2019 Andrew Browning Head Shot

Andrew Browning

Andrew Browning is in his seventh season as the defensive line coach and his eighth campaign overall at California in 2025, having served one season in a quality control role on the defensive side of the ball in his first season with the Golden Bears in 2018 before moving into his current role.

  • In 2019, Browning was promoted to Defensive Line coach. Since his promotion, he has helped guide the Bears’ defense to 24 or more sacks in five of his six seasons. (The lone season without 24 sacks was during the COVID-19 shortened season).

  • Browning returned to Cal in 2018 as a defensive quality control analyst.

  • His first full-time coaching role came as the defensive line coach at UTEP (2013-17). With the Miners, he tutored future NFL players James Davidson, Horace Miller and Roy Robertson-Harris.

  • Started his coaching career with three campaigns on the staff at his alma mater Boise State, working in quality control for one season in 2010, and as a graduate assistant from 2011-12.

  • Spent the 2008 season on the roster of the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League before moving into coaching.

  • In college, Browning finished his four-year Boise State playing career that started as a 2003 walk-on freshman with 143 tackles, 21.5 tackles for loss and 12.5 sacks for teams that combined for a 46-6 record, while playing in bowl games all four years.

  • Earned first-team All-WAC and second-team Academic All-American honors from ESPN The Magazine as a 2006 senior when he established career highs of 46 tackles, 11.0 tackles for loss and 8.5 sacks for the Broncos' 13-0 Fiesta Bowl championship team that ranked No. 5 in the final AP Top 25.

Browning File

Birthdate: January 29, 1984
Hometown: Lake Oswego, OR
High School: Lake Oswego HS
College: Boise State, 2007, Bachelor's in Communications
Family: Wife, Leah; Son, Matthew
 

Year-By-Year Coaching Positions
Season: Team – Coaching Positions

2010: Boise State – Quality Control, Defense
2011-12: Boise State – Graduate Assistant, Defense
2013-17: UTEP – Defensive Line
2018: California – Quality Control, Defense 
2019-Present: California – Defensive Line