Koski (CP) 11 42 Player Marcus Knight (UM) Joe Logan (NAU) Luis Aguilar (NAU) Antoine Custer Jr. (EWU) Seth Harrison (ewU)

G 14 12 12 12 11

Scoring TD FG 25 0-0 20 0-0 0 22-25 16 0-0 0 12-12

Avg./G 5.1 6.3 4.4 5.2 5.4 2.7

TD 11 16 8 5 8 9

Pct. .574 .589 .603 .655 .570

Yards 1,167 3,712 4,095 3,436 2,928

TD 12 31 31 25 25

Game) Yards 1,134 1,495 1,198 963 868

Avg./G 113.4 106.8 99.8 80.2 78.9

TD 7 13 10 8 8

PAT 2-PAT Points 0-0 0 150 0-0 0 120 52-52 0 118 0-0 0 96 50-53 0 86

Avg. 10.7 10.0 9.8 8.0 7.8

Player DJ Arnson (NAU) Jered Padmos (MSU) Daniel Whelan (UCD) Noah Sol (UNC) Doug Lloyd (WSU) 9. Mitch Souza (CP)

Punting G No. 12 57 14 66 12 57 12 38 15 82 11 54

Yards 2,612 2,971 2,512 1,660 3,558 2,291

Avg. 45.8 45.0 44.1 43.7 43.4 42.4

LG 65 76 62 65 72 58

Player Dante Olson (UM) Tre Walker (UI) Dehonta Hayes (EWU) Christian Elliss (UI) Jace Lewis (UM) 12. Matt Shotwell (CP) 20. Kitu Humphrey (CP) 28. Aaron Cooper (CP)

Tackles G Solo 14 76 12 74 12 59 11 49 14 65 11 57 11 46 11 37

Asst.

103 64 56 55 66 32 27 30

Total 179 138 115 104 131 89 73 67

Avg. 12.8 11.5 9.6 9.5 9.4 8.1 6.6 8.1

2019 All-Big Sky Conference Teams Offensive Player of the Year: Kevin Thomsen, QB (Sacramento State) Co-Defensive Player of the Year: Dante Olson, LB (UM), Jonah Williams, DE (WSU) Newcomer of the Year: Marcus Knight, RB (Montana) Freshman of the Year: Nick Eaton, LB (UC Davis) First Team Offense: QB — Kevin Thomsen (UCD); WR — Samori Toure (UM), J.J. Koski (CP), Pierre Williams (SAC); RB — Josh Davis (WSU), Elijah Dotson (SAC); OL — Zach Larsen (SUU), Mitch Brott (MSU), Wyatt Ming (SAC), Spencer Blackburn (EWU), Chris Schlichting (EWU), Ty Whitworth (WSU), Cole Habib (NAU); TE — Charlie Taumoepeau (PSU); FB — Clay Moss (WSU); AP — Travis Jonsen (MSU); K — Luis Aguilar (NAU); PR — Jerry Louie-McGee (UM); KR — Nick Romano (UI).

Defense: DT — Jared Schiess (WSU), Dariyn Choates (SAC); DE — George Obinna (SAC), Jonah Williams (WSU); OLB — Troy Andersen (MSU), Christian Elliss (UI); ILB — Dante Olson (UM), Jace Lewis (UM), Josh Hill (MSU); DB — Daron Bland (SAC), Brayden Konkol (MSU), Devon King (UCD), Khalil Dorsey (NAU), Anthony Adams (PSU); P — DJ Arnson (NAU); ST — Emmanuel Daigbe (PSU).

Second Team (Cal Poly Only) Offense: OL — Tyler Whisenhunt, FB — Duy Tran-Sampson.

Defense: None.

Third Team (Cal Poly Only) Offense: None.

Defense: LB — Matt Shotwell.

Honorable Mention Cal Poly -- Myles Cecil (DE), Kitu Humphrey (DB), Carter Nichols (DB).

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 Saia Fonongaloa Ethan Rodriguez Chuby Dunu Bradley Mickey September Ryan Rivera Dylan Krauss Steve Walpole Michael Roth Dawson Hurst

3 8 10 19 3 3 4 6 8

Wade Willet Connor Heffler Jackson Pavitt Nicolo DiFronzo Conor Bruce Colton Theaker Cole Powers Mohab Wahdan Duy Tran-Sampson Cruz Rubio Hunter Raquet Dustin Grein

10 10 13 16 17 19 21 21 22 24 26 30

October Isaiah Robinson Julian Reed Jalen Hamler Trevor Owens Andrew Cokley Mitchell Souza Brandon Davis David Meyer November Mike Mercep John Smolenski

1 4 5 8 14 22 24 31 5 8

Hunter Jones Grant Anderson Matthew Stuppiello Mitch Anderson Xavier Moore Leonte Huerta-Moore December Ethan Bronson Aaron Cooper Freddie Gaines Austin Anderson Seth Robasciotti

10 11 12 20 23 28 6 9 10 12 13

Nick White Patrick Roberg Myles Cecil Juanie Campbell Cameron Crump Lepi Lataimua D’Angelo McKenzie Richard Watkins DeMarcus Oandasan

14 14 16 16 19 23 25 28 29

January Laipeli Palu

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21 2020 Big Sky Composite Schedule (All Times Pacific) Saturday, February 27 Eastern Washington at Idaho 2:05 Weber State at Idaho State 3:05 Southern Utah at Northern Arizona12:05 Cal Poly at UC Davis 1:05

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Saturday, March 6 Northern Arizona at Eastern Washington 1:05 UC Davis at Idaho 11:05 Idaho State at Southern Utah 11:05 Weber State at Cal Poly 12:05

p.m. a.m. a.m. p.m.

Saturday, March 13 Eastern Washington at Idaho State Idaho at Northern Arizona 12:05 Southern Utah at Cal Poly 12:05 UC Davis at Weber State 12:05

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Saturday, March 20 OPEN WEEK Saturday, March 27 Cal Poly at Eastern Washington 1:05 p.m.

Southern Utah at Idaho 11:05 a.m.

Idaho State at UC Davis 1:05 p.m.

Northern Arizona at Weber State 12:05 p.m.

Saturday, April 3 Eastern Washington at UC Davis Idaho at Idaho State Cal Poly at Northern Arizona Weber State at Southern Utah

1:05 p.m.

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Saturday, April 10 Idaho at Eastern Washington 1:05 Idaho State at Weber State 12:05 Northern Arizona at Southern Utah 3:05 UC Davis at Cal Poly 12:05

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Saturday, April 17 OPEN WEEK Saturday, April 24 NCAA FCS Playoffs (First Round) Saturday, May 1 NCAA FCS Playoffs (Quarterfinal Round) Saturday, May 8 NCAA FCS Playoffs (Semifinal Round) Sunday, May 16 NCAA FCS Championship Game (at Frisco, Texas)

Cal Poly Selected to Finish 10th in Big Sky Cal Poly was selected finish 10th in the 13-team Big Sky Conference football standings in the fall of 2020, according to preseason polls of head coaches and Big Sky media.

The 13 head coaches gave Cal Poly 46 points while the 44 media members who participated awarded the Mustangs 206 points.

The polls were announced during the Big Sky's virtual Football Kickoff in July.

Top six teams in both polls are the same, with Weber State on top with seven first-place votes from the coaches and 28 first-place votes from the media.

The Wildcats have won at least a share of the regular season crown the past three seasons and made their third consecutive Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) playoff appearance last fall, reaching the semifinals. The Wildcats have recorded three straight seasons of 10 or more wins and finished 2019 ranked No. 3 in the FCS polls.

Finishing second through sixth in both polls are No. 2 Montana, No. 3 Montana State, No. 4 Eastern Washington, No. 5 Sacramento State and No. 6 UC Davis.

In the media poll, Montana received eight firstplace votes, Montana State six and Eastern Washington and UC Davis one each. In the head coaches poll, Montana earned three first-place votes and Montana State, Eastern Washington and Sacramento State one each.

Cal Poly captured the Big Sky championship in its first season in the conference (2012), has compiled a 32-32 record in its first eight years in the Big Sky, has

claimed five conference titles in the last 16 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 2. Montana (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128 3. Montana State (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 4. Eastern Washington (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 5. Sacramento State (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 6. UC Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 7. Northern Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 8. Portland State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 9. Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 10. Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 11. Idaho State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 12. Southern Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 13. Northern Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Media 1. Weber State (28) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .546 2. Montana (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .496 3. Montana State (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .493 4. Eastern Washington (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .438 5. Sacramento State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .389 6. UC Davis (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325 7. Portland State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .274 8. Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273 9. Northern Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238 10. Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206 11. Idaho State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 12. Southern Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 13. Northern Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 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 11th 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 2020 championship game will be played at Toyota Stadium on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021.

The championship game is the culmination of an expanded 24-team championship bracket. As a result of the expansion to 20 teams seven 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 nine FCS titles, defeating James Madison 2820. The Bison defeated Eastern Washington 38-24 in the 2018 title game.

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 football championship, 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 34 of the past 36 years.

Pronunciation Guide Ryan Boehm BAYM Juanie Campbell juh-WAN Andrew Cokley COKE-lee Chuby Dunu duh-NEW Aarmon Euwing Arr-MON Ewing Pono Faaagi POH-no faa-AH-gee Jojo Falo FALL-low Vatulele Finau VAW-tu-lay-lay fin-NOW Saia Fonongaloa SIGH-uh FAWN-on-guh-LOW-ah Dustin Grein Rhymes with grind Ben Hakimi Hah-KEE-me Ryan Hannoun Huh-NOON Shakobe Harper Shuh-KO-bee Jamarri Jackson Juh-MAR-ree Isaiah Jernagin JER-nuh-ghin Lepi Lataimua LEPP-ee LIE-tau-MOO-uh Caden McCloughan Mc-CLEW-un

Judaea Moon Jew-DAY-uh Xavier Moore ZAY-vee-ur DeMarcus Oandasan Oh-un-DAW-son Laipeli Palu Lie-PELL-ee Puh-LOO Jackson Pavitt Rhymes with rabbit Hunter Raquet Ruk-KAY Seth Robasciotti Robe-uh-SHOT-tee Will Semone suh-MOAN-knee Sawyer Sobelman SEW-bull-mun D.J. Stuckey duh-JOHN Dominic Stellini-Splan Stell-LEAN-ee Splan (Plan) Matthew Stuppiello Stew-pee-EL-low Colton Theaker THEE-kurr Lance Vecchio VECK-key-oh Mohab Wahdan MO-habb Wuh-DON Garrett Weichman WIKE-mun Wade Willet WILL-let

22 2019 Big Sky Conference Summer Football Kickoff

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he 2019 Big Sky Conference Summer Football Kickoff was held July 14-15 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.

Wide receiver J.J. Koski and defensive back Kitu Humphrey, both seniors last fall, represented Cal Poly. Player and head coach interviews were video streamed live on Pluto TV Channel 551 and WatchBigSky.com. The players also played bowling the night before the Summer Kickoff began. Koski posted a 108 and 155 with six total strikes while Humphrey checked in with four strikes and scores of 116 and 89. Dalton Sneed of Montana was the individual winner with a 164 and 160.

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 led a media roundtable 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. 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 becomes a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2020.

After 23 years in Ogden, Utah, the Big Sky Conference on August 1 moved its offices to Farmington, Utah, closer to Salt Lake City International Airport.

“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 will be the fourth home in the league’s history, as the league office was located in Pullman, Wash., from 1963-71 and Boise, Idaho, from 1971-95.

