BERKELEY, Calif. -- California's spring practices are closed to the media, but plenty of hooting and hollering can be heard echoing through the tunnels and the concourse from outside Memorial Stadium. The same enthusiasm is also present in the hallways under the stadium, where the Golden Bears' coaches have their offices. New offensive coordinator Beau Baldwin's laughter travels through those corridors, filling them with vitality.
The Bears could also be a spirited bunch under former head coach Sonny Dykes, but they're showing a fresh type of zeal in the nascent Justin Wilcox era.
Much of that gusto comes courtesy of the gregarious Baldwin, formerly the head coach at Eastern Washington.