
California Golden Bears
Welcome to the California Golden Bears file in the Blindside Bulletin History Room: the story of the program, its best and worst seasons, and the head coaches who shaped it, alongside its live 3-4 record this season. Below you'll find California Golden Bears football history, coaching history and links to every season, year by year.
The program
The California Golden Bears football program represents the University of California, Berkeley, in college football as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference at the NCAA Division I FBS level. They were previously a member of the Pac-12 Conference. The team plays its home games at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley and is coached by Tosh Lupoi. Since beginning of play in 1886, the team has won five NCAA recognized national titles —1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1937—and 14 conference championships, the last one in 2006. It has also produced what are considered to be two of the most memorable plays in college football: Roy "Wrong Way" Riegels' fumble recovery at the 1929 Rose Bowl and The Play kickoff return in the 1982 Big Game.
Read the full history ↗Best & worst seasons
The following is a list of California Golden Bears football seasons for the football team that has represented University of California, Berkeley in NCAA competition.
See every season, year by year ↗The coaches
The California Golden Bears college football team represents the University of California, Berkeley in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Until 2023 it formed part of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). The Golden Bears compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 34 head coaches since it began play during the 1886 season. Since December 2025, Tosh Lupoi is serving as the interim head football coach of California Golden Bears.
See every head coach ↗Keep reading
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