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

• • • •

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

Ch. 752 • Big Sky Conference Ch. 1000 • Big Sky Live Ch. 1001 • Portland State Ch. 1002 • Sacramento State Ch. 1003 • Eastern Washington Ch. 1004 • Weber State Ch. 1005 • Southern Utah Ch. 1006 • Montana Ch. 1007 • Montana State Ch. 1008 • Northern Arizona Ch. 1009 • Northern Colorado Ch. 1010 • Idaho Ch. 1011 • Idaho State Ch. 1012 • Cal Poly Ch. 1013 • UC Davis

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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 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 2020-21 Cal Poly Football Roster (Alphabetical) No. 72 59 16 49 21 37 26 61 9 38

Name Pos. Austin Anderson . . . . . . . . . . .OL Grant Anderson . . . . . . . . . . .LB Mitch Anderson . . . . . . . . . . .WR Zach Bagley . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TE Mark Biggins . . . . . . . . . . . . .RB Ryan Boehm . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DE Michael Briscoe . . . . . . . . . . .DB Ethan Bronson . . . . . . . . . . . .OL Conor Bruce . . . . . . . . . . . . . .QB John Burns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB

Cl. Fr. Fr. *Fr. Fr. So. *Sr. Fr. Fr. *Jr. Fr.

Ht. 6-5 6-1 6-0 6-6 5-10 6-4 6-2 6-3 6-0 6-3

Wt. 260 225 187 225 195 250 195 290 190 200

Exp. HS HS RS HS I II HS HS SQ HS

Hometown (Schools Attended) San Ramon, CA (California HS) Del Mar, CA (Torrey Pines HS) Whittier, CA (La Habra HS) Carmichael, CA (Jesuit HS) Bayview, CA (St. Ignatius Prep) Temecula, CA (Great Oak HS) Vacaville, CA (Vacaville HS) Victor, CA (Lodi HS) Bakersfield, CA (Garces Memorial HS) Mission Viejo, CA (Mission Viejo HS)

1 65 56 83 91 74 11 9 1 27 37 73 63 28 44

Juanie Campbell . . . . . . . . . . .WR Payson Campisano . . . . . . . . .OL Myles Cecil . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DE Zedakiah Centers . . . . . . . . . .WR Dominic Childress . . . . . . . . .DL Kyle Christensen . . . . . . . . . .OL CJ Cole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RB Aaron Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB Cameron Crump . . . . . . . . . . .DB Brandon Davis . . . . . . . . . . . .DB Mason Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . .K Nicolo DiFronzo . . . . . . . . . . .OL Ian Dong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DL Chuby Dunu . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RB Aarmon Euwing . . . . . . . . . . .LB

*Sr. *Fr. *Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. *Jr. *Jr. *Sr. *Jr. *Jr. *Jr. Fr. *Sr. *Jr.

5-7 6-4 6-3 5-11 6-3 6-4 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-4 5-11 5-11

170 265 268 170 275 275 200 208 190 190 180 275 220 188 215

I RS II HS HS HS II II II I SQ II HS III RS

Baltimore, MD (Dunbar HS/Hartnell College) San Diego, CA (Torrey Pines HS) Panorama City, CA (La Salle HS) Anaheim, CA (Servite HS) Tracy, CA (Mountain House HS) Auburn, CA (Placer HS) Santa Maria, CA (St. Joseph HS) Lancaster, CA (Paraclete HS) Stockton, CA (Lincoln HS) Roseville, CA (Woodcreek HS) Durham, CA (Durham HS) Newbury Park, CA (Oaks Christian HS) Cupertino, CA (Cupertino HS) Clovis, CA (Buchanan HS) Sacramento, CA (Christian Bros. HS/Sacramento CC)

97 68 76 10 95 93 31

13 14

Pono Faaagi . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DL Jojo Falo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DL Vatulele Finau . . . . . . . . . . . . .OL Freddie Gaines . . . . . . . . . . . .DB Cooper Gallaway . . . . . . . . . .DL Robbie Greer . . . . . . . . . . . . .DE Dustin Grein . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB Brayden Groshart . . . . . . . . . .QB Jalen Hamler . . . . . . . . . . . . . .QB Ryan Hannoun . . . . . . . . . . . .OL Shakobe Harper . . . . . . . . . . .RB Quentin Harrison . . . . . . . . . .WR Connor Heffler . . . . . . . . . . . .LB Josh Henderson . . . . . . . . . . .LB Zach Hernandez . . . . . . . . . . .DB Matthew Hoffman . . . . . . . . .K Leonte Huerta-Moore . . . . . . .WR Dawson Hurst . . . . . . . . . . . . .DB

*Jr. *So. *So. *^Sr. Fr. Fr. *So. Fr. *So. Fr. *Fr. *Sr. Fr. Fr. Jr. *Fr. *So. *Fr.

6-1 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-1 6-6 6-1 6-3 6-1 6-5 5-7 6-2 5-11 6-2 6-0 6-3 6-5 6-0

285 280 270 195 205 240 215 235 195 270 185 195 210 200 188 170 183 195

II II I I HS HS I HS I HS RS III HS HS JC RS SQ RS

Murrieta, CA (Vista Murrieta HS) 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) San Diego, CA (Westview HS) Turlock, CA (Turlock HS) Nipomo, CA (Nipomo HS) Los Angeles, CA (Lawndale 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)

29 12 62 35 10 5 92 71 69

Jamarri Jackson . . . . . . . . . . .DB Isaiah Jernagin . . . . . . . . . . . .DB Hunter Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OL Jeremy Justice . . . . . . . . . . . .DB Dylan Krauss . . . . . . . . . . . . .WR Lepi Lataimua . . . . . . . . . . . .RB Carson Leedom . . . . . . . . . . .TE Charles Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . .OL J.T. Lyon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OL

*Jr. *Fr. *Fr. Fr. *Fr. *Sr. Fr. *Fr. *So.

5-9 5-9 6-3 6-2 5-9 5-9 6-7 6-4 6-3

180 165 292 185 175 193 220 260 270

TR RS TR HS RS III HS RS SQ

Sacramento, CA (Christian Bros. HS/Coll. of San Mateo/Northern Arizona) Bakersfield, CA (Bakersfield HS) Stockton, CA (St. Mary’s HS/Rice) Apple Valley, CA (Apple Valley HS) Livermore, CA (Granada HS) San Bruno, CA (Serra HS) San Luis Obispo, CA (San Luis Obispo HS) San Luis Obispo, CA (San Luis Obispo HS) Westlake Village, CA (Chaminade HS)

66 36 2 19 96

+Daniel Machado . . . . . . . . . .OL Caden McCloughan . . . . . . . .DB D’Angelo McKenzie . . . . . . .DB Ryan McNab . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WR Mike Mercep . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB Reed Mercer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RB David Meyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB Bradley Mickey . . . . . . . . . . .DB Marcus Mifsud . . . . . . . . . . . .OL Timothy Miller . . . . . . . . . . . .LB Dusty Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . .RB Judaea Moon . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB Xavier Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . .WR Jaylen Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . .DB Bazz Muhammad . . . . . . . . . .WR DeMarcus Oandasan . . . . . . .TE Xavier Oliphant . . . . . . . . . . .DB Eli Otero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OL Trevor Owens . . . . . . . . . . . . .DB

*Fr. *Jr. *So. *Sr. *Fr. Fr. Fr. *Sr. Fr. *So. *Fr. *Fr. *So. *Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. *So. *Jr.

6-3 6-1 5-10 5-10 6-2 6-2 6-1 5-11 6-1 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-1 5-10 6-0 6-3 5-10 6-4 6-1

283 190 180 165 205 200 210 185 260 220 219 235 190 170 175 210 175 295 200

SQ RS I III RS HS HS III HS I TR RS I I HS HS HS JC JC

San Jose, CA (Valley Christian HS) San Jose, CA (Los Gatos HS/Foothill College) San Jose, CA (Valley Christian HS/Washington State) Northridge, CA (Notre Dame HS) Lake Oswego, OR (Lake Oswego HS) Sacramento, CA (Christian Brothers HS) Mission Viejo, CA (Mission Viejo HS) Arroyo Grande, CA (Arroyo Grande HS) Campbell, CA (Bellarmine Prep) San Luis Obispo, CA (St. Joseph HS) Clayton, CA (Clayton Valley Charter/UCLA) San Jose, CA (Valley Christian HS) Winston-Salem, NC (Tracy (Calif.) HS) Hawthorne, CA (Hawthorne HS/Ohio U./El Camino College) Bakersfield, CA (Highland HS) Santa Clara, CA (Cupertino HS) Danville, CA (Monte Vista HS) El Dorado Hills, CA (Oak Ridge HS/American River College) Chico, CA (Pleasant Valley HS/Butte College)

4 79 8 81 47 46 32

57 17 94 40 41 43 3 4 80 84 22 77 13

28 2020-21 Cal Poly Football Roster (Alphabetical) No. 7 14 90 18 15 23 12 89 34 44 86 25 60 85 39 3

Name Pos. Laipeli Palu . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB Jackson Pavitt . . . . . . . . . . . . .QB Elijah Ponder . . . . . . . . . . . . .DL Hunter Raquet . . . . . . . . . . . .QB Noah Rasheed . . . . . . . . . . . . .WR Julian Reed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DB Kyle Reid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .QB Justin Restani . . . . . . . . . . . . .WR Ryan Rivera . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FB Seth Robasciotti . . . . . . . . . . .TE Patrick Roberg . . . . . . . . . . . .TE Isaiah Robinson . . . . . . . . . . .DB Ethan Rodriguez . . . . . . . . . . .DL Michael Roth . . . . . . . . . . . . .TE Cruz Rubio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LS Joey Ruiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB

Cl. *Sr. Fr. Fr. *Jr. *Sr. So. *Jr. *Fr. *So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. *Jr. Fr. *Sr.

Ht. 6-0 6-2 6-3 6-4 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-0 6-3 6-4 5-11 6-1

Wt. 222 190 200 205 185 175 210 170 240 240 225 187 270 210 210 230

Exp. I HS HS JC SQ JC II RS I HS HS HS HS I HS III

Hometown (Schools Attended) Burlingame, CA (Burlingame HS/College of San Mateo) Calistoga, CA (Cardinal Newman HS) Pomona, CA (Bishop Amat HS) Hollister, CA (San Benito HS/Monterey Peninsula College/Fresno State/MPC) Ladera Ranch, CA (Santa Margarita HS/Saddleback College) 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) Selma, CA (San Joaquin Memorial HS)

24 78 6 42 98 87 18 54 30 50 33 55

Will Semone . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RB Jonathan Serdinsky . . . . . . . . .OL Eli Shelton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WR Matt Shotwell . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB John Smolenski . . . . . . . . . . .DL Sawyer Sobelman . . . . . . . . . .LS Mitch Souza . . . . . . . . . . . . . .K Dominic Stellini-Splan . . . . . .OL Sam Stewart, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . .FB/TE D.J. Stuckey . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OL Matthew Stuppiello III . . . . . .DB Kain Su’a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DL

*Jr. Fr. *Jr. *Sr. Fr. *Sr. *Jr. *Jr. *Fr. *Jr. *Jr. *Jr.

5-9 6-6 5-10 6-0 6-5 6-3 6-3 6-1 5-10 6-3 5-9 6-1

200 265 165 225 245 260 185 285 220 300 185 300

II HS II III HS III I RS RS II RS II

Oakdale, CA (Oakdale HS) Bakersfield, CA (Frontier HS) Chula Vista, CA (Mater Dei Catholic HS) Goleta, CA (Bishop Diego HS) Phelan, CA (Serrano HS) Elk Grove, CA (Pleasant Grove HS) Clovis, CA (Buchanan HS/Fresno CC) 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)

19 20 22 11 70 53 64 99 58 48 52 75 23 88 82

Colton Theaker . . . . . . . . . . . .K Corey Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . .LB Duy Tran-Sampson . . . . . . . . .FB Lance Vecchio . . . . . . . . . . . .LB Mohab Wahdan . . . . . . . . . . . .OL Hudson Walker . . . . . . . . . . . .DE Steve Walpole . . . . . . . . . . . . .OL Richard Watkins . . . . . . . . . . .DL Garrett Weichman . . . . . . . . . .OL Nick White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TE Fenton Will . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB Wade Willet . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OL Kyrie Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . .WR CJ Woods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TE Giancarlo Woods . . . . . . . . . .WR

So. *So. *Jr. *Sr. *Fr. Fr. Fr. *Sr. *Jr. *Sr. *Jr. *Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr.

