Report: Bryan Harsin set to become Cal offensive coordinator

Former Boise State and Auburn head coach Bryan Harsin is reportedly headed to Cal to become the new offensive coordinator, according to ESPN’s Chris Low.

“Former Boise State and Auburn coach Bryan Harsin is set to become Cal’s OC, sources tell (Adam Rittenberg) and me,” Low wrote on Twitter. “Harsin and Cal coach Justin Wilcox previously worked together as coordinators on Chris Petersen’s staff at Boise State.”

It was previously reported Harsin was a candidate for the job after Wilcox removed Mike Bloesch from his staff last week.

Harsin has been out of the sport for the past two seasons after the end of his tenure at Auburn. That was following seven seasons at Boise State, his alma mater, as well as one at Arkansas State to start as a head coach. He also served the seven seasons prior as an offensive coordinator with a pair at Texas after five with the Broncos previously.

As a head coach for a decade with the Red Wolves, Broncos, and Tigers, Harsin was 85-36 (.702). That led to six bowl berths with five at Boise State and one at Auburn. However, after being 69-19 (.784) with the Broncos, he was just 9-12 (.429) while on The Plains.

He was then fired before the end of his second season there in 2022. In those ten years, those offenses averaged 33.1 points and 430.5 yards. Most of that success came with Boise State with 35.6 ppg. and 445.2 yards.

In his seven years working as an offensive coordinator for the Longhorns and Broncos, those offenses averaged 38.7 points with 446.8 yards per game. That, again, mostly was successful at Boise State with five very effective units that had averages of 41.4 ppg., with four seasons as a top-five offense and one as the top scoring offense in the country, and 460.1 yards.

Sam Gillenwater contributed to this report