Cal Poly names new head football coach with experience at UCLA, Fresno State

Tim Skipper will be Cal Poly’s new head football coach, the university announced on Wednesday.

Skipper was UCLA’s interim head coach during the past season. He has 25 years of collegiate coaching experience, having also worked in various coaching positions at Fresno State, Central Michigan, Colorado State, Florida, UNLV, Sacramento State, and Western New Mexico.

Skipper was a starting middle linebacker at Fresno State from 1997-2000, graduating in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in communications.

“I am extremely excited to become the next head football coach at Cal Poly and want to thank [Athletic Director] Carter Henderson and President Armstrong for entrusting me with this opportunity,” Skipper said in a statement released by Cal Poly. “The ‘Learn by Doing’ approach and the academic ex