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Phil Snow hired as Huskers associate head coach

Nebraska football has named Phil Snow as the programs associate head coach..

Nebraska football announced Phil Snow as the team’s associate head coach. ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported the news. Snow joined the program in November as a defensive consultant.

He has previous ties to Rhule, as he worked with him at Temple, Baylor, and the Carolina Panthers. He was Temple’s defensive coordinator and safeties coach from 2013-16. He then served as defensive coordinator at Baylor from 2017 to 2019.

Snow was the defensive coordinator of the Panthers from 2020-2022.

It will be interesting to see how Snow leaves his imprint on the program in the upcoming season. At the very least, he has experience from all levels of football. This is important as the Huskers coaching staff looks to change things up.

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Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule discusses hiring Brett Maher

The Nebraska Cornhuskers have added former Huskers kicker Brett Maher to their staff.

One of the major talking points about Nebraska’s loss to Illinois last Friday was the kicking game. Kicker John Hohl missed a potential 39-yard game-winner late in the fourth quarter. The miss, combined with starting kicker Tristan Alvano being banged up, has caused plenty of questions for head coach Matt Rhule.

During his Monday press conference, Rhule was asked about the kicking game and what the Huskers have been doing with the position group this season.

“We hired Brett Maher. He’s on staff. Brett’s coaching for us. Working with those guys,” Rhule said, the first time the second-year head coach acknowledged the addition of the former Husker kicker to the program’s coaching staff. “He’s here for the meetings and practices,” Rhule added.

When asked to expand on Maher’s role, Rhule told the media, “Brett’s just kind of consulted for (special teams coordinator) Ed (Foley) for a while. Brett, his life has shifted right before the first game. Ed would kind of use him as a sounding board, show him some video.”

“We have our specials camp, we had five or six NFL kickers and we’d use them as a sounding board. With the new rule, we went to Troy (Dannen) and all those guys and asked if we could add him to the staff. He’s been with us since training camp and going into the first game,” he added.

Maher, a Fremont, Nebraska native, played for the Cornhuskers from 2008 to 2012 before playing professionally in the NFL and CFL from 2013 through 2023, playing with 12 different teams during his career.

For the Huskers, Maher was 39-for-50, a 78% career field goal percentage. All of his kicks came in the 2011 and 2012 seasons. He also served as the program’s starting punter in both seasons, averaging 43.2 yards per punt over 120 career punts.

During his NFL career, Maher was 111-for-139 on kicks and holds the NFL record for most career 60+ yard field goals with four.

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Nebraska’s Ron Brown to become on-field assistant coach

Director of Player Support and Outreach Ron Brown will now coach fullbacks and returners. 

The Nebraska Cornhuskers announced another change to their coaching staff on Wednesday afternoon. Director of Player Support and Outreach Ron Brown will now coach fullbacks and returners.

A recent change to NCAA rules no longer limits the number of coaches who can be employed in an on-field role. Previously, only the head coach and ten assistants were allowed to interact with student-athletes in ‘technical or tactical instruction.’

“The Division I Council on Tuesday approved a rule change… to permit any staff member to provide technical and tactical instruction to student-athletes… during practice and competition.”

Brown has a long association with Nebraska football, having coached for the Huskers for 24 years. He served as an assistant from 1987-2003 and again from 2008-14.

The Husker coach has coached wide receivers, tight ends, and running backs during his time at Nebraska. He will transition away from his role as Nebraska’s director of player support and outreach into his new on-field role.

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Who is Nebraska’s new tight ends coach Josh Martin

Nebraska Football announced a change to its coaching staff on Friday evening.

Nebraska Football announced a change to its coaching staff on Friday evening. Tight end coach Bob Wager announced his resignation after receiving a ‘driving citation.’

‘It is with great remorse that I resign from my position as assistant football coach at the University of Nebraska. Earlier this week, I received a citation for a driving offense that I regret immensely.

I am grateful for the opportunity extended to me, and sincerely sorry for any negativity my poor decision has brought my family, our staff and our staff and those I have disappointed.’

Josh Martin has been elevated to tight ends coach. After spending 2022 at Little Elm High School in Texas as an offensive coordinator and quarterback coach, he was initially hired as a special teams analyst.

He has 11 seasons of experience coaching at the college level. His last college job was at SMU, from 2018-21, coaching tight ends. While at Southern Methodist, he produced multiple tight ends drafted into the NFL.

In 2021, Grant Calcaterra was taken in the sixth round of the NFL draft. First-team All-AAC tight end Kylen Granson was taken in the fourth round of the 2021 draft.

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