Travers Family Head Football Coach Tosh Lupoi announced multiple coaching additions to his inaugural coaching staff on Thursday.
 
The Golden Bears have added Bryan Barraza, Ryan Berry, Duke DaRe, Geoff McArthur, Pat McCann and Ed McGilvra to the coaching staff.
 
Barraza comes to Berkeley after a stint at Oregon where he worked with the defensive lineman and outside linebackers, Berry served as a quality control coach at Syracuse, DaRe joins the Bears after serving as a quality control coach at Baylor, McCann comes from Oregon State where he was the wide receivers coach and McGilvra comes from Sacramento State where he was the defensive line coach. 
 
Cal Athletics Hall of Famer Geoff McArthur returns to the sidelines after stints at both the collegiate and high school levels. He most recently served as the wide receivers coach at St. John Bosco High School.
 
Under newly-named defensive coordinator Michael Hutchings and defensive line coach Darrion Daniels, Barraza will focus on the edges while McGilvra will serve as the assistant defensive line coach. 
 
Barraza's stint at Oregon included time working and aiding the development of five 2025 All-Big Ten selections in Bear Alexander, Jadon Canady, Teitum Tuioti, Matayo Uiagalalei and A'Mauri Washington.
 
McGilvra comes to Berkeley after a year at Sacramento State where he was the defensive line coach for the Hornets. This past fall, the Hornets' defensive line group combined for 32.5 sacks and 59.0 tackles-for-loss. The group produced one first team all-Big Sky selection along with two second team selections.
 
Outside of coaching, McGilvra is known for his training of NFL talent. McGilvra hosts some of the top tier talent every off-season, including Khalil Mack, Aidan Hutchinson, Quennin Williams, Kenny Clark, Laitau Latu and more. McGilvra has a group of over 50 active NFL players that train with him over the offseason, including 16 former first round draft picks as a part of the group. 
 
McGilvra has been known to develop some of the top talent for every NFL Draft cycle through his time coaching the defensive line for both the Senior Bowl and Shrine Bowl with three players winning MVP honors at the Senior Bowl. 
 
He has worked closely with NFL teams such as; LA Rams, LA Chargers, Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans over the last decade to help them develop young undrafted free agents on their rosters.
 
In the defensive secondary, DaRe will serve as an assistant defensive backs coach under Da'Von Brown and Connor Boyd after a two-year stint at Baylor as a defensive backs analyst. DaRe, a native of Clayton, Calif., was a video intern for the Oakland Raiders and joined the staff as a player personnel assistant working with General Manager Mike Mayock before moving into a defensive assistant role for the Oakland/Las Vegas Raiders from 2018-2021 working with the defensive back unit. After the 2021 season, he transitioned to the college game, where he was a graduate assistant at Northwestern before his time at Baylor.
 
Berry will serve as an assistant to the defensive staff. Most recently, Berry worked with the defensive secondary while on Fran Brown's staff at Syracuse. He has worked on coaching staffs at Syracuse, Buffalo and Northern Illinois.
 
On the offensive side of the ball, Cal has added McCann to bolster its passing attack. He has been a collegiate coach for over 15 years and spent the 2025 season at Oregon State, where he served as the wide receivers coach.
 
Prior to his time in Corvallis, McCann spent three years at Fresno State as the Bulldog's wide receivers coach and was later elevated to offensive coordinator, where he held the post for two seasons prior to leaving.
 
During his time in the Valley, McCann coached two 1,000-yard wide receivers. In 2023, the Fresno State offense ranked second in the Mountain West for passing offense and fifth in total offense in his first season as offensive coordinator.
 
Overall, McCann coached three All-MWC first team selections and one All-MWC second team selection with the Bulldogs.
 
Before his time in Fresno, he coached at Eastern Washington for three years, where he served as the team's wide receivers coach all three seasons while also serving as the passing game coordinator and recruiting coordinator for one season. In 2021, the Eagles finished 10-3 and ended the season ranked seventh in the final FCS poll. Under McCann, the Eagle offense led the FCS in total offense, averaging 555.7 yards per game (including 400.5 yards through the air) while averaging 44 points per game. In his offense, quarterback Eric Barriere was named an All-American and All-Conference in 2021 while being selected as the National FCS Player of the Year.
 
McArthur, who will begin his Cal coaching career as the assistant wide receivers coach, ranks as Cal's all-time leader with 3,188 receiving yards. He shares the all-time lead in 100-yard receiving games with 11 and is second with 202 career receptions. In addition, McArthur is seventh at Cal with 20 touchdown catches. He was named a Second-Team All-American as a junior in 2003 and was also chosen second-team All-Pac-10, the team's Most Improved Player and the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame's College Male Athlete of the Year. McArthur continues to hold Cal's season receiving yards mark with 1,504 in 2003 while his 85 receptions the same season are fourth. A first-team All-Pac-12 selection as a senior, he led the team in receptions with 57, along with 862 receiving yards and seven touchdown receptions. He shares the Cal single-game record for most receptions (16) with Jacob De Jesus and is second in receiving yards after tallying 245 yards in the 2003 Big Game.