Sheldon Cross

Sheldon Cross, a highly successful head coach at Kennedy Catholic High School in Burien, Wash., a few miles south of Seattle, who has experience as an offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Idaho State, New Mexico Highlands and Iowa Wesleyan, was hired as Cal Poly's offensive coordinator in January 2023.

"I am very excited to add Sheldon Cross to our coaching staff as offensive coordinator," said Cal Poly head coach Paul Wulff. "I have worked with Sheldon in the past and have known him for a long time. He has a tremendous amount of respect out there with former players and coaches with whom he has worked. His results have been outstanding. He approaches offense with an aggressive mindset, which fits what we are doing and want to continue to do moving forward."

Cross's accomplishments include coaching on an Idaho State offensive staff that produced Walter Payton Award finalist, quarterback Justin Arias, to a 4,000-yard season passing in 2014, assisting Illinois State as tight ends and H-Backs coach to an FCS playoff berth and a 9-4 mark, and coaching Interlake and Kennedy Catholic high schools to six Washington state playoff berths and 71 wins in 10 seasons combined.