6-3 6-0 6-1 6-2 6-4 6-4 6-5 6-0 6-4 6-6 6-0 6-5 5-11 6-4 6-2

185 210 215 220 290 220 230 315 325 225 225 290 165 230 198

I I II II RS HS HS I RS II II II HS HS HS

Arroyo Grande, CA (Arroyo Grande HS) Upland, CA (Upland HS) Claremont, CA (Claremont HS) Bellflower, CA (Villa Park HS) Cairo, Egypt (Torrey Pines HS) Visalia, CA (Redwood HS) Scotts Valley, CA (Scotts Valley HS) Thousand Oaks, CA (Newbury Park HS/Moorpark College) Costa Mesa, CA (Edison HS/Orange Coast College) Georgetown, CA (Golden Sierra HS) Santa Maria, CA (St. Joseph HS) Brentwood, CA (De La Salle HS) Oxnard, CA (Pacifica HS Long Beach, CA (Brentwood School) Santa Rosa, CA (Cardinal Newman HS)

*Has utilized his redshirt year ^Has utilized a grayshirt year +Granted medical redshirt

2020-21 Cal Poly Football Roster (Numerical) No. 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14

Name Pos. Juanie Campbell . . . . .WR Cameron Crump . . . . . .DB D’Angelo McKenzie . .DB Xavier Moore . . . . . . .WR Joey Ruiz . . . . . . . . . . .LB Jalen Hamler . . . . . . . . .QB Jaylen Morgan . . . . . . .DB Lepi Lataimua . . . . . . . .RB Eli Shelton . . . . . . . . . .WR Laipeli Palu . . . . . . . . . .LB Shakobe Harper . . . . . .RB Conor Bruce . . . . . . . . .QB Aaron Cooper . . . . . . . .LB Dylan Krauss . . . . . . . .WR Freddie Gaines . . . . . . .DB CJ Cole . . . . . . . . . . . . .RB Lance Vecchio . . . . . . . .LB Kyle Reid . . . . . . . . . . .QB Isaiah Jernagin . . . . . . .DB Leonte Huerta-Moore .WR Trevor Owens . . . . . . . .DB Jackson Pavitt . . . . . . . .QB Dawson Hurst . . . . . . . .DB

No. 15 16 17 18 18 19 19 20 21 22 22 23 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33

Name Pos. Noah Rasheed . . . . . . .WR Mitch Anderson . . . . . .WR Bradley Mickey . . . . . .DB Hunter Raquet . . . . . . .QB Mitch Souza . . . . . . . . . .K Ryan McNab . . . . . . . .WR Colton Theaker . . . . . . . .K Corey Thomas . . . . . . . .LB Mark Biggins . . . . . . . .RB Duy Tran-Sampson . . . .FB Xavier Oliphant . . . . . .DB Kyrie Wilson . . . . . . . .WR Julian Reed . . . . . . . . . .DB Will Semone . . . . . . . . .RB Isaiah Robinson . . . . . .DB Michael Briscoe . . . . . .DB Brandon Davis . . . . . . .DB Chuby Dunu . . . . . . . . .RB Jamarri Jackson . . . . . .DB Sam Stewart, Jr. . . .FB/TE Dustin Grein . . . . . . . . .LB Zach Hernandez . . . . . .DB Matthew Stuppiello III .DB

No. 34 35 36 37 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 44 46 47 48 49 50 52 53 54 55 56

Name Pos. Ryan Rivera . . . . . . . . . .FB Jeremy Justice . . . . . . .DB Caden McCloughan . . .DB Mason Davis . . . . . . . . . .K Ryan Boehm . . . . . . . . .DE John Burns . . . . . . . . . .LB Cruz Rubio . . . . . . . . . .LS Timothy Miller . . . . . . .LB Dusty Mitchell . . . . . . .RB Matt Shotwell . . . . . . . .LB Judaea Moon . . . . . . . . .LB Seth Robasciotti . . . . . .TE Aarmon Euwing . . . . . .LB Josh Henderson . . . . . . .LB Connor Heffler . . . . . . .LB Nick White . . . . . . . . . .TE Zach Bagley . . . . . . . . .TE D.J. Stuckey . . . . . . . . .OL Fenton Will . . . . . . . . . .LB Hudson Walker . . . . . . .DE Dominic Stellini-Splan .OL Kain Su’a . . . . . . . . . . .DL Myles Cecil . . . . . . . . . .DE

No. 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80

Name Pos. David Meyer . . . . . . . . .LB Garrett Weichman . . . . .OL Grant Anderson . . . . . . .LB Ethan Rodriguez . . . . . .DL Ethan Bronson . . . . . . .OL Hunter Jones . . . . . . . . .OL Ian Dong . . . . . . . . . . . .DL Steve Walpole . . . . . . . .OL Payson Campisano . . . .OL Daniel Machado . . . . . .OL Jojo Falo . . . . . . . . . . . .DL J.T. Lyon . . . . . . . . . . . .OL Mohab Wahdan . . . . . . .OL Charles Lincoln . . . . . .OL Austin Anderson . . . . . .OL Nicolo DiFronzo . . . . . .OL Kyle Christensen . . . . .OL Wade Willet . . . . . . . . .OL Vatulele Finau . . . . . . . .OL Eli Otero . . . . . . . . . . . .OL Jonathan Serdinsky . . . .OL Ryan Hannoun . . . . . . .OL Bazz Muhammad . . . . .WR

No. 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99

Name Pos. Quentin Harrison . . . . .WR Giancarlo Woods . . . . .WR Zedakiah Centers . . . . .WR DeMarcus Oandasan . . .TE Michael Roth . . . . . . . . .TE Patrick Roberg . . . . . . . .TE Sawyer Sobelman . . . . .LS CJ Woods . . . . . . . . . . .TE Justin Restani . . . . . . . .WR Elijah Ponder . . . . . . . .DL Dominic Childress . . . .DL Carson Leedom . . . . . . .TE Robbie Greer . . . . . . . .DE Marcus Mifsud . . . . . . . .L Cooper Gallaway . . . . .DL Mike Mercep . . . . . . . . .LB Pono Faaagi . . . . . . . . .DL John Smolenski . . . . . . .DL Richard Watkins . . . . . .DL Brayden Groshart . . . . .QB Matthew Hoffman . . . . . .K Reed Mercer . . . . . . . .RB

29 2020-21 Cal Poly Winter Depth Chart (Players Listed Alphabetically, Not as Nos. 1-2-3)

Left Tackle 72 Austin Anderson 71 Charles Lincoln

6-5 6-4

260 260

Fr. RFr.

Left Guard 76 Vatulele Finau 72 Wade Willet

6-2 6-5

270 290

So. Jr.

Center 73 Nico DiFronzo 62 Hunter Jones

6-2 6-3

275 292

Jr. RFr.

Mike Linebacker 40 Timothy Miller 7 Laipeli Palu

Right Guard 77 Eli Otero 50 De’Jon Stuckey

6-4 6-3

295 300

So. Jr.

Will Linebacker 42 Matt Shotwell 52 Fenton Will

Right Tackle 65 Payson Campisano 58 Garrett Weichman

6-4 6-4

265 325

RFr. Jr.

Quarterback 9 Conor Bruce 4 Jalen Hamler 14 Jackson Pavitt 18 Hunter Raquet 12 Kyle Reid

6-0 6-1 6-2 6-4 6-1

190 195 190 205 210

Jr. So. Fr. Jr. Jr.

Y-Back (Tight End) 34 Ryan Rivera 85 Michael Roth 48 Nick White

6-3 6-4 6-6

240 210 225

Sr. Jr. So. Jr. Sr.

Placekicker (PAT, FG) 37 Mason Davis 19 Colton Theaker

6-0 6-3

180 185

Jr. So.

6-4 6-2

250 219

Sr. RFr.

Punter 37 Mason Davis 19 Colton Theaker

6-0 6-3

180 185

Jr. So.

6-1 6-1 6-2

215 230 220

So. Sr. Sr.

Holder 37 Mason Davis 12 Kyle Reid

6-0 6-1

180 210

Jr. Jr.

Short Snapper 39 Cruz Rubio 87 Sawyer Sobelman

5-11 6-3

210 260

Fr. Sr.

Long Snapper 39 Cruz Rubio 87 Sawyer Sobelman

5-11 6-3

210 260

Fr. Sr.

Punt Returns 1 Juanie Campbell 3 Xavier Moore

5-7 6-1

170 190

Sr. So.

Kickoff Returns 1 Juanie Campbell 3 Xavier Moore

5-7 6-1

170 190

Sr. So.

Rush Linebacker 31 Dustin Grein 3 Joey Ruiz 11 Lance Vecchio

Jr. Sr.

170 165

Jr. Sr.

Defensive End 37 Ryan Boehm 41 Dusty Mitchell

200 195

F-Back (Slot Receiver) 1 Juanie Campbell 5-7 6 Eli Shelton 5-10

300 315

6-1 6-0

X-Back (Wide Receiver) 11 CJ Cole 6-0 81 Quentin Harrison 6-2

Sr. Sr. Jr.

Jr. So.

Nose Tackle 55 Kain Su’a 99 Richard Watkins

RFr. So.

188 193 215

180 185

268 280

187 190

Running Back 28 Chuby Dunu 5-11 5 Lepi Lataimua 5-9 22 Duy Tran-Sampson 6-1

Jr. So.

Special Teams Kickoffs 37 Mason Davis 6-0 19 Colton Theaker 6-3

Defense Defensive Tackle 56 Myles Cecil 6-3 68 Jojo Falo 6-2

Offense Z-Back (Wide Receiver) 16 Mitch Anderson 6-0 3 Xavier Moore 6-1

6-0 6-0 6-0 6-0

220 222 225 225

Sam Linebacker or Nickel Back 9 Aaron Cooper 6-2 208 20 Corey Thomas 6-0 210

So. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So.

Field Cornerback 29 Jamarri Jackson 5-9 12 Isaiah Jernagin 5-9 4 D’Angelo McKenzie 5-10

180 165 180

Jr. RFr. So.

Field Safety 27 Brandon Davis 17 Bradley Mickey

6-0 5-11

190 185

Jr. Sr.

6-1 6-0 6-1

195 195 190

Sr. RFr. Jr.

Boundary Cornerback 1 Cameron Crump 6-1 2 Jaylen Morgan 5-10 23 Julian Reed 6-2

190 170 175

Sr. Sr. So.

Boundary Safety 10 Freddie Gaines 14 Dawson Hurst 36 Caden McCloughan

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al Poly football fans accustomed to seeing two slot backs and a fullback in the backfield of the Mustangs' Triple Option offense the last 13 seasons will have to make some adjustments.

Wade Willet returns after starting all 11 games at left guard a year ago.

In fact, Mustang faithful might not see anyone in the backfield at times. Instead, one might see four wide receivers and a tight end or perhaps even five wide receivers on the field. Customarily, it will be one running back, three wide receivers and a tight end.

That's just one of many changes in store for Cal Poly's 2020 football squad as first-year head coach Beau Baldwin, the Mustangs' almost entirely new coaching staff and the 115-player squad get ready for what is hoped to be a six-game Big Sky Conference schedule in the late winter and early spring of 2021.

