Cal Signees Excited About Musgrave Hiring as Cal OC

The Bears ended weeks of suspense last week with the hiring of longtime veteran offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave. The former Oregon QB, was familiar to many Bay Area fans having played against Cal and also coaching on the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders’ staffs but he was a new name to most of the incoming Cal players from the 2020 class.

After doing their homework, they were uniformly impressed and excited to glean the knowledge of an NFL veteran coach who’s had great success coaching up many of the league’s brightest stars over the past two decades.

“I can’t wait to learn from him,” said quarterback Jaden Casey‍, who played at Calabasas and will enroll for spring semester at Cal. “As an athlete and many of my teammates, having goals of succeeding in the NFL, there isn’t a better coach to learn from when he’s been coaching and been around the NFL for a long time. I think his resume speaks for itself.”

”I haven’t had the chance to get in touch with Coach Musgrave yet, but I am very excited about the opportunity to learn from a coach that has such a great reputation,” said fellow 2020 QB Zach Johnson‍. “I know that he has done great things with big name quarterbacks in the past. I’m looking forward to picking his brain and learning as much as possible.

“I’ve heard nothing but great things about Coach Musgrave,” said Bishop Amat running back Damien Moore‍. “I believe he’ll put us in the best matchups possible to be able to put up a lot of points on offense.”

“I think it’s exciting with someone of his caliber,” said JSerra running back Chris Street‍. “I didn’t really know him at first but I did some research and I’ve seen his lineage. So I’m sure he can spruce up the offense and make sure we play some Cal ball!” 

“I’m excited to learn from him,” said Austin Westlake receiver Mason Mangum‍, who will be a spring enrollee at Cal. “I think his resume speaks for itself. It’s going to be great to learn from someone with his experience.”

“I can’t wait to meet him and pick up his knowledge of the game,” said Central East receiver Jeremiah Hunter‍‍. “He has coached in the NFL so he has to have lots of knowledge so I can’t wait to learn from him.”

“I’m super pumped that they hired him,” said Chaparral receiver Tommy Christakos‍, a spring enrollee for Cal. “I cannot wait to be coached by someone with such experience in the NFL as he does. I am excited to see what we are going to be able to accomplish with him as our OC and have no doubt in my mind that he’ll be an excellent coach for our offense.”

“I am very excited about Coach Musgrave,” said Kennedy Catholic receiver Justin Baker‍. “Anytime you get an NFL coach to come down to college, that’s always a special thing. He has so much coaching experience, specifically as a coordinator. That paired with him coaching some great players -the one that comes to mind -Amari Cooper- I’ve tried to model parts of my game after. There is a sense of security in that. There is also a sense of wanting to perform well on my part just because Coach Musgrave knows what it takes to perform well and get to the next level. So he will be able to coach and correct us at an elite level. I am very excited to work with Coach and I am very excited for the direction of the offense as well as our entire team.”

“I haven’t gotten to meet with Coach Musgrave yet personally but I’m excited to see what he has to bring to the table with his offense and can’t wait to see how he uses the tight ends in different ways,” said Capistrano Valley tight end Jake Muller‍.

It won’t take long to find out what new twists are in store for the Cal offense, with spring ball less than two months away.

The incoming class currently stands at 25, though two more recruits and possibly another transfer or two could potentially arrive next fall.

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