Former Cal basketball standout Richard Midgley has been hired as Cal basketball's general manager, according to a source close to the situation. It's unclear whether Midgley will work alone as the general manager or will be an assistant to a GM yet to be named. Midgley was a starting guard for Cal in all four of his seasons with the Bears under head coach Ben Braun, from 2002-2003 to 2005-2006. He started 99 games for the Bears and had a career scoring average of 10.2 points. His best season was 2024-2005, when he averaged 12.9 points. He hit a game-winning three-pointer with 3.9 seconds left in overtime in Cal's 76-74 win over North Carolina State in the 2003 NCAA tournament. Midgley is from England and has been working as a scout for the Brooklyn Nets since 2019, and worked in a similar capacity for the Atlanta Hawks before that. His experience as a scout should help him identify talent Cal can pursue.…