The arduously long 15-month offseason prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic hopefully will be climaxed by a four-week preseason practice period beginning Friday, Jan. 29, inside Doerr Family Field. The six-game Big Sky campaign opens Feb. 27 with Cal Poly visiting UC Davis inside UC Davis Health Stadium.

Baldwin will have at his disposal about 50 returning lettermen, including 14 who started at least five games in 2019 (eight on offense, six on defense), along with 25 redshirts or returning injured players (some of whom played up to four games under the NCAA's new rule preserving the redshirt year), eight who were on the roster but did not play in any games a year ago, six transfers and 35 who played football in high school in 2019 but have yet to see a down in college.

The offseason began in late November 2019 with the retirement of 11-year head coach Tim Walsh. Baldwin, 85-32 in nine seasons at Eastern Washington with five Big Sky titles, six FCS playoff berths and a national title in 2010, followed by three years as offensive coordinator at Cal, was hired 17 days later.

The 2020 Spring Camp, however, was canceled due to the pandemic. Still anticipating a normal fall schedule of 11 games, Cal Poly's Summer Access Period, limited to eight hours of weight training, conditioning and film review per week, was limited to 11 days in July. The four-week Fall Camp (which replaced the customary Spring Camp), scheduled for late October and much

of November, was cut short to just five days by the pandemic.

How have the Mustang players handled the changing landscape, particularly the installation of new offensive and defensive schemes along with a plethora of Zoom meetings replacing on-the-field practice sessions, since winning the 2019 season finale at Northern Colorado?

"I am so appreciative of the group as a whole in terms of how they work, how they compete," said Baldwin. "They have that typical chip on their shoulder of being an FCS football player who wants to go attack things and show that 'I can take it a notch above whatever I was out of high school.'

"There is that edge with these guys too," Baldwin added. "I saw this over the years coaching at the FCS level. There is a different edge and a different hunger and this group has that. This group has a lot of talent in a lot of spots, they have that chip on their shoulder, they have that edge, they have that 'want to to get better' mentality.

"Their capacity mentally allows us to put a lot on their plate and they can handle it," Baldwin continued. "They make certain things that aren't easy look smooth, whether we're implementing new things, giving a new schedule to follow, demanding that we need this or that. That's not easy to do. This is just a really fun group to be around."

A detailed look at each position: Quarterbacks Jalen Hamler returns for his sophomore season, but even though he started 10 of the 11 games in 2019, he faces stiff competition in his effort to keep the job, Baldwin says.

"It's still wide open," Baldwin said in March and reiterates in January. "Jalen did some really good things and I am excited about what he can bring back. I know it was in a different offense, but I am excited about what he can bring to the table."

Junior Kyle Reid also returns. He stepped in for Hamler in the second quarter of the Northern Colorado game and rushed for 143 yards and one touchdown while completing four of nine passes for 45 yards as Cal Poly bounced back from a pair of 14-point deficits for the 28-21 win.

Also in camp are junior Conor Bruce, redshirt freshman Cole Powers and two newcomers -- junior Hunter Raquet from Monterey Peninsula College and freshmen Jackson Pavitt from Cardinal Newman High School in Santa Rosa, Calif.

"With Jalen coming back, we have some data and some film from the year previous, so that definitely gives us some information," said Baldwin. "But with Kyle, it's minimal.

31 2020-21 Cal Poly Football Season Preview Duy Tran-Sampson left a lot of defensive players in his wake as a sophomore fullback a year ago, rushing for 1,037 yards and eight touchdowns.

Really, however, between all five of these guys, we were able to get a decent amount of reps in the short amount of practice time we did have in October and November. It's a good battle. It really is, something that quite honestly it'll probably take some time to surface itself.

amassed 1,037 yards and eight touchdowns as a fullback in 2019.

Other challengers for the starting nod include seniors Lepi Lataimua and Chuby Dunu, junior Will Semone, sophomore Mark Biggins and redshirt freshmen Shakobe Harper and Sam Stewart

They all have some different skill sets to bring to the table."

"Shakobe and Stewart opted out in the fall," said Baldwin. "Of the As a redshirt freshman, Hamler completed 57 percent of his passes guys who were out there, Chuby probably took as many reps as any(62 of 108) for 1,156 yards and a dozen touchdowns. He was inter- body. He was healthy and showed some really good things. cepted just five times. Hamler also called his number 194 times "Lepi definitely showed why he in the Triple Option, rushing for made a lot of plays with the pre2020-21 CAL POLY SCHEDULE 522 yards and another nine vious staff," Baldwin added. Will Feb. 27 *#at UC Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:05 p.m. scores. stepped up and did some things.

March 6 *WEBER STATE . . . . . . . . . . . .12:05 p.m.

Duy is just a completely different March 13 *SOUTHERN UTAH . . . . . . . . .12:05 p.m.

Raquet played his freshman and type of running back, a unique March 20 Bye sophomore seasons at Monterey running back with such top-end Peninsula College sandwiching a speed, and he's big. We've got to March 27 *at Eastern Washington . . . . . . . .1:05 p.m. redshirt year at Fresno State. In find ways to truly fit Duy into April 3 *at Northern Arizona . . . . . . . . . .1:05 p.m. two seasons with the Lobos, the what were doing.

April 10 *#UC DAVIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12:05 p.m.

San Benito High School graduate April 17 Bye completed 331 of 598 passes for "Biggins didn't get as many reps *Big Sky Game #Battle for the Golden Horseshoe 5,013 yards and 52 touchdowns. as some of the other guys in the All Times Pacific fall, but when he was able to Pavitt passed for over 5,200 yards practice he showed some serious and 60 touchdowns in his last two varsity seasons at Cardinal stuff. I can't tell you who emerged as this guy or that guy just because Newman High School in Santa Rosa, leading the Cardinals to the it was such a small a sample size and some of the guys didn't get as CIF-North Coast Section Division 3 co-championship in 2018 and many reps as the others."

CIF-NCS Division IV title and state 3-AA crown in 2019. Cardinal Newman was 25-2 in those two campaigns.

Lataimua gained 274 yards and scored one touchdown in 2019.

Running Backs The Triple Option under Walsh with its two slot backs and fullback has been transformed into one running back under Baldwin's multiple-formation offense. The preseason roster has over 10 players who filled three spots in the Mustang backfield a year ago but are now vying for playing time in one position. Of course, there will be a need for a fullback on certain downs as well.

Heading the list of running backs is junior Duy Tran-Sampson, the 23rd Mustang to rush for over 1,000 yards in a season when he

How are all the slot backs and fullbacks of last season adjusting to the fact that there will be just one running back on the field most of the time?

"They're smart and they know it's a different offense with a different style, but you always go through a year needing three, four or five different running backs still contributing to what you do offensively," said Baldwin. "The guys not getting the reps they might want have to stay patient.

Everyone wants to be a starter, everyone wants a ton of reps, they all

32 2020-21 Cal Poly Football Season Preview are working toward that and I respect that," Baldwin added. "The reality is that there's only one football and, in our offense, just one running back most of the time, not all the time. You've got to be patient, gotta grind and gotta compete. Plus, there's always the possibility of guys potentially having position flexibility somewhere else."

Bradley Mickey made 21 tackles and broke up three passes as a junior a year ago. A holder on special teams as well, Mickey intercepted a pass in the season opener against San Diego.

When a fullback is needed, Tran-Sampson, Stewart and Semone are available.

Wide Receivers While the candidates carrying the football have just one spot in which to compete, the number of positions for those catching the football has grown from two to as many as five.

"We definitely could use three, four, could even get to five wide receivers, but definitely three or four wide receivers at a time," said Baldwin. "That is a big transition for our players and coach Nick Edwards did a real good job with that in the fall.

"Some of our quarterbacks were familiar with that type of offense in high school, so it wasn't as big a transition for them. Some of

our wideouts had the same transition, but had to relearn those skills sets, running those three-, four- or five-route combinations and understanding that what you're doing will open up space for others," Baldwin added.

"They're not just running to get open, but they're understanding spacing, pre-snap spacing and just relearning skill sets to run a much more extensive route tree than they may have had before."

J.J. Koski, Cal Poly's leading receiver the last three seasons, is now wearing a Los Angeles Rams uniform, but the Mustangs have plenty of depth heading into the preseason.

Senior Quentin Harrison caught 17 passes, five for touchdowns, in 2019, while sophomore Xavier Moore made three catches, including an eight-yard scoring toss against Oregon State. Junior Eli Shelton caught one pass.

Quentin Harrison is the top returning receiver as he grabbed 17 receptions for 362 yards and five touchdowns as a junior in 2019.

"Q has made a lot of plays, so he steps out," said Baldwin. "Xavier steps out as a really well-rounded guy. He was in a little bit of a different role in the previous offense, which was quite a bit different for him. With Q, there are some similarities with what he's done before and what he's doing within our offense."

Juanie Campbell missed most of the 2019 campaign due to injury, playing in just the

final four games to preserve his redshirt option. He caught three passes and rushed for 195 yards and two touchdowns as a junior in 2018.

"Juanie gives you a lot within that slot position," Baldwin said of the 5-7 senior. "He is definitely a little different with what he's doing in our slot position. A number of other guys have made plays as well and I am excited to see what they can do."

Other candidates high on the preseason depth chart include junior C.J. Cole and redshirt freshman Mitch Anderson.

In addition to pass catching duties, wide receivers in the Triple Option were adept at blocking as well to spring the slot backs loose.

"They might not do quite as much blocking in a game nowadays, but it's definitely not less of an emphasis when we do do it," said Baldwin. "Even when we threw for a lot of yards at Eastern Washington, our wide receivers took a lot of pride in playing the game within the game. Blocking is all a part of the 11 players on the field.

"No, there is not less an emphasis at all in blocking, but we might just do it a little bit less in a game and a season than before," Baldwin admitted. “That’s the only way you get big plays. Big plays in the run game come

33 2020-21 Cal Poly Football Season Preview from wide receiver blocking. That last line could be the difference between an eightyard play and a 50-yard play."

Tight Ends Foreign to many Mustang fans the last 13 years, the tight end is back in Cal Poly's offensive formation with Baldwin at the helm.

"It's fun working with a position that definitely is doing something different than whatever they were doing before," Baldwin said.

Junior Michael Roth and senior Nick White both played some downs as tight ends in short-yardage situations a year ago. Neither made a catch. Sophomore Ryan Rivera was a backup fullback the last two seasons.

In 2018, his first playing season at Cal Poly, defensive end Myles Cecil made 39 tackles, including 4.0 for lost yardage. He added 35 tackles as a sophomore in 2019.

of things and also can get out and catch the ball."

Offensive Line Perhaps the biggest change in offensive schemes affects the linemen. Of course, there are still five positions up front, but their assignments are much different today than under the Triple Option of years past.

"The change in the offensive scheme with this group can be the most extreme of all the positions," said Baldwin. "Some are learning some things for the first time, some are relearning some of the skill sets they used in high school, especially as it pertains to pass blocking and zone blocking, rather than some of the scramble blocking prevalent in the Triple Option.

Matt Shotwell, Cal Poly’s leader with 90 tackles as a sophomore in 2018 and 89 stops last fall, moves from outside to inside linebacker this fall.

"Roth definitely jumped out as a guy who can really fit in to our system," said Baldwin.

"White showed some things and Rivera as well. Those were the three that jumped out and are three of the veterans on the roster.

"Roth is very versatile. White presents a lot of length, can be tough on the edge, and still has soft hands. Rivera has a lot of physicality, a lot of snap, a lot of pop. He can do a lot

"With his experience, Coach (Paul) Wulff understands so well the progression that it takes to get a guy from point A to point B to point C," Baldwin added. "That was fun to watch in the fall, the development of those guys and their understanding what we want from them and the progression with our individual drills and the walk-throughs, leading all the way to seeing some growth in that area of the O-line.

