On Monday, Nebraska basketball Head Coach Fred Hoiberg announced that he had hired a new assistant coach to join him on the bench for the 2022-23 season. Adam Howard will be coming to Lincoln from South Alabama, where he had spent the last four seasons as a member of Richie Riley’s staff. The Jaguars were 75-50 during his time in Mobile, including two 20-win seasons. Before South Alabama, Howard spent time at Troy University, Tennessee, and Southern Miss. He is best known for his defensive sets in both the half and full court as a coach. That could be helpful to Nebraska as they’ve finished last in the Big Ten in points against per game in each of Fred Hoiberg’s three seasons as head coach.
In a statement to the media, Howard discussed how excited he is to join the Cornhuskers coaching staff saying, “My family and I are humbled and excited for the opportunity to join Coach Hoiberg’s staff at Nebraska. Coach Hoiberg has been remarkably successful at every level of basketball, and I could not be more appreciative that the next step in my development as a coach is to learn and grow under him and the staff he has in place at Nebraska.”
Howard played his college ball at Western Kentucky and was part of the 2008 squad that made the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.