After last season, Sonny Dykes wore out his welcome at UC Berkeley. The Bears tired of Dykes looking for jobs elsewhere and decided to cut him loose in favor of someone who actually wanted to be coach in Berkeley.
As a result, Justin Wilcox is now the new head coach of the Golden Bears after serving as the Defensive Coordinator at Wisconsin last season. Prior to that, Wilcox had been the Defensive Coordinator at Southern Cal for two seasons. Wilcox had followed Steve Sarkisian to Southern Cal from Washington where he was also the Defensive Coordinator.