"I'm excited about this group. A veteran group, it's a deep group and also a lot of returners, not only for this year but next year as well."

Junior Nicolo DiFronzo, who played all 11 games at right guard in 2019, including five starts, moves to center this year. Junior Wade Willet, the only returning lineman with 11 starts a year ago, returns at left guard while junior De'Jon Stuckey made eight starts at right tackle.

"Nicolo does a really good job up front, understanding his role so well," said Baldwin. "He's so sharp, a great guy at the center position understanding what's going on, making calls and scrapping in there.

De'Jon showed a lot of good stuff with what we're doing and Willet gives us a lot of ability at both the guard or tackle positions."

Other top candidates to fill the spots vacated by the departed Paul Trujillo-Langdon, Tyler Whisenhunt, David Chellsen, Junior Gaitan and Apefai Taifane include junior Garrett Weichman (a redshirt last year) at right tackle, redshirt freshman Charles Lincoln at left tackle and Hunter Jones, also a redshirt freshman and a transfer from Rice, as a center.

"Garrett has a lot of position flexibility and some serious ability there. Lincoln has a really good shot at making the transition from defense to offense. I think it's a better-suited position for him, probably one of the best spots it could be for him," Baldwin said of the San Luis Obispo High School graduate who was recruited as a defensive lineman.

"The young bucks all showed some stuff too.

Between the solid freshman group that came in a year ago and Jones as well, we've got a number of guys to work with. Some of these guys emerged into first string reps in Fall Camp."

Other top candidates include sophomores Eli Otero and Vatulele Finau along with redshirt freshman Payson Campisano.

Defensive Line The basic formation of Cal Poly's defense is still a 3-4, but there are some changes within

34 2020-21 Cal Poly Football Season Preview the system.

ticed in the fall, Baldwin feels good about the group, headed by senior Matt Shotwell, the team's No. 1 tackler for the second straight year with 89 stops in 2019, one less than in 2018.

"Our players are learning a few things differently than they had in the past," Baldwin said. "There's a little bit more emphasis on some pass rush stuff than in the past. We weren't pass rushing so much before, but we were able to develop those skills in the fall."

Senior Laipeli Palu (14 tackles), junior Fenton Will (38 tackles) and sophomore Timothy Miller are others vying for the starting nod at the two positions.

Mustang fans may well remember the Jordan Beck-Chris Gocong-Kyle Shotwell Era from 2004-06. The back-to-back-to-back Buck Buchanan Award winners were part of three teams that averaged 51 sacks per season.

Gocong led the way with 23.5 sacks in 2005 and 42.0 for his career, both Division I school records.

"I think this is a strong group with the guys we have out there," said Baldwin. "We didn't have everybody in the fall with a couple guys opting out but, obviously Shotwell with all the experience and understanding he has, is our No. 1 guy.

Since then, the number of sacks has fallen significantly. Cal Poly has accumulated 20 or more sacks in a season just once since 2011 and the 2019 squad earned just eight sacks in 11 games.

"We're moving some guys around, finding out where they might fit better, whether it's the hybrid outside linebacker-defensive end position or the end-tackle spot," Baldwin said. "You can see them turning the corner with understanding what we're asking our defensive linemen to do."

Top returnees on the defensive front include seniors Ryan Boehm, Richard Watkins and Lance Vecchio, juniors Myles Cecil, Joey Ruiz and Pouono Faaagi and sophomore Jojo Falo. Ruiz (39 tackles), Cecil (35 tackles) and Boehm (32 tackles) made 10 or 11 starts in 2019.

"Ruiz is just all over the field," said Baldwin.

"He brings ability, but on top of that he maximizes everything. Boehm did a good job during the fall. Watkins is very athletic for a guy that big (315 pounds) inside. Cecil is going to continue to fit and continue to make plays within our abilities. A lot of those guys are making plays for us."

Junior Kain Su'a and redshirt freshman Dusty Mitchell also will be in the mix for significant playing time up front.

Outside Linebacker One of the outside linebacker spots is the hybrid position with end responsibilities as well and will be filled by Ruiz, Vecchio or sophomore Dustin Grein.

"Palu really showed some athleticism in the fall," Baldwin added. "Will doesn't carry much weight (6-0, 225) as the guys you normally see there, but he packs a punch and he moves well. Miller is a grinder going through the injury beast, but he competes his butt off.

"This is a veteran crew with some guys that will come up and fit into that group, a stout group."

Aaron Cooper was third on the Mustang defense with 67 tackles (37 solo) as an inside linebacker a year ago.

He moves to the outside this fall. sive end position in the fall, so I am excited about that group," said Baldwin.

The other outside linebacker position also is a hybrid with the nickel back and Baldwin said using five defensive backs could be more common with the Mustangs this season.

Junior Aaron Cooper, primarily an outside linebacker with 67 tackles and seven pass breakups in 11 starts a year ago, tops the preseason depth chart in this position, backed up by sophomore Corey Thomas and other safeties.

Cooper is a guy who's got to be on the field," said Baldwin. "He'll be out there playing the nickel position, which is very much a linebacker position in a lot of ways. He also will be an outside linebacker rushing the passer too. He's just got a lot of tools and we've got to find a way to utilize him and possibly move him around a little bit."

Inside Linebacker

Ruiz, Vecchio and Grein all showed some good stuff at the outside linebacker-defen-

Though not all the inside linebackers prac-

Cornerbacks Injuries and opt-outs reduced the number of reps for the leading cornerback candidates, but Baldwin liked what he saw from the younger players in the fall.

"We didn't get to see as many bodies as I'd like," Baldwin admitted. "Jaylen Morgan was a little limited in practice and we hope to get him back out on the field. I was hoping to see him a little bit more. Jamarri Jackson and Isaiah Jernagin both did a very good job in the limited time they had when both of those guys showed up."

Morgan, who was at Ohio University for two years and transferred to Cal Poly after one season at El Camino College, played just four games as a junior a year ago with no tackles. Jernagin played in three games as a true freshman and preserved his redshirt year while Jackson has played one season at both College of San Mateo and Northern Arizona.

The depth chart at cornerback also includes senior Cameron Crump and a pair of sophomore transfers -- Julian Reed (American River College) and D'Angelo McKenzie (Washington State) -- along with true freshmen Xavier Oliphant and Michael Briscoe.

McKenzie played in three Mustang games in 2019.

35 2020-21 Cal Poly Football Season Preview Baldwin. "The thing I saw that he struggled with last year was his consistency. We put him through some challenging situations to try to simulate some pressure moments and he handled it really well. I am excited about his skill set but also maybe some steps he's taken mentally this year. The future is bright for him."

"Reed continues to get used to the defensive terminology and showed some things in the fall," said Baldwin. "It also was good to see McKenzie show some serious flashes of where he can be. It's just a matter of getting over that hump.

"And then the young guys, Briscoe and Oliphant, got more reps than some of the young guys at other positions," Baldwin added. "We're real thin at corner at different times. Both those young guys got a lot of reps in the fall and I think their future is bright.".

Senior Sawyer Sobelman returns as the Mustangs' long snapper, backed up by freshman Cruz Rubio from Mater Dei High School, while the holder will be Davis or Reid.

The return specialists figure to be Campbell and Moore for punts and kickoffs.

Safeties Seniors Bradley Mickey (21 tackles, three pass breakups, one interception) and Freddie Gaines along with junior Brandon Davis played in all 11 games at safety in 2019 and the group at safety also is bolstered by redshirt freshmen Dawson Hurst and Caden McCloughan.

"This may be one of the strongest groups from top to bottom, and at times we're going to have three of those guys on the field in the nickel package," said Baldwin. "Top to bottom, we have a number of guys all the way from the ones, the twos and even the threes games in this conference with.

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As a redshirt freshman in 2019, Jalen Hamler passed for 1,167 yards and 12 touchdowns while rushing for 522 yards and nine more scores. that you can win ball

"I am excited about that position and excited about having that kind of depth at this position," Baldwin added. "You can be strong through the length of the season where you know there will be some injuries and you're going to need to split time. And it also adds to the special teams piece because those are the type of bodies that usually are all over those positions.

"All of them were battling back and forth in the fall. Every one of those guys all showed up at different times in practice. It's tough to single anyone out, in a positive way.".

Special Teams A walk-on in the spring of 2019, Durham High School graduate Mason Davis likely will handle punting chores in the 2020-21 spring season. Colton Theaker will take care of place kicks and kickoffs, backed up by Davis.

In his fourth year academically at Cal Poly, Davis has yet to play in an official game, though he kicked punts of 30 and 38 yards in the 2019 Spring Game.

Theaker made all of his 34 PAT kicks as a true freshman in 2019 and was seven of 13 on field goals with a long of 52 yards. The Arroyo Grande High School graduate averaged 59.9 yards on 54 kickoffs with 22 touchbacks.

"Theaker showed a lot of promise in the fall in my opinion," said

With four more Big Sky Conference football teams opting not to play this spring, the conference released a new 2020-21 spring schedule Jan. 25 featuring six games for each of the eight remaining schools.

Montana, Montana State, Portland State and Northern Colorado joined Sacramento State on the sidelines for the upcoming spring season. Cal Poly had been scheduled to play at Montana and Portland State this spring.

Each of the eight teams also will now play one of its rival schools twice in a home-and-home setup. Cal Poly opens its season at UC Davis on Feb. 27 and will host the Aggies on April 10, the final day of the regular season.

Following their opener with UC Davis, Coach Beau Baldwin's Mustangs will host Weber State on March 6 and Southern Utah on March 13.

Following a bye on March 20, Cal Poly will play back-to-back road games at Eastern Washington and Northern Arizona before returning home to close out the season against the Aggies.

Another bye is scheduled for all teams on April 17, to be used for any makeup contests.

"I'm very excited about the work the Big Sky Conference is putting in to make this 2021 Spring Schedule a reality," said Baldwin. "We look forward to opening with a great opponent like UC Davis.

"This game, along with the rest of the schedule, will be a huge challenge for us, but one that we are embracing!" Baldwin added.

The NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision playoffs open April 24 with a field of 16 teams -- 11 automatic qualifiers and five at-large squads.

The four-week playoff wraps up with the national championship game on May 15 or 16 at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas.

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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.

"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.

"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.

"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.

"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."

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

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Quarterbacks Coach Quarterbacks Coach Quarterbacks Coach Quarterbacks Coach Quarterbacks Coach Quarterbacks Coach Quarterbacks Coach Quarterbacks Coach Quarterbacks Coach Offensive Coor. (QBs) Offensive Coor. (QBs) Offensive Coor. (QBs) Offensive Coor. (QBs) Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Offensive Coor. (RBs) Offensive Coor. (Asst. HC) Offensive Coor. (QBs)

Record (Head Coach Only)

Accomplishments

NAIA National Champions

Columbia Football Assn. Champions, NAIA Playoffs Columbia Football Assn. Champions Great Northwest Athletic Conference Champions, NCAA Div. II Playoffs Big Sky Conference Co-Champions, FCS Playoffs (Quarterfinal Round) Big Sky Conference Tri-Champions, FCS Playoffs (First Round) 10-3 (6-2, Third) 6-5 (5-3, Tie-Third) 8-4 (6-2, Tie-Second) 13-2 (7-1, Tie-First) 6-5 (5-3, Tie-Third) 11-3 (7-1, Tie-First) 12-3 (8-0, First) 11-3 (7-1, First) 6-5 (5-3, Tie-Fourth) 12-2 (8-0, Tie-First)

NCAA Division II Playoffs (Quarterfinal Round) FCS Playoffs (First Round) Big Sky Conference Co-Champions, FCS National Champions Big Sky Conference Co-Champions, FCS Playoffs (Semifinal Round) Big Sky Conference Champions, FCS Playoffs (Semifinal Round) Big Sky Conference Champions, FCS Playoffs (Quarterfinal Round) Big Sky Conference Co-Champions, FCS Playoffs (Semifinal Round) Cheez-It Bowl Redbox Bowl

Overall Record as a Head Coach: 95-32 (10 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)

games with appearances in the 2018 Cheez-It Bowl and the 2019 Redbox Bowl.

