BERKELEY — Cal football general manager Ron Rivera said he already has a working list of 14 candidates for the program’s vacant head-coaching position and that he will involve a broad spectrum of people in pursuit of the right man.

Freshman quarterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele won’t be an afterthought in the process.

“Knowing who he is and what he means to us, there’s going to be a lot of thought in who’s next and what that staff’s going to look like as well,” Rivera said Tuesday, two days after relieving Justin Wilcox of his duties following a 31-10 loss at Stanford in the 128th Big Game.

Cal fans are wringing their hands in fear that Sagapolutele, one of the nation’s most promising young quarterbacks, could transfer in reaction to the coaching change.

Rivera said he intends to make i

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