President Alexander Gonzalez and Athletic Director Terry Wanless named Marshall Sperbeck as Sacramento State’s new football coach.In a press conference on Jan 13., Wanless said the school signed Sperbeck for a five-year deal at $120,000 per year. This makes Sperbeck the highest-paid coach at Sac State.Sperbeck will head into the semester with a full coaching staff, as Sperbeck works with the team and recruit new talent.Returning to the staff are special teams coordinator Richard Sanchez, defensive backs coach Steve Robinson in his first year as a full-time coach, and defensive coordinator Lou Baiz.In his 13th year coaching, Baiz is the longest tenured coach on the football staff.New to the program are running backs coach Aaron Ingram and offensive line coordinator Jeff Remington, following Sperbeck from Foothill, and receivers coach Daniel DePrato.Linebackers coach Josh Brown reunites with Sperbeck, after working under him as a defensive assistant atFoothill for five years.Sharing his philosophy from Foothill, Sperbeck wants to build structure, discipline and consistency in the Sac State football program.”I think if you can follow those three components and build on them and implement them into the kids daily lives with their school and football, I think you can get the most out of your student athlete,” Sperbeck said.The team hasn’t received any commitments to the next season, Sperbeck said, but has been communicating with several recruits.Two of those prospects include players from Foothill, but due to league policy, Sperbeck could not release the names of any potential players.Sperbeck is the ninth football coach in Sac State history. He compiled a 109-53 overall record and made 11 bowl game appearances in his 15-year career at Foothill College.When it was announced on Nov. 27 that former coach Steve Mooshagian’s contract would not be renewed, Wanless said the school would be conducting a national search for the team’s new coach.Out of approximately 70 candidates, Sperbeck was one of three finalists chosen to interview for the vacantcoaching job, along with San Jose co-defensive coordinator Tom Williams and Sierra College coach Jeff Tisdale.”Ultimately, it was clear to me that Sperbeck was right for the job,” Gonzalez said. Matthew Beltran can be reached at [email protected]