In hiring his coaching staff, new Cal HC Justin Wilcox has made a point to find assistants who have extensive experience working on the West Coast. A failure to retain local recruits was a common gripe during the Sonny Dykes era at Cal, and Wilcox has made a concerted effort to turn that around. So it makes perfect sense that he would hire someone like Marques Tuiasosopo, a guy who has had success as both a player and coach with a number of West Coast programs.
Tuiasosopo, who will serve as QB coach and passing game coordinator under Wilcox, started his football career as a quarterback for the Washington Huskies in 1997.