Sonny Dykes’ protracted offseason dalliance with, oh, every open head coaching position east of Reno put Cal’s athletic department in a tight spot. By the time Mike Williams had had enough of Sonny’s coquettish ways, most coaches had already committed to other schools and many top recruits had gone with them. Williams earned the approval of most Cal fans by wooing Justin Wilcox, but the matter of putting together a staff and a recruiting class remained.
Wilcox will have a bit of an extended grace period (or should, anyway), as he goes about filling up his program with “his guys.