Zach Tinker serves as Special Teams Coordinator for California Football. Tinker has worked with special teams on the same Oregon football staff as Lupoi for three of the last four seasons in roles of quality control in 2022 and an analyst since 2024.
Prior to joining the college ranks, Tinker spent four seasons at Meridian High School in Bellingham (1999-2002), helping the Trojans to the Class 2A State Championship in 1999 before finishing second in 2000. Tinker's first collegiate coaching job came at his alma mater Western Washington (2003-06), where he helped the Vikings win the 2003 GNAC crown in his first of two seasons as the tight ends coach and coached center Loren Winter to 2006 Division II All-American honors while guiding the offensive line in each of his last of two campaigns.
