Ed Garland Hometown: Vale, OR Position: Head Equipment Manager Experience: 7th Season at Cal

Ed Garland spent six seasons as head equipment manager at Cal in from 2005-10 after serving for 16 years as an assistant equipment manager at Oregon.

Garland oversaw all equipment operations for Cal, focusing on the football program and the ordering and maintenance of all team gear. Prior to joining the collegiate ranks at Oregon, Garland was an assistant equipment manager for the Portland Breakers of the USFL in 1985.

The Vale, Ore., native earned his bachelor's degree in political science from Oregon in 1987. After graduation, he worked in retail management in Chicago before returning to Eugene.

Ed and his wife, Beth, are the parents of one daughter, Bryn Marie.

LAST UPDATED: July 31, 2011