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Assistant Director Dean Caparaz completed his 23rd year of working at his alma mater in 2025-26.
 
A San Francisco Bay Area product who hails from San Jose, Caparaz graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English at UC Berkeley, where the aspiring journalist covered sports for The Daily Californian. After graduation, he joined the editorial staff of Soccer America magazine in Berkeley and for the next 11 years reported on the U.S. Women’s National Team and women’s college soccer.
 
Soon after leaving Soccer America, Caparaz began working for Cal Athletic Media Relations, the precursor to Cal Athletics Communications. He has worked directly with 16 of Cal’s 30 teams.
 
Caparaz lives in the East Bay with his wife and two daughters.