New defensive coordinator Art Kaufman kept his eye on his linebackers including Aisea Tongilava (55) Tuesday August 12, 2015. The Cal football program is in training camp mode at Memorial Stadium as they prepare for the upcoming season.
A reported point of contention in Sonny Dykes’ contract-extension negotiations with Cal was the salary pool available for assistant coaches.
How those assistants’ current salaries compare nationally became clearer Wednesday. According to USA Today’s annual database, Washington State is the only public Pac-12 program with worse-paid assistants than Cal. Of the 959 FBS assist coaches’ salaries listed in the annual database, three Bears assistants ranked in the bottom half.