California Golden Bears football

California Golden Bears football
2026 California Golden Bears football team
First season1886; 140 years ago
Athletic directorJay Larson
Jenny Simon-O'Neill
General managerRon Rivera
Head coachTosh Lupoi
1st season, 0–0 (–)
LocationBerkeley, California
StadiumCalifornia Memorial Stadium
(capacity: 63,000)
NCAA divisionDivision I FBS
ConferenceACC
ColorsBlue and gold
   
All-time record707–584–51  (.546)
Bowl record12–14–1 (.463)
National championships
Claimed1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1937
Conference championships
PCC: 1918, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1929, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1958
Pac-12: 1975, 2006
Consensus All-Americans27
Rivalries
Uniforms
Fight songFight for California
MascotOski
Marching bandUniversity of California Marching Band
OutfitterNike
WebsiteOfficial website

The California Golden Bears football program represents the University of California, Berkeley, in college football as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference at the NCAA Division I FBS level. They were previously a member of the Pac-12 Conference. The team plays its home games at California Memorial Stadium and was most recently coached by Justin Wilcox before his firing following the 2025 Big Game. Since beginning of play in 1886, the team has won five NCAA recognized national titles — 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1937 — and 14 conference championships, the last one in 2006. It has also produced what are considered to be two of the oddest and most memorable plays in college football: Roy "Wrong Way" Riegels' fumble recovery at the 1929 Rose Bowl and The Play kickoff return in the 1982 Big Game.