'He's like a magnet': Why Dr. Susan Elza followed Matt Rhule to Nebraska as the Huskers' chief administrator

Stuck in a cramped coaches office with nothing else to do, Dr. Susan Elza learned the game of football like she never had before. As a newly hired softball coach at Allen High School in Texas, there wasn't room for Elza to have her own office. Despite developing a love for the game, Elza never saw herself working solely within the sport of football — but all that changed the day she met Matt Rhule. A relationship that dates back several years led to Rhule hiring Elza as Nebraska's football chief of staff, the program's lead administrator who oversees both day-to-day functions and long-term planning.