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Mar 5, 2021 Justin Wilcox completed his Cal football coaching staff by hiring UNLV assistant Tre Watson as the Bears new defensive backs coach, Cal announced Friday. Watson will replace Marcel Yates, who left Cal to become the defensive backs coach at Oregon. Tre is one the nation s top young coaches and rising fast in our profession, Wilcox said in a statement provided by Cal. He brings a high level of energy and enthusiasm to the table. Tre has always impressed me with his work ethic, knowledge of the game and tremendous attitude ever since we coached him at Washington. He developed an excellent rapport with the student-athletes he worked with at Oregon and UNLV over the last three seasons, and he took advantage of a great opportunity he had to work closely with coach Heyward at Oregon. That helped him lay an excellent foundation for his coaching career. ....
Longtime former Nevada capitol reporter Cy Ryan dies at 88 February 5, 2021 GMT LAS VEGAS (AP) Cy Ryan, a respected reporter and Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame inductee who covered the state Legislature for United Press International and the Las Vegas Sun for more than half a century, has died, a longtime colleague and friend said Friday. He was 88. Ryan had been in declining health and died Thursday, said Geoff Dornan, a Nevada Appeal reporter who worked with Ryan in Carson City for decades. Dornan’s story about Ryan in the Appeal characterized him as a straight-shooting reporter and longtime dean of Nevada’s Capitol press corps. ....