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  Jim Michalczik
Jim Michalczik

Player Profile
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.

The Michalczik File

Birthdate June 7, 1966
Hometown Port Angeles, Wash.
High School Port Angeles HS
College Washington State '88
Bachelor's in education
Family Wife, Jennifer
Sons, Max and Chase

Coaching History

2002- California
Assistant Head Coach, Offensive Line
1999-01 Oregon State
Offensive Line, TE's, Special Teams
1992-98 Montana State
Offensive Line
1990-91 Miami (Fla.)
Defensive Line

Bowl Games as a Coach

2007 Armed Forces Bowl California
2006 Holiday Bowl California
2005 Las Vegas Bowl California
2004 Holiday BowlCalifornia
2003 Insight BowlCalifornia
2000 Fiesta BowlOregon State
1999 Oahu BowlOregon State
1992 Orange BowlMiami
1991 Cotton BowlMiami

Bowl Games as a Player

1988 Aloha Bowl Washington State