Cal Extends Football Coach Justin Wilcox’s Contract Through 2027

BERKELEY, CA — UC Berkeley has extended football head coach Justin Wilcox’s contract through 2027, the school announced last week.

Wilcox led the program to back-to-back winning seasons and bowl games in 2018 and 2019 for the first time in a decade.

Cal finished the 2019 campaign with an 8-5 record that included a victory in the Big Game at Stanford and a Redbox Bowl win over Illinois to close the year.

The Golden Bears captured the Axe again this year with a 41-11 victory at Stanford in November and completed the season with a 24-14 win over USC as part of a 4-2 record in the second half of the campaign.

The Bears appeared in the 2018 Cheez-It Bowl and defeated Illinois 35-20 in the 2019 Redbox Bowl.

"I appreciate the opportunity to be the head football coach at Cal and am excited about the future of our program," Wilcox said in a statement.

"I have thoroughly enjoyed every minute I have spent with the extraordinary young men who have been in our program. We are in a great position and strongly aligned with our university thanks to the leadership of Chancellor Carol Christ and Jim Knowlton.

“I thank both of them for their continued trust and confidence in me to lead a football program that will make the entire Cal community proud. We have very high expectations. I think we've earned the right to expect more, and that's exactly what we're going to do."