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 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.

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Baldwin’s last team as the head coach at Eastern Washington in 2016 compiled a 122 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 4946 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.

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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 last fall.

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.

Last season, 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.

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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.

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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 the last three 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.

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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 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.

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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 last fall, 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 planned to marry Sarah Guitar Peacock on Feb. 15 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 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 has 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 last January 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. Last fall, Wulff was a volunteer assistant coach 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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Tony Henney

Joey Muscarella

Volunteer Assistant Coach (Defense)

Volunteer Assistant Coach (Offense)

Tony Henney, head football coach at St. Bonaventure for three seasons, became Cal Poly's volunteer assistant coach for the defense in August 2020.

Joey Muscarella was named volunteer assistant coach for the offense in August 2020.

Henney also has served as head coach at Nordhoff, Trabuco Hills and Westlake high schools.

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).

The 2009 Cal Poly graduate compiled a 92-50 overall mark in 12 seasons as a high school head coach, including a 58-17 record and two CIFSouthern Section Northwest Division titles in six seasons (2008-13) at Nordhoff High School in Ojai. His last Ranger team in 2013 earned a spot in the California state Division 3 semifinals and Henney also served as the school's director of athletics.

Henney also was 10-4 with a CIF-Southern Section championship in one season (2014) at Trabuco Hills, 10-12 with two CIF-Southern Section playoff berths in two seasons at Westlake (2015-16) and 14-17 with one CIFSouthern Section playoff berth in three years at St. Bonaventure.

Henney was an assistant coach at San Luis Obispo High School from 200207, coaching the wide receivers and serving as offensive coordinator, and at Nordhoff High School from 1999-2001. He was named CIF-Southern Section division coach of the year three times, Ventura County Coach of the Year four times and 2013 California Coaches Association Southern California Coach of the Year.

A native of Ojai, he was a wide receiver under head coach Cliff Farrar in his playing days at Nordhoff High School, where he graduated in 1995.

Henney has coached 17 players who went on to play Division I football at the college level: Trabuco Hills — Pac-12 Frosh of the Year Colin Schooler (Arizona), Brendan Schooler (Oregon/Arizona), Kevin McKinney (Sacramento State), Jake Breeland (Oregon), Joel Velasquez (Boise State), Noah Thompson (Cal Poly) Westlake — Theo Howard (UCLA-Oklahoma), Daniel Fox (Cal Poly), Cameron Trimble (UC Davis), Chase Jasmin (San Diego State), Michael Carner (U. San Diego), Vincent Corso (San Jose State), Brandon Shook (New Mexico State), Brandon Hall (Delaware) St. Bonaventure — Tyler Ostrom (San Jose State), Kai Rojas (Navy), Gavin Beerup (Wyoming) Henney, who served as an assistant coach with the defensive backs at Cal Poly for five months in late 2007 and early 2008 before he was hired as head coach at Nordhoff High School, earned his bachelor's degree in history at Cal Poly and his master's degree at National University.

He is married to his wife, Tess.

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.

50 Assistant Coaches

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, has joined the Cal Poly football staff in charge of defensive quality control.

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 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 Second 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 30th 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 15th Year • UCLA ‘77 Staff Physician/Team Physician Dr. Steven J. Sainsbury begins his 15th 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, 66, 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 Fourth 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 Fourth 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 28th Year • Cal State Fullerton ‘90 Director of Sports Medicine, ATC Now in her 28th year as an athletic trainer at Cal Poly, Kristal Slover begins her 19th 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 (19) and Kacie (16).

Eric Burdick 20th Year • Cal Poly ‘73 Director of Athletics Communications Eric Burdick is in his 20th 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 17th 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

Second Year • Oregon State ‘19

Sixth 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 sixth 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 (4).

Jesse Latino 14th Year • Ithaca ‘04 Director of Facilities/Event Operations Jesse Latino enters his 14th 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 Matty Hazelwood

2020-21 Travel Plans

Fifth Year • Cal Poly ‘21 A 2016 graduate of St. Ignatius Prep in San Francisco, Matty Hazelwood is a fifth-year construction management major at Cal Poly.

Hazelwood was a four-year letter winner in football as a safety and baseball as a second baseman. He currently is competing with the Cal Poly Rugby Club as a scrumhalf.

Hazelwood aspires to be a coach or hold a front office position in professional sports.

Carlin Cline Fourth Year • Cal Poly ‘21 Carlin Cline is a 2017 graduate of Rio Vista High School in Rio Vista, Calif.

She participated in volleyball, soccer, and golf. She also was a statistician for the varsity football team, and developed an appreciation for the game.

Currently a Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Administration major, Cline aspires to work in the fields of either sports management or event planning.

UC Davis Leave: Friday, March 19, Bus to Davis, Calif.

Return: Saturday, March 20, Bus to San Luis Obispo, Calif.

Hotel: Courtyard Marriott Sacramento Midtown (916) 455-6800 Eastern Washington Leave: Friday, March 25, Fly from San Luis Obispo to Spokane (Allegiant, Charter — Tentative) Return: Sunday, March 27, Fly from Spokane to San Luis Obispo (Allegiant, Charter — Tentative) Hotel: DoubleTree Spokane City Center (509) 455-9600 Northern Arizona Leave: Thursday, April 1, Bus to Flagstaff, Ariz.

Return: Sunday, April 4, Bus to San Luis Obispo, Calif.

Hotel:Little America Hotel Flagstaff (928) 779-7900

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.

54 2019 Cal Poly Season Highs Individual Rushes 40, Duy Tran-Sampson vs. North Dakota, Oct. 19 Yards Rushing 173, Duy Tran-Sampson vs. North Dakota, Oct. 19 TD Rushes 2, Jalen Hamler vs. San Diego, Aug. 31 2, Duy Tran-Sampson vs. San Diego, Aug. 31 2, Jalen Hamler vs. Southern Utah, Sept. 28 2, Duy Tran-Sampson vs. Eastern Washington, Nov. 16 2, Duy Tran-Sampson vs. Northern Colorado, Nov. 23 Long Rush 87, Duy Tran-Sampson vs. San Diego, Aug. 31 (TD) Pass Attempts 20, Jalen Hamler vs. UC Davis, Oct. 12 Pass Completions 13, Jalen Hamler vs. UC Davis, Oct. 12 Yards Passing 243, Jalen Hamler vs. UC Davis, Oct. 12 Touchdown Passes 3, Jalen Hamler vs. San Diego, Aug. 31 3, Jalen Hamler vs. Eastern Washington, Nov. 16 Long Pass 69, Jalen Hamler to Quentin Harrison vs. UC Davis, Oct. 12 (TD) Receptions 8, J.J. Koski vs. UC Davis, Oct. 12 Yards Receiving 163, J.J. Koski vs. UC Davis, Oct. 12 Touchdown Receptions 3, J.J. Koski vs. Eastern Washington, Nov. 16 Field Goals 2, Colton Theaker vs. North Dakota, Oct. 19

Long Field Goal 52, Colton Theaker vs. UC Davis, Oct. 12 Punts 8, Mitch Souza vs. UC Davis, Oct. 12 8, Mitch Souza vs. Sacramento State, Oct. 26 Long Punt 58, Mitch Souza vs. Southern Utah, Sept. 28 Long Punt Return 14, Bradley Mickey vs. North Dakota, Oct. 19 Long Kickoff Return 59, Xavier Moore vs. San Diego, Aug. 31 Tackles 15, Kitu Humphrey vs. Montana State, Oct. 5 Sacks 1.0, Matt Wright vs. San Diego, Aug. 31 1.0, Kitu Humphrey vs. San Diego, Aug. 31 1.0, Myles Cecil vs. Weber State, Sept. 7 1.0, Nik Navarro vs. North Dakota, Oct. 19 1.0, Chris Flood vs. Idaho, Nov. 2 1.0, Aaron Cooper vs. Northern Colorado, Nov. 23 Interceptions 2, Kevin Howell vs. Northern Colorado, Nov. 23 Pass Breakups 3, Carter Nichols vs. Eastern Washington, Nov. 16 Quarterback Hurries 1, Aaron Cooper vs. Oregon State, Sept. 14 1, Ryan Boehm vs. Oregon State, Sept. 14 1, Brando Phillips vs. Idaho, Nov. 2

Team Rushes: 78 vs. Eastern Washington, Nov. 16 Yards Rushing: 402 vs. Northern Colorado, Nov. 23 Yards per Rush: 7.9 vs. San Diego, Aug. 31 TD Rushes: 4 vs. San Diego, Aug. 31 Pass Attempts: 20 vs. UC Davis, Oct. 12 Pass Completions: 13 vs. UC Davis, Oct. 12 Yards Passing: 243 vs. UC Davis, Oct. 12 Yards Per Catch: 24.6 vs. San Diego, Aug. 31 TD Passes: 3 vs. San Diego, Aug. 31 3 vs. Eastern Washington, Nov. 16 Interceptions Thrown: 2 vs. UC Davis, Oct. 12 Total Plays: 88 vs. Eastern Washington, Nov. 16 Total Offense: 607 vs. San Diego, Aug. 31 Yards Per Play: 9.8 vs. San Diego, Aug. 31 Points: 52 vs. San Diego, Aug. 31 Punts: 8 vs. UC Davis, Oct. 12 8 vs. Sacramento State, Oct. 26 Kickoffs: 9 vs. San Diego, Aug. 31 Sacks by: 2 vs. San Diego, Aug. 31 2 vs. North Dakota, Oct. 19 First Downs: 30 vs. Eastern Washington, Nov. 16 Penalties: 12 vs. UC Davis, Oct. 12 Penalty Yards: 102 vs. UC Davis, Oct. 12 Turnovers: 3 vs. Southern Utah, Sept. 28 3 vs. UC Davis, Oct. 12 Fumbles: 4 vs. Southern Utah, Sept. 28 Fumbles Lost: 3 vs. Southern Utah, Sept. 28 Fumbles Recovered: 3 vs. Eastern Washington, Nov. 16 Interceptions: 3 vs. San Diego, Aug. 31 3 vs. Northern Colorado, Nov. 23 Pass Breakups: 7 vs. Montana State, Oct. 5 Opp. Interceptions: 2 vs. UC Davis, Oct. 12 Quarterback Hurries: 2 vs. Oregon State, Sept. 14 Time of Possession: 43:07 vs. Eastern Washington, Nov. 16

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.

