With it being official that Randy Shannon is headed to Florida, it's time to talking about his replacement. The following is from Cal's website (even though there is no longer a link from their coach's page):
Andy Buh is in his second season on the Cal coaching staff in 2014.
Buh will be reassigned as a position coach after spending the first
season of his current Cal tenure as the defensive coordinator and
linebackers coach in 2013.
Deandre Coleman was Cal's most decorated defensive player in 2013,
earning third-team All-Pac-12 honors according to Phil Steele and
accepting invitations to play in both Reese's Senior Bowl® and East-West
Shrine Game® following the season. The team's defense was bitten by
injuries with 16 players from the team's preseason two-deep combining to
miss 109 contests.
Buh came to Cal after spending one season in 2012 as the linebackers
coach at Wisconsin as the Badgers reached the Rose Bowl for the third
consecutive campaign. The Wisconsin defensive unit ranked 15th
nationally in total defense (322.57 ypg) and was in the top 25 in all
major categories on the defensive side of the ball. Wisconsin was also
17th in scoring defense (19.14 ppg), as well as 22nd in pass efficiency
defense (113.43) and 24th in rushing defense (128.93 ypg). The Badgers
were even better during regular-season 2012 Big Ten contests, allowing
18.3 points per game to rank second in the conference. Wisconsin held
five consecutive conference opponents to 16 points or less and gave up
more than 24 points in only one of eight regular-season league contests
and three overall. Wisconsin linebacker Mike Taylor was 54th nationally
in tackles with an average of 8.79 per game, while his total of 123
stops was 25th in the country. Linebacker Chris Borland received All-Big
Ten honors.
Prior to his single season at Wisconsin, Buh was the defensive
coordinator and linebackers coach for two campaigns at Nevada (2010-11)
with the Wolf Pack compiling a 20-7 overall record and 12-3 mark in the
Western Athletic Conference.
Nevada posted a 7-6 record and nearly upset No. 22 Southern Miss in
the Hawaii Bowl in 2011, limiting the No. 15 scoring offense in the
country to 13 points and 125 yards below its season averages. Nevada
finished 22nd in the country in pass efficiency defense (115.14 ypg) and
was led on the defensive side of the ball by first-team All-American
defensive tackle Brett Roy, who had 18.5 tackles for loss (-57 yards)
while pacing the WAC and ranking 12th nationally with 1.42 stops per
game. Roy also had 10.0 sacks (-36 yards), ranking second in the WAC and
tied for 13th in the country with 0.77 per game.
Buh led Nevada's defense in 2010 in what was arguably the greatest
season in the history of Wolf Pack football when Nevada won the WAC
title, posted a 13-1 overall record and defeated Boston College in the
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl. Key wins included home victories over No. 25
Cal and a come-from-behind victory over No. 4 Boise State, where
Nevada's defense held the Broncos to seven points in the second half to
win 34-31 in overtime. Under Buh's leadership Nevada had a rushing
defense that ranked 18th nationally (120.29 ypg) and a scoring defense
that was 31st (21.43 ppg). Pressure keyed much of the team's defensive
success as the Wolf Pack was 24th nationally in sacks (2.50 spg).
Defensive end Dontay Moch, a third-round pick of the Cincinnati Bengals
in the 2011 NFL Draft, had 22.0 tackles for loss (-83 yards) to lead the
WAC and rank 10th nationally with an average of 1.57 stops per game.
Buh engineered a major turnaround in a defense he inherited at Nevada
that ranked 91st nationally in total defense the season before his
arrival in 2009 (400.23 ypg) and 96th in 2008 (409.31 ypg). In his two
campaigns at Nevada, the Wolf Pack finished 52nd in total defense in
2011 (369.23 ypg) and 54th in 2010 (363.57 ypg).
Prior to his tenure at Nevada, Buh had three successful seasons at
Stanford (2007-09). He began his stint at Stanford in 2007 as the
linebackers coach for a Cardinal team that was 1-11 the previous season.
