Cal Poly football coach Rich Ellerson is leaving to coach Army

Cal Poly football coach Rich Ellerson is leaving to coach the Army football team, which means Cal Poly could be in a bit of a hole next year.  They're already losing a ton of great talent (seniors) which is going to hurt them but now they're losing a great coach who has really helped build this team over the last 9 years. As an aside, he's also a really friendly guy.  I ran into him in the elevator at Qualcomm Stadium late after Poly's upset over SDSU this year.  I was a little frantic because I was hoping to catch his (non-existent) press conference and when I asked him if the press conference was over he said "we didn't really have one but are there any questions you have?"   When I told him I was just the photographer and I didn't have any for him we just started chatting until another reporter came along and started asking questions.

Coach Ellerson gladly answered all this guy's questions at like 9:30 or something, without rushing anything or evading anything.  He's a real class act and he'll be missed.