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 . . . . .First Meeting 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 . . . . .2-9-0 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 .182 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 . . . . . . . .21-9-0 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 . . . . . . . . . . .20-23-2 UC Riverside . . . . . . . . . .1-2-0 UC Santa Barbara . . . .22-11-0 ULM . . . . . . . . . .First Meeting 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: 512-422-20 2020 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)

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)

Timothy Miller Big Sky Conference All-Academic Team

Cal Poly Football Program Covers Cal Poly football program covers from the following seasons (left to right): 1948 1957 1974 1991 2010

PCT. 1.000 .700 .000 1.000 .250 .000 .000 .857 .467 .333 .647 .500 .400 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .500 .000 .500 .625 1.000 .000 .000 1.000 .000 .000 .542

56 2020-21 Cal Poly Opponents -- Series Results Southern Utah (21-9) 1986 @ Cal Poly

Southern Utah 43, Cal Poly 33

1987 @ Cedar City

Southern Utah 10, Cal Poly 7

1988 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 23, Southern Utah 10

1989 @ Cedar City

Southern Utah 38, Cal Poly 24

1990 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 42, Southern Utah 21

1991 @ Cedar City

Southern Utah 33, Cal Poly 21

1992 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 17, Southern Utah 14

1993 @ Cedar City

Cal Poly 38, Southern Utah 6

1994 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 35, Southern Utah 21

1995 @ Cedar City

Cal Poly 35, Southern Utah 20

1996 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 45, Southern Utah 34

1998 @ Cedar City

Southern Utah 27, Cal Poly 17

1999 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 38, Southern Utah 10

2000 @ Cedar City

Southern Utah 42, Cal Poly 13

2001 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 34, Southern Utah 24

2002 @ Cedar City

Cal Poly 27, Southern Utah 21

2003 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 33, Southern Utah 21

2004 @ Cedar City

Cal Poly 24, Southern Utah 17

2005 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 20, Southern Utah 10

2006 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 18, Southern Utah 14

2007 @ Cedar City

Cal Poly 28, Southern Utah 21

2008 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 69, Southern Utah 41

2009 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 24, Southern Utah 23

2010 @ Cedar City

Southern Utah 20, Cal Poly 7

2011 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 31, Southern Utah 27

2014 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 42, Southern Utah 39

2015 @ Cedar City

Southern Utah 54, Cal Poly 37

2017 @ Cedar City

Southern Utah 20, Cal Poly 14

2018 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 38, Southern Utah 24

2019 @ Cedar City

Cal Poly 24, Southern Utah 21

UC Davis (20-23-2) 1939 @ Davis 1940 @ Cal Poly 1976 @ Cal Poly 1978 @ Davis

UC Davis 28, Cal Poly 0 Cal Poly 27, UC Davis 0 Cal Poly 26, UC Davis 14 UC Davis 29, Cal Poly 22

1979 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 31, UC Davis 10

1980 @ Davis

Cal Poly 28, UC Davis 25

1981 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 30, UC Davis 0

1982 @ Davis

UC Davis 24, Cal Poly 0

1983 @ Cal Poly

UC Davis 24, Cal Poly 14

1984 @ Davis

UC Davis 10, Cal Poly 6

1985 @ Cal Poly

UC Davis 34, Cal Poly 21

1986 @ Davis

UC Davis 32, Cal Poly 21

1987 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 41, UC Davis 0

1988 @ Davis

Tie - 21-21

1989 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 28, UC Davis 21

1990 @ Davis

Cal Poly 19, UC Davis 0

1991 @ Cal Poly

Northern Arizona (2-11)

1994 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 32, UC Davis 31

1995 @ Davis

UC Davis 34, Cal Poly 31

1996 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 17, UC Davis 13

1936 @ Flagstaff

Northern Arizona 7, Cal Poly 0

1997 @ Davis

Cal Poly 20, UC Davis 19

1962 @ Cal Poly

Northern Arizona 21, Cal Poly 20

1998 @ Cal Poly

UC Davis 34, Cal Poly 24

1994 @ Flagstaff

Northern Arizona 44, Cal Poly 21

1999 @ Davis

UC Davis 34, Cal Poly 27

1998 @ Cal Poly

Northern Arizona 9, Cal Poly 0

2000 @ Cal Poly

UC Davis 63, Cal Poly 23

1999 @ Flagstaff

Northern Arizona 55, Cal Poly 21

2001 @ Davis

Cal Poly 31, UC Davis 28

2002 @ Cal Poly

Northern Arizona 31, Cal Poly 24

2002 @ Cal Poly

UC Davis 28, Cal Poly 14

2003 @ Flagstaff

Northern Arizona 24, Cal Poly 7

2003 @ Davis

Cal Poly 18, UC Davis 14

2012 @ Flagstaff

Cal Poly 42, Northern Arizona 34

2004 @ Cal Poly

UC Davis 36, Cal Poly 33

2013 @ Cal Poly

Northern Arizona 17, Cal Poly 13

2005 @ Davis

UC Davis 20, Cal Poly 13

2014 @ Flagstaff

Northern Arizona 38, Cal Poly 35

2006 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 23, UC Davis 17

2017 @ Cal Poly

Northern Arizona 28, Cal Poly 10

2007 @ Davis

Cal Poly 63, UC Davis 28

2018 @ Flagstaff

Cal Poly 38, Northern Arizona 28

2008 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 51, UC Davis 28

1935 @ Cal Poly

Northern Arizona 15, Cal Poly 12

Portland State (13-11)

2009 @ Davis

UC Davis 23, Cal Poly 10

2010 @ Cal Poly

UC Davis 22, Cal Poly 21

1977 @ Portland

2011 @ Davis

UC Davis 24, Cal Poly 17

1978 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 52, Portland State 20

2012 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 28, UC Davis 20

1979 @ Portland

Cal Poly 45, Portland State 42

2013 @ Davis

Cal Poly 34, UC Davis 16

1981 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 41, Portland State 12

2014 @ Cal Poly

UC Davis 48, Cal Poly 35

1982 @ Portland

Cal Poly 22, Portland State 0

2015 @ Davis

Cal Poly 55, UC Davis 38

1983 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 16, Portland State 7

2016 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 21, UC Davis 16

1984 @ Portland

Portland State 20, Cal Poly 0

2017 @ Davis

UC Davis 31, Cal Poly 28

1985 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 34, Portland State 21

2018 @ Cal Poly

UC Davis 52, Cal Poly 10

1986 @ Portland

Portland State 66, Cal Poly 7

2019 @ Davis

UC Davis 48, Cal Poly 24

1987 @ Cal Poly

Portland State 31, Cal Poly 7

1988 @ Portland

Portland State 21, Cal Poly 3

Montana (5-16)

Cal Poly 29, Portland State 22

1989 @ Cal Poly

Portland State 55, Cal Poly 26

Montana 14, Cal Poly 0

1990 @ Portland

Cal Poly 36, Portland State 23

1971 @ Cal Poly

Montana 38, Cal Poly 14

1991 @ Portland

Portland State 55. Cal Poly 35

1994 @ Missoula

Montana 45, Cal Poly 0

1992 @ Portland

Portland State 45, Cal Poly 31

1996 @ Missoula

Montana 43, Cal Poly 0

1993 @ Portland

Portland State 21, Cal Poly 17

1998 @ Missoula

Montana 37, Cal Poly 14

1998 @ Portland

Portland State 41, Cal Poly 34

1999 @ Cal Poly

Montana 28, Cal Poly 14

1999 @ Cal Poly

Portland State 42, Cal Poly 28

2000 @ Missoula

Montana 53, Cal Poly 3

2012 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 37, Portland State 25

2001 @ Cal Poly

Montana 31, Cal Poly 17

2013 @ Portland

Cal Poly 38, Portland State 34

2003 @ Missoula

Montana 17, Cal Poly 14

2014 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 42, Portland State 21

2005 @ Missoula

Montana 36, Cal Poly 27

2015 @ Cal Poly

Portland State 38, Cal Poly 35

2005 @ Missoula

Cal Poly 35, Montana 21

2016 @ Portland

Cal Poly 55, Portland State 35

2006 @ Missoula

Montana 10, Cal Poly 9

2017 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 35, Portland State 28

1969 @ Missoula

2008 @ Cal Poly

Montana 30, Cal Poly 28

2009 @ Missoula

Montana 35, Cal Poly 23

2010 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 35, Montana 33

2011 @ Missoula

Montana 37, Cal Poly 23

2013 @ Missoula

Montana 21, Cal Poly 14 (OT)

2014 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 41, Montana 21

2015 @ Missoula

Cal Poly 20, Montana 19

2016 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 42, Montana 41

2018 @ Cal Poly

Montana 48, Cal Poly 28

Eastern Washington (2-9) 1994 @ Cheney

Eastern Washington 61, Cal Poly 7

1995 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 52, Eastern Washington 35

2004 @ Cheney

Eastern Washington 38, Cal Poly 21

2005 @ Cal Poly

Cal Poly 40, Eastern Washington 35

2011 @ Cal Poly

E. Washington 53, Cal Poly 51 (3 OT)

2012 @ Cheney

Eastern Washington 34, Cal Poly 17

2013 @ Cal Poly

Eastern Washington 35, Cal Poly 22

2015 @ Cheney

Eastern Washington 42, Cal Poly 41 (OT)

UC Davis 31, Cal Poly 28

2016 @ Cal Poly

Eastern Washington 42, Cal Poly 21

1992 @ Davis

Tie - 32-32

2018 @ Cheney

Eastern Washington 70, Cal Poly 17

1993 @ Davis

UC Davis 37, Cal Poly 26

2019 @ Cal Poly

Eastern Washington 42, Cal Poly 41

Event Staff

George Brett Timer

Steve Harris Game Scoreboard

Bruce Summers Play Clock

Terry Veal Public Address

Chi Tran Offensive Spotter

Donovan Aird Defensive Spotter

57 2020-21 Opponents UC Davis Game 1 -- February 27, 2021, Davis, CA, 1:05 p.m. PST

Ulonzo Gilliam Running Back

Bryce Rodgers Defensive Line

Dan Hawkins Head Coach

Location: Davis, CA 95616 Founded: 1908 Enrollment: 38,369 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 2019 Overall Record: 5-7 2019 Conference Record (Place): 3-5 (Tie-Sixth Place) Basic Offense: Pro-Set Basic Defense: 4-3 Lettermen Returning / Lost: 50 / 32 Starters Returning / Lost: 20 / 11 Series: UC Davis 23-20-2 Last Meeting: UC Davis, 48-24, in 2019, Davis, CA Aug. 31 Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Nov. 9 Nov. 16 Nov. 23 * Big

Coaching Staff Head Coach: Dan Hawkins (UC Davis ‘84) Record / Years: 20-16 / Fourth Year Overall / Years: 131-84-1 / 19th 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.), Cody Hawkins (Off. Coor./QBs), Isaiah Jackson (Inside LBs), Jerry Brady (DLs), Cha’pelle Brown (CBs), Paul Shelton (TEs), Evan Hicks (Safeties), Mike Cody (WRs), Anthony Arceneaux (Assistant Coach), Charlie Drewek (Assistant DLs) 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

2019 Results

at California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-27 L at U. San Diego . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38-35 W Lehigh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41-13 W at North Dakota State . . . . . . . . . .16-27 L *Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20-45 L *at North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36-38 L *Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48-24 W *at Southern Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . .33-25 W *Weber State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20-36 L *at Portland State . . . . . . . . . . . . .45-28 W *Montana State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-27 L *at Sacramento State . . . . . . . . . . .17-27 L Sky Conference game ^FCS playoffs

Feb. 27 March 6 March 13 March 20 March 27 April 3 April 10 April 17

2020-21 Schedule

*Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA *at Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA *at Weber State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA Bye *Idaho State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA *Eastern Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA *at Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA Bye

* Big Sky Conference game

All Times Pacific

Weber State Game 2 -- March 6, 2021, San Luis Obispo, CA, 12:05 p.m. PST

Rashid Shaheed Wide Receiver

Jared Schiess Defensive Line

Jay Hill Head Coach

Location: Ogden, UT 84408-2701 Founded: 1889 Enrollment: 29,546 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 2019 Overall Record: 11-4 2019 Conference Record (Place): 7-1 (Tie-First Place) Basic Offense: 21 Personnel Basic Defense: 4-3 Lettermen Returning / Lost: 51 / 13 Starters Returning / Lost: 16 / 6 Series: Weber State 9-6 Last Meeting: Weber State, 41-24, in 2019, at Ogden, UT Aug. 31 Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Sept. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Nov. 2 Nov. 9 Nov. 16 Nov. 23 Dec. 7 Dec. 13 Dec. 21

