California Golden Bears football coach Roger Theder has died. He was 76 years old.
Theder was the head coach of Cal football from 1977 to 1981, and served as a Cal assistant from 1972 to 1977, where he was the offensive coordinator for Mike White, Joe Roth, Chuck Muncie, and a Cal football squad that shared the Pac-8 conference title in 1975. As the head coach that succeeded Mike White, Theder went 18-27 at Cal, although he did split his four Big Games 2-2. Theder’s second season was his most successful with Cal, as the Bears went 7-5 and went to the 1979 Garden State Bowl.