Jim Michalczik Position: Assistant Head Coach / Offensive Line Experience: 7th year at Cal Alma Mater: Washington State ('88)

Coaching Accomplishments
• Will serve as Cal's assistant head coach and co-offensive coordinator, in addition to his offensive line coaching duties, in 2008.
• Cal is one of five teams in the nation to rank in the top 25 in scoring offense in the nation in five of the last six years.
• Alex Mack is a top candidate for the Rimington Trophy as the top center in the nation for 2008 after being a finalist last year - Mack was voted the top offensive linemen in the conference by the league's defensive linemen in 2007 (Morris Trophy).
• Golden Bear offensive linemen have collected six first-team all-conference honors in the last six years, including centers Mack and Marvin Philip and tackle Ryan O'Callaghan.
• Cal has led the Pac-10 in sacks allowed in each of the past two seasons as opponents have just 24 sacks in the last 26 games against the Bears (third-best in the nation).
• Offensive line has helped Cal's offense average more than 350 yards each of the past six seasons, including a school-record 492.4 ypg in 2004.
• The Bear O-Line has 22 overall all-conference awards in the last six years, including all five starters receiving all-conference recognition following the 2004 season.
• Cal has produced six 1,000-yard rushers - including one 2,000-yard rusher - over the past six years.
• O'Callaghan won the Morris Trophy as the top offensive lineman in the Pac-10 in 2005, while Philip was a second-team All-American in '04 as well as a two-time Rimington Award finalist.
• Cal ranked in the Top 10 nationally in rushing offense in 2004 (ninth) and 2005 (sixth), while leading the Pac-10 in rushing offense in both 2003 and 2004.
• The Bears' O-line protection has allowed Cal quarterbacks to produce four of the five highest TD passing totals in school history since 2002.
• Contributed to Oregon State's first winning season in 29 years during the 1999 campaign, and the 2000 Beavers won a share of the Pac-10 title and beat Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl.
• On staff at Miami (Fla.) when the Hurricanes won the national championship with a 22-0 win over Nebraska in the 1992 Sugar Bowl.

PROMINENT PUPILS
• Mark Wilson (California) - OT started a Cal linemen record 48 career games; first-team All-Pac-10 in 2003
• Tim Euhus (Oregon State) - TE earned 2003 first-team All-Pac-10 honors; plays for NFL's Buffalo Bills
• Ryan O'Callaghan (California) - Two-time first-team All-Pac-10; drafted in the fifth round by the New England Patriots in 2006.
• Aaron Merz (California) - All-Pac-10 selection; picked in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills.
• Marvin Philip (California) - Two-time finalist for Rimington Trophy; sixth-round draft pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2006.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS A PLAYER
• A three-year letterman at offensive guard at Washington State, earning honorable mention All-Pac-10 and honorable mention All-America honors (The Sporting News) as a senior.
• Played on the Cougars' 1988 squad that beat Houston, 24-22, in the Aloha Bowl his final year.
• Signed with the NFL's Arizona Cardinals as a free agent in 1989.

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Coaching History

Bowl Games as a Coach

Bowl Games as a Player