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CALIFORN GOLDEN BEARS FOOTBALL<br />
ASSISTANT COACHES<br />
2015, as well as marks for total yards per game (495.2 ypg) and first downs<br />
passing (188) that will likely be surpassed this season. Cal also set modern-era<br />
school records for points (459), scoring average (38.2 ppg) and touchdowns<br />
(61) that were second all-time behind the 1920 team (510 points, 56.7 ppg,<br />
72 touchdowns), while tying modern-era records for PAT (56) and PAT <strong>attempts</strong><br />
(57). Cal’s 5,942 yards of total offense in 2014 is also third in school history.<br />
In addition, the Bears became the first Cal team in the modern era to score<br />
55 or more points in a game three times including 40 or more five times and<br />
30 or more on 10 occasions.<br />
The Bears set or equaled nine single-season school or modern-era school<br />
records on the offensive side of the ball in 2014. Cal established single-season<br />
records for passing yards (4,152), passing touchdowns (37), total yards per game<br />
(495.2 ypg) and first downs passing (188), as well modern-era school records<br />
for points (459), scoring average (38.2 ppg) and touchdowns (61) that were all<br />
that were broken in 2015 and now rank third all-time also behind the 1920 team<br />
(510 points, 56.7 ppg, 72 touchdowns). Cal also tied modern-era records for PAT<br />
(56) and PAT <strong>attempts</strong> (57). In addition, the Bears became the first Cal team in<br />
the modern era to score 55 or more points in a game three times including 40<br />
or more on five occasions and 30 or more 10 times.<br />
Cal ranked in the top 25 nationally in a total of seven offensive categories in<br />
2014 including passing offense (6th, 346.0 ypg), scoring offense (10th, 38.3<br />
ppg), total offense (13th, 495.2 ypg), fourth-down conversion percentage (14th,<br />
67.9%, 19-28), first downs offense (19th, 319), third-down conversions (23rd,<br />
46.1%) and team passing efficiency (24th, 145.77).<br />
Despite being an inexperienced unit that was the nation’s second-youngest<br />
to start the season and battling injuries that caused players on the preseason<br />
depth chart to miss 138 games, Cal still set school records during Peeler’s first<br />
season in 2013 for single-season passing yards (3,977), pass completions (368)<br />
and total plays (1,046), with the passing yards mark being broken in 2014. The<br />
passing offense finished third in the Pac-12 and 10th in the nation with an<br />
average of 331.4 yards per game that was also the best in school history before<br />
being surpassed in both 2014 and 2015. Cal’s 5,443 yards of total offense in<br />
2013 is the fifth-highest total in school history and its average of 453.6 yards<br />
per game ranks sixth.<br />
Peeler has developed the likes of current Green Bay Packers’ tight end and<br />
third-round 2014 NFL Draft pick Richard Rodgers as well as Anderson, Powe<br />
and Treggs over the last three seasons. Under Peeler’s tutelage, Rodgers (39<br />
receptions, 608 yards, 1 TD reception) and Anderson (46 receptions, 661<br />
receiving yards, 5 TD receptions) both registered the best statistical numbers of<br />
their collegiate careers in 2013 and 2014, respectively, before Treggs put up a<br />
couple of his career bests and Powe all of his in 2015.<br />
Peeler spent four seasons (2009-12) on the football staff at his alma mater<br />
Louisiana Tech including the final three campaigns when Dykes was the team’s<br />
head coach, serving as a graduate assistant working with the inside receivers in<br />
2012 after three previous seasons in quality control roles on the offensive side<br />
of the ball. Before returning to Louisiana Tech, he coached at both Itawamba<br />
Community College (Fulton, MS) and Independence Community College<br />
(Independence, KS).<br />
Peeler added a master’s degree in kinesiology in 2008 from Mississippi State<br />
after receiving his bachelor’s degree in education in 2007 from Louisiana Tech,<br />
where he played two seasons (2005-06) and started all 13 games as a senior<br />
for an offensive line that helped the Bulldogs produce 4,479 total yards. Peeler<br />
redshirted his first season in Ruston in 2004.<br />
Peeler arrived at Louisiana Tech after playing every offensive snap for two<br />
seasons in 2002 and 2003 at Holmes Community College (Goodman, MS),<br />
where he earned All-American as well first-team All-State and first-team All-NJCAA<br />
Region 23 honors.<br />
Peeler and his fiancée, Tori Hollis, are planning to marry in July of 2016.<br />
“Coach Peeler comes into work every<br />
single day with a mindset to get better<br />
as a coach as well as get his players<br />
better. He challenges his players to pay<br />
attention to detail and not take any rep<br />
off. He creates a fun, family-oriented yet<br />
competitive environment in the meeting<br />
rooms and has played a major role in my<br />
improvement as a player.”<br />
– Former TE/WR Stephen Anderson<br />
“Coach Peeler is a great coach who<br />
bring energy every day. He's earned the<br />
respect of every person he coaches and<br />
finds ways to bring out the best on each<br />
athlete. He's one of those guys you can<br />
rely on to have you prepared for whatever<br />
the defense is going to throw at you.<br />
Coach Peeler is the coach you want in<br />
your corner when all the odds are against<br />
you.”<br />
– Junior WR Raymond Hudson<br />
“Coach Peeler is a great coach in every<br />
sense. He is very relatable and really<br />
cares about his guys. He really stresses<br />
fundamentals and technique. He helps<br />
us on and off the field and is very interested<br />
in this team.”<br />
– Junior WR Jordan Veasy<br />
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2016 CALIFORNIA FOOTBALL INFORMATION GUIDE
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