Fresno State Athletics
Football
Burl Toler III
- Title:
- Assistant Coach (Wide Receivers)
- Email:
- btoler@csufresno.edu
Burl Toler III was hired to coach the wide receivers at Fresno State on Feb. 3, 2016.
Toler joins the Bulldogs following a three-year stint at Cal working quality control for special teams. He worked under the direct guidance of Mark Tommerdahl, the Golden Bears assistant head coach and special teams coordinator.
Toler, a Cal alum and four-year wide out for the football team (2001-04), was welcomed back to the Bay Area following his professional football career, which included stops in the NFL, NFL Europe, CFL and Arena League. Toler was a walk-on to the Bears’ program in 2001 and worked his way to being one of Aaron Rodgers’ favorite targets as a junior when he caught 48 passes for 609 yards and three touchdowns.
The Toler name has a long-standing history in football lore and the Golden State. The `Dogs newest wide outs coach is grandson to Burl Toler, Sr., a pioneer who was the first African American game official in NFL history (hired in 1965) along with an NFL career and All-American career at City College of San Francisco. His father, Burl Toler, Jr., also played collegiate football at Cal and was a team captain his senior season in 1977.
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Toler joins the Bulldogs following a three-year stint at Cal working quality control for special teams. He worked under the direct guidance of Mark Tommerdahl, the Golden Bears assistant head coach and special teams coordinator.
Toler, a Cal alum and four-year wide out for the football team (2001-04), was welcomed back to the Bay Area following his professional football career, which included stops in the NFL, NFL Europe, CFL and Arena League. Toler was a walk-on to the Bears’ program in 2001 and worked his way to being one of Aaron Rodgers’ favorite targets as a junior when he caught 48 passes for 609 yards and three touchdowns.
The Toler name has a long-standing history in football lore and the Golden State. The `Dogs newest wide outs coach is grandson to Burl Toler, Sr., a pioneer who was the first African American game official in NFL history (hired in 1965) along with an NFL career and All-American career at City College of San Francisco. His father, Burl Toler, Jr., also played collegiate football at Cal and was a team captain his senior season in 1977.
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