California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo Football

Tim Skipper was named the 19th head coach of the Cal Poly football program in December of 2025 and is in his first season at the helm. Skipper arrives in San...

Anthony Soto is in his first year with Cal Poly as the offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach. Soto spent the last two seasons at Mercer as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. During his time there, the Bears offense thrived, averaging more than 34 points and 442 yards per game. This past season, Mercer was third in the FCS in yards per game and the 13th best scoring offense in the FCS. Prior to Mercer, Soto spent four years at Lenior-Rhyne. Soto created offensive fireworks across four seasons at Lenoir-Rhyne as the Bears averaged 433.9 yards of total offense per game with him at the reins, including 240.5 yards an outing through the air. The Bears showcased NCAA Division II’s 5th-best total offense (488.7 yards/game) in his first full season on the sidelines, as well as the nation’s 9th-best rushing offense. Lenior-Rhyne had impeccable ball protection under his watch as well, turning the ball over just 50 times in four seasons, including just 10 turnovers across the 15-game 2023 campaign. Soto played an integral role in leading the Bears to a 32-9 record from 2020-23, as well as the 2023 South Atlantic Conference championship and a trio of league divisional titles. L-R capped the latter campaign, one which included the school's first NCAA postseason road victory and a run to the NCAA quarterfinals, with a No. 4 national ranking as well. Soto’s offensive players raked in 17 all-conference accolades during his time in Hickory, N.C., including one who was eventually

Bear Pascoe is in his first season as tight ends coach for the Mustangs Pascoe is a former NFL tight end who played seven seasons in the league from 2009-15 ...

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Eric Brown is in his first year as linebackers coach and special teams coordinator for Cal Poly. Brown has been the head coach at Clovis West High School in Fresno for the past five seasons. In five years, Brown compiled an overall record of 31-28 and led the Golden Eagles to the 2022 TRAC championship. Prior to leading Clovis West, Brown worked under Coach Skipper at UNLV as the outside linebackers coach while Skipper was defensive coordinator in 2018. Before that, Brown was the linebackers coach at Idaho for five years. Brown has mentored several standout linebackers in his career, which earned him an AFCA 30 under 30 honor in 2016 - a distinction given to college football’s brightest up-and-coming stars of the coaching world. Under his tutelage at Idaho, Brown had at least one All-Sun Belt linebacker selected in each of the last three seasons, including three all-conference selections in 2017. Before joining the Vandals, Brown coached outside linebackers for one year at Indiana State. Among the players under his guidance were two players ranked in the top three in the Missouri Valley Football Conference and top 25 in the FCS in tackles per game and one Freshman All-America linebacker. The son of the late longtime Fresno State assistant and defensive coordinator Dan Brown, Eric played for and graduated from Fresno State. Following his playing career, he served as a student assistant and became a graduate assistant for the Bulldogs after earning his bachelor’s degree in 2011

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Josh Letuligasenoa Assistant DL/OLB Coach, Academic Liaison, Alumni Relations • Academic Liaison • Seventh Year • Cal Poly '18 Recruiting Area: Sacramento A rush linebacker and defensive end at Cal Poly from 2012-16, Josh Letuligasenoa began his coaching career at his alma mater in April 2019, coaching the outside linebackers. He added the duties of recruiting coordinator prior to the 2022 season. One of three Letuligasenoa brothers to play football at Cal Poly -- Lefi as an offensive lineman and Noah as a linebacker -- Josh made 66 tackles as a senior and 65 more as a sophomore. He earned 3.5 sacks among his 9.5 tackles for lost yardage in 2016, also breaking up three passes, and notched three sacks in his sophomore campaign as well. He was a third-team All-Big Sky Conference selection as a senior and earned All-Big Sky Conference honorable mention praise as a sophomore. A team captain in 2016, Letuligasenoa was invited to the Green Bay Packers rookie mini camp in May 2017 but was cut by the NFL team just prior to the start of the 2017 regular season. Following the 2014 season, Letuligasenoa was the recipient of the Mel Kaufman Award, presented annually to the Mustang who most exemplifies the virtues that Kaufman, the four-time winner of a Super Bowl ring, displayed on and off the field. He played in 10 games as a redshirt freshman in 2013, backing up the defensive ends and recording five tackles. Letuligasenoa is a graduate of Elk Grove High School just south of Sacramento.

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Matthew Hazelwood Defensive Quality Control, Special Teams / Assistant Safeties • Fourth Year • Cal Poly '21 Recruiting Area: N/A A 2016 graduate of St. Ignatius Prep in San Francisco, Matthew Hazelwood has earned his bachelor's degree in sports management at Cal Poly and served five years as a student manager with the football team before earning a promotion to the coaching staff in 2021. He covers defensive quality control and is the team's academic coordinator for the defense. Hazelwood was a four-year letter winner in football as a safety and baseball as a second baseman at St. Ignatius Prep. He competed with the Cal Poly Rugby Club as a scrumhalf.

