Nebraska’s AD announces national search for next head football coach
Nebraska Director of Athletics Trev Alberts met with the media on Sunday afternoon to discuss his decision to relieve Scott Frost as the head football coach of the Cornhuskers earlier that day. Alberts spoke for about fifteen minutes with the assembled press, and the most telling quote of the entire availability was the announcement that Nebraska would be conducting a national search for the next head coach. However, Alberts would also not set himself to a timeline for the hire stressing the need for a detail-oriented process.
While this will be the first time Alberts will hire a football coach, a common theme emerges from how he has handled coaching searches for other sports at Nebraska or his previous stop at Nebraska-Omaha. As Gary Sharp of “1620 The Zone” tweeted, expect the search to be seen as a “very thorough search and a quiet process.” Alberts also stressed a need for someone who will be the right leader for the program’s future, not someone who will “win the press conference.” The AD also said that “resources won’t be an impediment to the University of Nebraska getting the right football coach to lead this program.”
🏈"This place will always be bigger than any one person. And that is the way it has to be." Trev Alberts the today's firing of Scott Frost. #Huskers #GBR pic.twitter.com/91rEuNq9tj
— Adam Krueger (@AdamKruegerTV) September 11, 2022
Associate Head Coach Mikey Joseph has been named the Interim Head Football Coach, and the Director of Athletics told the gathered press that Joseph has been empowered to run the program as he sees fit. Alberts went as far as saying he has no intention of meddling in the staff’s day-to-day preparations.
Nebraska now prepares to host the Oklahoma Sooners at Memorial Stadium this Saturday at 11:00 am CT on FOX.
Stay tuned to Cornhuskers Wire for the latest regarding the search for a new head football coach, and find more social media reactions below.
"I want to first acknowledge that it's been a tough day today."
Watch @TrevAlberts' full opening statement on firing Scott Frost. ⤵️
💻: https://t.co/7SbqIkCXd6 pic.twitter.com/fsNaogXRYT
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) September 11, 2022
Trev Alberts: “This was a day I’d hope would never come.” #huskers
— Sam McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) September 11, 2022
Trev said he and Frost met with the team this morning and then Frost had some time to spend himself with the squad. And then Mickey Joseph came in and spoke to the team and walked through some of the changes he will have.
— Brian Christopherson (@Husker247BC) September 11, 2022
https://twitter.com/EvanBlandOWH/status/1569053121371840513
Nebraska will do a national search and use a search firm.
— Sam McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) September 11, 2022
Alberts said the Huskers will have a national search with third-party help. Knows there will be a lot of rumors, but made it clear he plans to reach out to a lot of people if it's heard he reached out to this guy or that guy. "I'm going to reach out to a lot of people."
— Brian Christopherson (@Husker247BC) September 11, 2022
Trev Alberts says he plans to reach out to "a lot of people" in the coaching business. He's not planning to hire every coach from whom he seeks input, Alberts says he wants to make clear in this coaching search ahead.
— Mitch Sherman (@mitchsherman) September 11, 2022
Trev says the hiring process will be a national search and NU will use a search firm. Intends to reach out to a lot of coaches. “I’d like to get a perspective from a coach who isn’t here about our job.”
— Jimmy Watkins (@JimmyWatkins95) September 11, 2022
Scott Frost will get the full $15 million buyout.
— Sean Callahan (@Sean_Callahan) September 11, 2022
Why now and not when the Oct. 1 buyout number changes? No changes to the settlement that was set. Full buyout will be paid. "We owed it to the players to give them a different voice" and "we needed to inject something" he said of why he thought it needed to happen now.
— Brian Christopherson (@Husker247BC) September 11, 2022
Alberts said that Mickey Joseph will be making structural changes, and Alberts has empowered him to run the program as he sees fit.
— Jacob Padilla (@JacobPadilla_) September 11, 2022
"I've always believed that great coaches are people of character."
Alberts said he is looking for someone who can manage people and cultures. Adds that great coaches are also "grinders."
"Is this someone the players are willing to follow?"
— Hail Varsity (@HailVarsity) September 11, 2022
What qualities does Trev Alberts want in a head coach? People managers. Culture builders. Grinders. Authentic leaders.
Alberts: "I like people who hate to lose more than they enjoy winning."
— Evan Bland (@EvanBlandOWH) September 11, 2022
Why now?
"We owed it to the players, to give them a different voice, perhaps a slightly different vision." – @TrevAlberts
💻: https://t.co/lrGMGGkTSM pic.twitter.com/waRx6itz82
— Nebraska On BTN (@NebraskaOnBTN) September 11, 2022
Watching a few of Trev’s coaching searches at UNO on a much smaller scale, expect a very thorough search and a quiet process. He knows this will define his tenure and it’s not lost on him to get the program right.
— Gary Sharp (@GarySharp1620) September 11, 2022
Trev Alberts on the coaching hire ahead, with a smart comment to keep in mind: "We're also not going to try to win the press conference. At the end of the day we need to hire the right leader and the right fit."
— Brian Christopherson (@Husker247BC) September 11, 2022
Alberts: "This place will always be bigger than any one person, and that's the way it has to be."
— Jacob Padilla (@JacobPadilla_) September 11, 2022
Trev Alberts sounds like a guy who belongs in this job.
— CornNation (@CornNation) September 11, 2022
Nebraska AD Trev Alberts: "We'll stop talking about championships and talking about things we used to do."
Says that the program will simply have championship-caliber habits and do what they need to do to actually win games, instead of talking about it.
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) September 11, 2022
"We'll stop talking about championships. We'll stop talking about things we used to do." 🗣 @TrevAlberts pic.twitter.com/L6jD6ffuWV
— Nebraska On BTN (@NebraskaOnBTN) September 11, 2022
Statement from Vice Chancellor, Director of Athletics – Trev Alberts. pic.twitter.com/weczB1ghoB
— Nebraska Huskers (@Huskers) September 11, 2022
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