But that 2007 team shocked the nation when the 41-point underdog
Cardinal registered a 24-23 road victory at No. 2 USC. It was one of the
greatest upsets in college football history and a turning point for
Stanford football. Buh was promoted by then-head coach Jim Harbaugh to
co-defensive coordinator for his final two seasons.
In his first campaign as the co-defensive coordinator at Stanford in
2008, the Cardinal ranked 11th nationally in sacks (2.75 spg) with the
team's 34.0 total sacks coming from 13 different players. In Buh's
second season in the position, the Cardinal made its first bowl
appearance (Sun Bowl) since 2001 and had four defensive players honored
on All-Pac-12 teams to bring the two-year total under Buh to seven.
Buh spent the 2006 campaign on the staff at Fresno State after four
successful seasons (2002-05) as the linebackers coach at San Diego
State. During his time with the Aztecs, Buh coached four players who
went on to the NFL, including Kirk Morrison, a first-team All-American,
two-time Mountain West Conference Defensive Player of the Year and
three-time All-MWC selection who would go on to play in the NFL with
Oakland (2005-09), Jacksonville (2010) and Buffalo (2011-12).
Buh spent his first stint at Cal the two previous seasons (2000-01)
as a defensive administrative assistant after making his collegiate
coaching debut with three campaigns at his alma mater Nevada, where he
was a graduate assistant coach in 1997 and 1998 before being hired as
defensive backs/special teams coach in 1999.
He started his coaching career as an assistant for one campaign in 1996 at Orange Glen High School, where he graduated in 1991.
Buh played two seasons collegiately at Nevada (1993-94) and helped
the Wolf Pack to a Big West championship as a 1994 senior as the Pack
combined for a 16-6 mark during Buh's two seasons as a player. Buh
graduated from Nevada with a bachelor's degree in physical education in
1996.
A native of Escondido, Calif., he also played for two seasons at
Palomar College, where he helped his squad to a share of the 1991 Junior
College Grid-Wire national championship as a freshman. He earned
All-America honors as a 1992 sophomore.
Buh is married to the former Kelly Morris. The couple has two sons, Luke and Logan.
Andy Buh is in his second season on the Cal coaching staff in 2014.
Buh will be reassigned as a position coach after spending the first
season of his current Cal tenure as the defensive coordinator and
linebackers coach in 2013.
Deandre Coleman was Cal's most decorated defensive player in 2013,
earning third-team All-Pac-12 honors according to Phil Steele and
accepting invitations to play in both Reese's Senior Bowl® and East-West
Shrine Game® following the season. The team's defense was bitten by
injuries with 16 players from the team's preseason two-deep combining to
miss 109 contests.
Buh came to Cal after spending one season in 2012 as the linebackers
coach at Wisconsin as the Badgers reached the Rose Bowl for the third
consecutive campaign. The Wisconsin defensive unit ranked 15th
nationally in total defense (322.57 ypg) and was in the top 25 in all
major categories on the defensive side of the ball. Wisconsin was also
17th in scoring defense (19.14 ppg), as well as 22nd in pass efficiency
defense (113.43) and 24th in rushing defense (128.93 ypg). The Badgers
were even better during regular-season 2012 Big Ten contests, allowing
18.3 points per game to rank second in the conference. Wisconsin held
five consecutive conference opponents to 16 points or less and gave up
more than 24 points in only one of eight regular-season league contests
and three overall. Wisconsin linebacker Mike Taylor was 54th nationally
in tackles with an average of 8.79 per game, while his total of 123
stops was 25th in the country. Linebacker Chris Borland received All-Big
Ten honors.
Prior to his single season at Wisconsin, Buh was the defensive
coordinator and linebackers coach for two campaigns at Nevada (2010-11)
with the Wolf Pack compiling a 20-7 overall record and 12-3 mark in the
Western Athletic Conference.