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Pat Markarian is in his first season as offensive line coach and run game coordinator at Cal Poly. Markarian comes to Cal Poly after spending the 2025 season as the offensive line coach at South Dakota. In his one season there, he helped the Coyotes to a 10-5 record and reach the Quarterfinals of the FCS playoffs. Under his guidance, two offense linemen earned All-Missouri Valley Conference honors. Before South Dakota, Markarian spent two seasons on staff at Fresno State where he joined the staff in the winter of 2023 as an Offensive Analyst working with the tight ends during the 2023 season. The summer of 2024 saw him promoted to being the Bulldogs' tight ends coach. Prior to his stint in Fresno, he was a graduate assistant at Baylor where he worked with the Bears' offensive line unit. While in Waco, he worked with an O-line that had a top-5 total offense in the Big 12 (2022) and a team that ran for 2,300+ yards on the ground and had four All-Big 12 offensive linemen. He was also on staff with Baylor when the Bears won the 2021 Big 12 title and then went on to win the Sugar Bowl, coaching the Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year (Connor Galvin) with a team that finished 17th in the FBS and first in the Big 12 in rushing offense (3,000+ yards). Markarian played offensive line at Indiana State for his final two seasons. He was a member of Indiana State's first FCS Playoff team in 2014. A native of Fresno, California, Markarian started his collegiate career at Fresno City Colle

R. Todd Littlejohn is in his first season at Cal Poly as cornerbacks coach. Bringing more than 30 years of coaching experience to San Luis Obispo, Littlejohn...

Robbie Rouse is in his first season as running backs coach under head coach Tim Skipper. However, this is Rouse’s second stint coaching at Cal Poly as he pre...

Sammy Lawanson is in his first year as defensive coorindator and safeties coach at Cal Poly. Lawanson brings over 25 years of coaching experience at the FBS, FCS, professional, and high school levels and returns for his second stint at Cal Poly. He started his coaching career as running backs coach of the Mustangs in 1999. He most recently spent three years (2022-24) as the co-defensive coordinator/outside linebackers coach at Bowling Green. During Lawanson's first season as co-defensive coordinator in 2023, the Falcons led the nation in takeaways (28), and finished No. 4 in the nation with 17 interceptions, No. 7 with 11 fumbles recovered, No. 12 in passing yards allowed (179.8) and No. 31 in the nation with 33 sacks. The Falcons also were ranked No. 25 nationally in total defense (326.1) and had the nation's sixth-best improvement on defense in the nation at 93.5 yards per game compared to 2022. As the outside linebackers coach Lawanson oversaw third-team All-MAC linebacker Cashius Howell's monster season. Howell finished No. 1 in the MAC and No. 16 in the nation with 9.5 sacks. During his first year at BGSU in 2022, Lawanson oversaw an outside linebackers unit that notched 11 sacks alone, which was more than one FBS squad had as a team (Colorado). Headlining the group was Demetrius Hardamon who notched six sacks, which ranked No. 8 in the MAC overall and No. 3 among linebackers. Prior to Bowling Green, Lawanson spent two years at Northern Arizona. Under Lawanson at NAU, An

Thomas Arguello is in his first year as the Cal Poly football Chief of Staff. Arguello spent the last two seasons as the chief of staff at UCLA. In that role...

Trevon Bradford is in his first season as wide receivers coach at Cal Poly. A young, up-and-coming coach, Bradford has spent the past three seasons on staff at Oregon State. He served as the Beavers’ Offensive Graduate Assistant during the 2025 season. The two seasons prior to that, he was their Assistant Director of Recruiting and Recruiting Assistant. Bradford was a standout wide receiver for Oregon State. He played for the Beavers from 2016-21. He played in 52 career games, starting 29. He caught 151 passes for 1,904 yards and 14 touchdowns. His 1,904 yards rank 10th for a career at Oregon State. He was named an All-Pac-12 First Team selection in 2021 while earning honorable mention honors in 2018. Originally from Oregon City, Ore., Bradford earned his degree from Oregon State in 2022.

Will Plemons Assistant Head Coach / Defensive Line Coach • Fifth Year • Cal Lutheran '97 Recruiting Area: San Joaquin Valley Will Plemons, who served three stints as an assistant coach at Fresno State, one under Jeff Tedford and the other two for Pat Hill, was hired on March 1, 2020 and coaches the defensive line. He was elevated to Assistant Head Coach in February 2023. Plemons also has coached the defensive line at Sacramento State for three seasons and at Idaho State for one year. A defensive line coach under Tedford in 2019, Plemons served two stints under Hill, as a graduate assistant from 2004-05 and as an assistant coach from 2008-11. Plemons was a defensive line coach at Sacramento State from 2016-18 and was one of two assistants retained by Troy Taylor for the 2019 season until the opportunity to return to Fresno State arose. During his tenure with the Hornets, Plemons coached a pair of first team all-Big Sky honorees, which included Ben Sorensen, a third team All-American named by the Associated Press who currently is playing in the Canadian Football League. With Sorenson leading the way, 2017 was a highlight season as Hornet defensive linemen combined for 32 of the team's Div. I-era record 43 sacks under Plemons' watch. Plemons also coached at Sacramento State in 2007, guiding a unit which included first team all-Big Sky selections Mike Brannon and Dallas Mauga. Brannon was also an honorable mention All-American after recording 18.0 tackles-for-loss and 9.0 sacks.