BERKELEY, CA - SEPTEMBER 17: Head coach Sonny Dykes of the California Golden Bears talks with head coach Charlie Strong of the Texas Longhorns before their game on September 17, 2016 at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, California. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images)

College football players found out their coach was fired in the worst way imaginable

Unreal.

It's one thing to find out from someone other than the coach that he's fired and it another thing entirely to find out via multiple sources on Twitter. That's apparently what happened for California players when coach Sonny Dykes was fired on Sunday.

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Here are the tweets to prove it:

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That's defensive back Darius Allensworth, running back Vic Enwere and defensive tackle Luc Bequette, in that order. Not a good look for California on this one. Even with players on break you should probably send a mass text to the team informing them of the move.

And it seems that even the coach was surprised by the school's handling of the situation:

[h/t Deadspin]