Nevada posted a 7-6 record and nearly upset No. 22 Southern Miss in
the Hawaii Bowl in 2011, limiting the No. 15 scoring offense in the
country to 13 points and 125 yards below its season averages. Nevada
finished 22nd in the country in pass efficiency defense (115.14 ypg) and
was led on the defensive side of the ball by first-team All-American
defensive tackle Brett Roy, who had 18.5 tackles for loss (-57 yards)
while pacing the WAC and ranking 12th nationally with 1.42 stops per
game. Roy also had 10.0 sacks (-36 yards), ranking second in the WAC and
tied for 13th in the country with 0.77 per game.
Buh led Nevada's defense in 2010 in what was arguably the greatest
season in the history of Wolf Pack football when Nevada won the WAC
title, posted a 13-1 overall record and defeated Boston College in the
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl. Key wins included home victories over No. 25
Cal and a come-from-behind victory over No. 4 Boise State, where
Nevada's defense held the Broncos to seven points in the second half to
win 34-31 in overtime. Under Buh's leadership Nevada had a rushing
defense that ranked 18th nationally (120.29 ypg) and a scoring defense
that was 31st (21.43 ppg). Pressure keyed much of the team's defensive
success as the Wolf Pack was 24th nationally in sacks (2.50 spg).
Defensive end Dontay Moch, a third-round pick of the Cincinnati Bengals
in the 2011 NFL Draft, had 22.0 tackles for loss (-83 yards) to lead the
WAC and rank 10th nationally with an average of 1.57 stops per game.
Buh engineered a major turnaround in a defense he inherited at Nevada
that ranked 91st nationally in total defense the season before his
arrival in 2009 (400.23 ypg) and 96th in 2008 (409.31 ypg). In his two
campaigns at Nevada, the Wolf Pack finished 52nd in total defense in
2011 (369.23 ypg) and 54th in 2010 (363.57 ypg).
Prior to his tenure at Nevada, Buh had three successful seasons at
Stanford (2007-09). He began his stint at Stanford in 2007 as the
linebackers coach for a Cardinal team that was 1-11 the previous season.
But that 2007 team shocked the nation when the 41-point underdog
Cardinal registered a 24-23 road victory at No. 2 USC. It was one of the
greatest upsets in college football history and a turning point for
Stanford football. Buh was promoted by then-head coach Jim Harbaugh to
co-defensive coordinator for his final two seasons.
In his first campaign as the co-defensive coordinator at Stanford in
2008, the Cardinal ranked 11th nationally in sacks (2.75 spg) with the
team's 34.0 total sacks coming from 13 different players. In Buh's
second season in the position, the Cardinal made its first bowl
appearance (Sun Bowl) since 2001 and had four defensive players honored
on All-Pac-12 teams to bring the two-year total under Buh to seven.
Buh spent the 2006 campaign on the staff at Fresno State after four
successful seasons (2002-05) as the linebackers coach at San Diego
State. During his time with the Aztecs, Buh coached four players who
went on to the NFL, including Kirk Morrison, a first-team All-American,
two-time Mountain West Conference Defensive Player of the Year and
three-time All-MWC selection who would go on to play in the NFL with
Oakland (2005-09), Jacksonville (2010) and Buffalo (2011-12).
Buh spent his first stint at Cal the two previous seasons (2000-01)
as a defensive administrative assistant after making his collegiate
coaching debut with three campaigns at his alma mater Nevada, where he
was a graduate assistant coach in 1997 and 1998 before being hired as
defensive backs/special teams coach in 1999.
He started his coaching career as an assistant for one campaign in 1996 at Orange Glen High School, where he graduated in 1991.
Buh played two seasons collegiately at Nevada (1993-94) and helped
the Wolf Pack to a Big West championship as a 1994 senior as the Pack
combined for a 16-6 mark during Buh's two seasons as a player. Buh
graduated from Nevada with a bachelor's degree in physical education in
1996.
A native of Escondido, Calif., he also played for two seasons at
Palomar College, where he helped his squad to a share of the 1991 Junior
College Grid-Wire national championship as a freshman. He earned
All-America honors as a 1992 sophomore.
Buh is married to the former Kelly Morris. The couple has two sons, Luke and Logan.