2019 Results

at San Diego State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-6 L Cal Poly (NC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41-24 W at Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-19 L Northern Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29-17 W *at Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41-35 WA *Southern Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29-14 W *Northern Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . .51-28 W *at UC Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36-20 W *at Sacramento State . . . . . . . . . .36-17 W *North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30-27 W *at Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-35 L *Idaho State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38-10 W ^Kennesaw State . . . . . . . . . . . . .26-20 W ^Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-10 W ^at James Madison . . . . . . . . . . . .14-30 L

*Big Sky Conference game ^FCS Playoffs

Coaching Staff Head Coach: Jay Hill (Utah ’00) Record / Years: 47-30 (Seventh 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), Quinton Ganther (RBs), Robert Conley (DL), Joe Dale (S), Grant Duff (Outside LBs), Skyler Ridley (TEs), Jared Ursua (WRs), 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 Feb. 27 March 6 March 13 March 20 March 27 April 3 April 10 April 17

2020-21 Schedule *at Idaho State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA *at Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA *UC Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA Bye *Northern Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA *at Southern Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA *Idaho State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA Bye

* Big Sky Conference game All Times Mountain

58 2020-21 Opponents Southern Utah Game 3 -- March 13, 2021, San Luis Obispo, CA, 12:05 p.m. PST

Bishop Jones Defensive Line

Location: Cedar City, UT 84720 Founded: 1897 Enrollment: 10,296 President: Scott L. Wyatt (Utah State) Athletics Director: Debbie Corum (Vanderbilt) Colors: Scarlet and White Conference: Big Sky Nickname: Thunderbirds Stadium (Capacity): Eccles Coliseum (8,500) Surface: FieldTurf Team Information 2019 Overall Record: 3-9 2019 Conference Record (Place): 2-6 (Tie-Ninth Place) Basic Offense: Spread Basic Defense: 4-3 Lettermen Returning / Lost: 40 / 28 Starters Returning / Lost: 10 / 12 Series: Cal Poly leads 21-9 Last Meeting: Cal Poly 24-21, 2019, at Cedar City, UT

Demario Warren Head Coach

Aug. 31 Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Nov. 2 Nov. 16 Nov. 23

Thomas Duckett Running Back

2019 Results at UNLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23-56 L Northern Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14-34 L Stephen F. Austin (OT) . . . . . . . . .45-38 W at South Dakota State . . . . . . . . . . .7-43 L *Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21-24 L *at Portland State . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31-52 L *at Weber State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14-29 L *UC Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25-33 L *Idaho State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59-34 W *at Montana State . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-42 L *Northern Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . ..31-30 W *at North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-36 L *Big Sky Conference game

Coaching Staff Head Coach: Demario Warren (UC Davis ‘08) Record / Years: 19-27 / Fifth Year Overall / Years: 19-27 / Fifth Year Football Office Phone: (435) 586-5470 Best Time to Call: Weekday mornings (call SID) Assistant Coaches: Ryan Hunt (Associate HeadCoach/DL), Matt Wade (Offensive Coor./QBs), Sam Elliott (RBs), Robert Bala (Defensive Coor./Safeties), Aaron Fernandez (OL), Solomona Tapasa (OLBs), Uani ‘Unga (LBs), Kenan Smith (WRs), Patrick Henderson (CBs), Brady Measom (Director of FB Ops.) Sports Information Football SID: Bryson Lester (brysonlester@suu.edu) SID Office Phone: (801) 860-8653 SID Fax: N/A SID Cell: (801) N/A Press Box Phone: (435) 586-5447 Web Address: www.suutbirds.com Feb. 27 March 6 March 13 March 20 March 27 April 3 April 10 April 17

2020-21 Schedule

*at Northern Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA *Idaho State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA *at Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA Bye *at Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA *Weber State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA *Northern Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA Bye

*Big Sky Conference game All Times Mountain

Eastern Washington Game 4 -- March 27, 2021, Cheney, WA, 1:05 p.m. PDT

Eric Barriere Quarterback

Jack Sendelbach Linebacker

Location: Cheney, Wash. 99004 Founded: 1882 Enrollment: 12,351 President: David May (Whitman ‘90) Director of Athletics: Lynn Hickey (Ouachita Baptist '73) Colors: Red and White Conference: Big Sky Nickname: Eagles Stadium (Capacity): Roos Field (8,600) Surface: Red SprinTurf Team Information 2019 Overall Record: 7-5 2019 Conference Record (Place): 6-2 (Tie-Third Place) Basic Offense: Multiple Basic Defense: 4-2-5 Lettermen Returning / Lost: 44 / 26 Starters Returning / Lost: 10 / 12 Series: Eastern Washington leads 9-2 Last Meeting: EWU 42-41, in 2019, at San Luis Obispo, CA 2019 Results

Aaron Best Head Coach

Aug. 31 Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 12 Oct. 26 Nov. 2 Nov. 9 Nov. 16 Nov. 23 *Big

at Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14-47 L Lindenwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59-31 W at Jacksonville State . . . . . . . . . . .45-49 L at Idaho (NC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27-35 L *North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35-20 W *at Sacramento State . . . . . . . . . . .27-48 L *Northern Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . .54-21 W *at Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-34 L *Northern Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . .66-38 W *at Idaho State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48-5 W *at Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42-41 W *Portland State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53-46 W Sky Conference game ^FCS playoffs

Coaching Staff Head Coach: Aaron Best (Eastern Washington 01) Record / Years: 26-12 / Fourth Year Overall / Years: 26-12 / Fourth Year Football Office Phone: (509) 359-6541 Best Time to Call: Weekday mornings (call SID) Assistant Coaches: Eti Ena (Associate HC/Def. Coor./DE), Ian Shoemaker (Off. Coor./QBs), Brian Strandley (DL), Kevin Maurice (RBs), Heath Pulver (TE/Special Teams Coor.), Jase Butorac (OL), Justin Ena (LBs), Allen Brown (CBs), Pat McCann (WRs/Recruiting Coor.), Zach Bruce (Safeties), JKeff Copp (DTs) Sports Information Football SID: Dave Cook (dcook@ewu.edu) SID Office Phone: (509) 359-6334 SID Fax: (509) 359-2828 SID Cell: (509) 280-2502 Press Box Phone: (509) 359-6351 Web Address: www.goeags.com Feb. 27 March 6 March 13 March 20 March 27 April 3 April 10 April 17

2020 Schedule

*at Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA *Northern Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA *at Idaho State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA Bye *Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA *at UC Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA *Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA Bye

* Big Sky Conference game All Times Pacific

59 2020-21 Opponents Northern Arizona Game 5 -- April 3, 2021, Flagstaff, AZ, 1:05 p.m. PDT

Brandon Porter Wide Receiver

Anthony Sweeney Safety

Location: Flagstaff, AZ 86001 Founded: 1899 Enrollment: 29,569 President: Dr. Rita Cheng (Bishop’s University) 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 2019 Overall Record: 4-8 2019 Conference Record (Place): 2-6, Tie-Ninth) Basic Offense: Multiple Basic Defense: 4-3 Lettermen Returning / Lost: 36 / 24 Starters Returning / Lost: 14 / 11 Series: Northern Arizona leads 11-2 Last Meeting: Cal Poly, 38-28, in 2018, at Flagstaff, AZ

Coaching Staff Head Coach: Chris Ball (Missouri Western State College ‘86) Record / Years: 4-8 / One Year Overall / Years: Same 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. Head Coach/TEs), Bob Connelly (OL), Aaron Price (RBs/Special Teams Coor.), Jesse Thompson (DBs), Everrette Thompson (DL), Sammy Lawanson (OLBs/NBs), Junior Taylor (WRs) Sports Information Football SID: Randy Press SID Office Phone: (928) 523-6792 SID Fax: (928) 523-6793 SID Cell: (303) 908-0439 Press Box Phone: (928) 523-7729 / (928) 523-7730 Email: Randy.Press@nau.edu Web Address: www.nauathletics.com

2019 Results

Chris Ball Head Coach

Aug. 29 Missouri State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37-23 W Sept. 7 at Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41-65 L Sept. 14 Western New Mexico . . . . . . . . . .55-21 W Sept. 21 at Illinois State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27-40 W Sept. 28 *at Montana State . . . . . . . . . . . . .31-49 L Oct. 5 *Northern Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . .41-23 W Oct. 19 *at Weber State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28-51 L Oct. 26 *Portland State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31-29 W Nov. 2 *at Eastern Washington . . . . . . . . .38-66 L Nov. 9 *Sacramento State . . . . . . . . . . . . .34-38 L Nov. 16 *at Southern Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . .30-31 L Nov. 23 *Idaho (OT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53-60 L *Big Sky Conference game #NCAA FCS playoff

Feb. 27 March 6 March 13 March 20 March 27 April 3 April 10 April 17

2020 Schedule

*Southern Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA *at Eastern Washington . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA *Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA Bye *at Weber State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA *Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA *Southern Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA Bye

*Big Sky Conference game All Times Mountain

UC Davis Game 6 -- April 10, 2021, San Luis Obispo, CA, 12:05 p.m. PDT

Ulonzo Gilliam Running Back

Bryce Rodgers Defensive Line

Dan Hawkins Head Coach

Location: Davis, CA 95616 Founded: 1908 Enrollment: 38,369 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 2019 Overall Record: 5-7 2019 Conference Record (Place): 3-5 (Tie-Sixth Place) Basic Offense: Pro-Set Basic Defense: 4-3 Lettermen Returning / Lost: 50 / 32 Starters Returning / Lost: 20 / 11 Series: UC Davis 23-20-2 Last Meeting: UC Davis, 48-24, in 2019, Davis, CA Aug. 31 Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Nov. 9 Nov. 16 Nov. 23 * Big

2019 Results

at California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-27 L at U. San Diego . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38-35 W Lehigh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41-13 W at North Dakota State . . . . . . . . . .16-27 L *Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20-45 L *at North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36-38 L *Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48-24 W *at Southern Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . .33-25 W *Weber State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20-36 L *at Portland State . . . . . . . . . . . . .45-28 W *Montana State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-27 L *at Sacramento State . . . . . . . . . . .17-27 L Sky Conference game ^FCS playoffs

Coaching Staff Head Coach: Dan Hawkins (UC Davis ‘84) Record / Years: 20-16 / Fourth Year Overall / Years: 131-84-1 / 19th 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.), Cody Hawkins (Off. Coor./QBs), Isaiah Jackson (Inside LBs), Jerry Brady (DLs), Cha’pelle Brown (CBs), Paul Shelton (TEs), Evan Hicks (Safeties), Mike Cody (WRs), Anthony Arceneaux (Assistant Coach), Charlie Drewek (Assistant DLs) 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 Schedule

Feb. 27 *Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA March 6 *at Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA March 13 *at Weber State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA March 20 Bye March 27 *Idaho State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA April 3 *Eastern Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA April 10 *at Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA April 17 Bye * Big Sky Conference game All Times Pacific

Mustang Memorial Plaza Friends and family of E. Gary Van Horn attended dedication ceremony for Mustang Memorial Plaza.

M

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.

2020-21 Cal Poly Football Schedule Date Feb. 27 March 6 March 13 March 20 March 27 April 3 April 10 April 17

Opponent Time *#at UC Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:05 p.m. *WEBER STATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12:05 p.m. *SOUTHERN UTAH . . . . . . . . . . . . .12:05 p.m.

Bye *at Eastern Washington . . . . . . . . . . .1:05 p.m. *at Northern Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:05 p.m. *#UC DAVIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12:05 p.m.

Bye

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Photograph by: Eric Burdick