Tag: Athletic Director Trev Alberts

Nebraska announces plans for $450 million renovation of Memorial Stadium

This season, the University of Nebraska will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Memorial Stadium.

This season, the University of Nebraska will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Memorial Stadium. The Board of Regents will now consider a $450 million renovation of Memorial Stadium at their upcoming Oct. 5 board meeting.

Athletic Director Trev Alberts laid out the three main goals of the modernization project.

– Enhance the evolving fan experience that encourages families to come to Memorial Stadium on game day.
– Ensure a modern facility with infrastructure suited for the next century.
– Provide equitable and affordable access for all Husker fans, including dedicated space for students.

Alberts also told the media that the modernization of Memorial Stadium is essential for the facilities for the next 100 years.

“We need to modernize Memorial Stadium to ensure infrastructure for the next century. It’s really really important. The history that has happened in our stadium is remarkable. We need to make sure that while we’re here, we’re working on infrastructure to ensure that it’s in place for the next 100 years.”

He also emphasized the need to create an experience that all fans can enjoy.

“Finally, and this is really important to us, we want to create a facility that is equitable and affordable access to all of our fans. We learned a lot in that survey. And we learned that some of our fans across our state viewed that experiencing Husker football was, at some levels, beyond their financial capability. And so, we need to make sure that we have got a stadium that is accessible.”

The project, if approved, would see the project paid from private funds and other sources. No student tuition dollars or general operating dollars will be used on the project. Specific planned renovations include:

– South Stadium demolition and replacement with chair-back general seating.
– New chair-back seating in West and East stadiums.
– 360-degree main-level concourse connection and 270-degree upper-level concourse connection.
– Concession upgrades, refurbished menu options and added points of sale throughout the stadium.
– Restroom modernization throughout the stadium.
– Academic curriculum space, with specific uses guided by UNL’s academic leadership.
– Enhanced student life amenities.
– ADA upgrades throughout the stadium

If approved, the project would have an estimated completion date of July 2026. Find a photo gallery of some Memorial Stadium moments below.

Nebraska AD says more conference expansion on the horizon

Nebraska’s athletic director is sounding the alarm on the future of conference expansion in college athletics.

Nebraska’s athletic director is sounding the alarm on the future of conference expansion in college athletics. Trev Alberts told Amie Just of the Lincoln Journal Star that he doesn’t believe realignment is anywhere close to being finished.

“History is unkind to conferences that have not had the courage to expand. I don’t believe it’s done. It’s never been done. It’s more likely than not that there will be continued periods of angst. I believe that the next go-around – that’s my basic conclusion – will be far more disruptive than anything we’re currently engaged in. We need to prepare ourselves mentally for that.”

The Big Ten will be adding USC, UCLA, Oregon, and Washington in 2024. Oklahoma and Texas will be headed to the SEC.

The next domino will be what happens to the remaining Pac-12 teams. Those squads are Oregon State, Washington State, California and Stanford.

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Nebraska AD gives update on Go Big Project

Nebraska athletic director Trev Alberts took questions from the press at Big Ten media days earlier in the week. 

Nebraska athletic director Trev Alberts took questions from the press at Big Ten media days earlier in the week. Alberts spoke in detail about the ongoing construction of the Go Big Project.

The construction project is a $165 million, 315,000-square-foot facility. The Football Performance Center will hold a start of the art Athletic Medicine Area, Strength Complex, Equipment Room, Locker Room, Football Offices, Meeting Spaces, and room for future expansion.

“It’s going well. It’s also been a challenge. I had to remind myself: We have 315,000 square feet. It’s a massive facility. One of the things we are trying to figure out, and Coach Rhule is very passionate about it, and we don’t want to do anything that disrupts the football team.”

He also stated that the completion date of phase one is approaching.

“It’s soon. The rest of the stuff like the training table is maybe more at the end of the calendar year. It’s a herculean task. Everybody is all hands on deck. Our partners in the construction and project management and internal management team are working really hard to do it appropriately.”

Alberts also reiterated that Nebraska still has great facilities and is in no need to rush the project.

“Obviously, being the first year and everything, we don’t need anything to disrupt the team, and obviously, we have great facilities where we currently reside.”

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Nebraska Athletic Director provides update on coaching search

Albert’s discussed the current state of the program on Thursday morning!

Athletic Director Trev Alberts held a “Big Red Breakfast” in Omaha on Thursday morning to talk to the Husker faithful about the search for a head coach and the program’s current state heading into the final eight games of the 2022 season.
The A.D. told the pact crowd that there is no pre-ordained candidate for the vacant position. He continues to talk to candidates but is also talking to coaches and administrators at programs across the country to gain insight into the current methods and philosophies that are used to build modern college football programs.
Sam McKewon, the sports editor and columnist at the Omaha World-Herald, stated that Alberts said Nebraska would “need to be the premier development program in the Midwest” and that the “program lost its way in an absolute commitment to elite development.” Rumors continue to circulate about potential candidates the Huskers may consider hiring for the current vacancy.
Below is a list of names connected to the coaching search in one way, shape, or form. Scroll through it, and let us know what you think.