Coaches
Vic So'oto
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Vic So'oto
Played at BYU
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | BYU | GA | Intern | Bronco Mendenhall* |
| 2016 | Virginia | GA | Graduate assistant | Bronco Mendenhall* |
| 2017-2019 | Virginia | Position | Defensive line coach | Bronco Mendenhall* |
| 2020-2021 | USC | Position | Defensive line coach | not known |
| 2022 | California | Position | Outside linebackers coach | Justin Wilcox |
| 2023-2024 | California | ST coord. | Special teams coordinator & outside linebackers coach | Justin Wilcox |
| 2025 | California | DC | Co-defensive coordinator & outside linebackers coach✓ | Justin Wilcox |
| 2026- | UCLA | Position | Linebackers coach | Bob Chesney*+ |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | California | Co-defensive coordinator | 75 | 88 | 78 | 58 | 136 |
Worked under
- Bronco Mendenhall* · BYU 2015 (GA)
- Bronco Mendenhall* · Virginia 2016-2019 (GA, Position)
- Justin Wilcox · California 2022-2025 (DC, Position, ST coord.)
- Bob Chesney*+ · UCLA 2026 (Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Bronco Mendenhall* · BYU 2015 · him GA, them Head coach
- Jason Beck · BYU 2015 · him GA, them Position
- Kelly Poppinga · BYU 2015 · him GA, them Position, ST coord.
- Nick Howell · BYU 2015 · him GA, them DC, Position
- Robert Anae · BYU 2015 · him GA, them OC, Other, Position
- Bronco Mendenhall* · Virginia 2016-2019 · him GA, Position, them Head coach
- Jason Beck · Virginia 2016-2019 · him GA, Position, them Position
- Kelly Poppinga · Virginia 2016-2019 · him GA, Position, them DC, Position, ST coord.
- Nick Howell · Virginia 2016-2019 · him GA, Position, them DC, Position
- Patrick Higgins · Virginia 2016-2017 · him GA, Position, them Analyst
- Robert Anae · Virginia 2016-2019 · him GA, Position, them OC, Position
- Ruffin McNeill · Virginia 2016 · him GA, them Other, Position
- Bill Musgrave · California 2022 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Justin Wilcox · California 2022-2025 · him DC, Position, ST coord., them Head coach
- Kenny Hill · California 2022 · him Position, them Analyst
- Peter Sirmon · California 2022-2024 · him Position, ST coord., them DC, Other, Position
- Jake Spavital · California 2023 · him Position, ST coord., them OC, Position
- Tim Plough · California 2023 · him Position, ST coord., them Position
- Mike Bloesch · California 2024 · him Position, ST coord., them OC
- Sterlin Gilbert · California 2024 · him Position, ST coord., them Other, Position
- Bob Gregory · California 2025 · him DC, Position, them Analyst, Position
- Bryan Harsin · California 2025 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Keith Heyward · California 2025 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Nick Rolovich · California 2025 · him DC, Position, them Analyst, Head coach
- Terrence Brown · California 2025 · him DC, Position, them DC
- Bob Chesney*+ · UCLA 2026 · him Position, them Head coach
- Colin Hitschler · UCLA 2026 · him Position, them DC
- Dean Kennedy · UCLA 2026 · him Position, them OC, Position