University of California Athletics

Bryan Harsin enters his first season at Cal after being named the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in December of 2024. 

• 23 years of coaching experience on the offensive side of the ball, including 10 seasons as an FBS head coach at Auburn (2021-22), Boise State (2014-20) and Arkansas State (2013).

• Carries a 85-36 overall record as a head coach at the FBS level.

• He compiled a 69-19 overall record with three Mountain West Conference titles in his seven seasons as Boise State’s head coach. 

• Harsin played quarterback at Boise State from 1995-99 and later began his FBS coaching career at BSU in 2001 as a graduate assistant.

• He continued to climb the ranks at Boise State after his time as a GA. He was the tight ends coach from 2002-05, and elevated to offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2006 when Chris Petersen was hired as head coach before returning to Boise as the head coach in 2013.

• In five seasons as the Broncos offensive coordinator, Boise State’s record was 61-5 and his offenses were in the top five nationally in scoring four times, capped by ranking first in 2009 (42.2 ppg) and second in 2010 (45.1 ppg). In all, Boise State averaged 41.4 ppg during his time as coordinator. 

• With Harsin calling plays, Boise State won two Fiesta Bowls. The program’s first in 2006 (43-42 vs. Oklahoma) and 2009 (17-10 vs. TCU).

• As quarterbacks coach, Harsin guided Kellen Moore into becoming one of the nation's most productive quarterbacks. In 2010, Moore was named first-team All-America by the Football Writers Association of America and became Boise State's first Heisman Trophy finalist. He was also a finalist for the Maxwell Award, Davey O'Brien Award and Manning Award and was named the nation's top quarterback by The Touchdown Club of Columbus.

• Following the 2010 season, Harsin went to Texas, where he served as co-offensive coordinator from 2011-12. 

• Harsin then earned his first head coaching opportunity at Arkansas State in 2013, which claimed a share of the Sun Belt Conference championship and a berth in the GoDaddy.com Bowl that season.

• The Boise, Idaho, native graduated from Boise State with a degree in business management. 

• He and his wife, Kes, have two daughters, Devyn Lynn and Dayn Mykena, and a son, Davis. 

Harsin File

Hometown: Boise, Idaho
College: Boise State, 2000
Family: Wife, Kes; Daughters, Devyn Lynn, Dayn Mykena; Son, Davis
 

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

2000: Eastern Oregon – Running Backs/Wide Receivers 
2001: Boise State – Graduate Assistant 
2002-05: Boise State – Tight Ends 
2006-10: Boise State – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
2011-12: Texas – Co-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
2013: Arkansas State – Head Coach
2014-20: Boise State – Head Coach
2021-22: Auburn – Head Coach
2025: California – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks