Cal is working toward hiring Oregon defensive coordinator Tosh Lupoi as its next head coach, The Athletic and ESPN reported Tuesday.Lupoi played at the school and soon afterward served as its defensive line coach. He has been Oregon’s defensive coordinator and linebackers coach under Dan Lanning since 2022, and he was named a Broyles Award semifinalist in 2024 and 2025 for the top assistant coach in college football.Lupoi would replace Justin Wilcox, whom Cal fired 11 games into the season following a 31-10 loss to rival Stanford. Wilcox went 48-55 on the job over parts of nine seasons.It would also mean two Oregon coordinators are leaving Eugene for head-coaching jobs in the same cycle. Kentucky hired Oregon offensive coordinator and Kentucky native Will Stein as its next coach this week.It’s a similar sort of homecoming for Lupoi, 44, who hails from the San Francisco Bay Area.
