Lauren RabainoThe Cal Poly football team will name former Army offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Tim Walsh as its new head coach in a press conference at 10 a.m. today in Mustang Hall, the Portland Tribune reported yesterday.
Walsh would bring 18 years of collegiate head coaching experience to Cal Poly, including 14 years at Bowl Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) Portland State.
Walsh began his head coaching career at Sonoma State where he led the program to a California Collegiate Athletic Association championship.
After four years in Sonoma, Walsh was hired as the head coach of then-Division II Portland State in 1993.
Three straight Division II playoff appearances later, the program decided to take a step up to Division I-AA.
Walsh guided Portland State for 14 seasons compiling a 90-68 record. His career collegiate head coaching record is 117-82.
Cal Poly has been without a head coach since Rich Ellerson took the head coaching job at Army on Dec. 26.
The Mustangs were 56-34 in Ellerson’s eight seasons as head coach, including two trips to the Division I-AA playoffs.
In Ellerson’s final season at Cal Poly, the Mustangs finished ranked eighth in the nation with an 8-3 mark, hosting the school’s first ever Division I playoff game.
It remains to be seen whether any of Ellerson’s former assistants will resume their positions on the new staff.