Former Cal Assistant Coach Leaves UW for the Raiders

Modesto Bee (link):

Jim Michalczik was named offensive line coach for the Oakland Raiders on Monday, only two months after he joined the University of Washington staff.  The move came less than a week after Michalczik and the rest of the Huskies staff finished up their first recruiting class, and on the day UW coaches intended to begin planning for spring practices. Michalczik served the previous six seasons on the staff of Jeff Tedford at Cal.

New Raiders coach Tom Cable had filled all of his coaching staff except for offensive line coach. The Raiders won't have an official offensive coordinator.

 

From the Olympian (link):

For the second time in two weeks, a newly hired member of the University of Washington football staff has walked away from the job.  Head coach Steve Sarkisian announced Monday that Jim Michalczik, who was introduced as offensive coordinator in mid-December, has left to become offensive line coach for the Oakland Raiders under new coach Tom Cable. Michalczik also was going to coach the UW offensive line.

Sarkisian hired him away from the University of California, where he had been co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. Before his six seasons at Cal, Michalczik had coached at Oregon State, Montana State and Miami (Fla.). He is a native of Port Angeles and played his college career at Washington State.

After accepting the UW job, Michalczik had told the Contra Costa (Calif.) Times that leaving coach Jeff Tedford's staff at Cal had been "an incredibly tough decision."  Sarkisian intends to retain the play-calling responsibilities he held at USC. However, he said his offensive coordinator will still have a full plate of responsibilities including the day-to-day operation of the offense, meetings and working with Sarkisian on game plans. "I'm going to rely on him heavily," Sarkisian said when Michalczik was hired. Now Sarkisian will resume his search for an offensive coordinator while also remaining in the market for a receivers coach.

Aaron Roderick accepted that job in mid-January only to resign the position 10 days later. Roderick had been hired from the University of Utah and returned there, citing family considerations.