Nebraska hiring Kansas City Chiefs assistant Terry Bradden

Nebraska has hired an NFL assistant defensive line coache to joing the Huskers.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers are hiring Kansas City Chiefs assistant defensive line coach Terry Bradden as the program’s next defensive line coach.

ESPN’s Pete Thamel was the first to report the hiring by the Huskers. Bradden will leave the Chiefs after spending the last eight years with the organization including the last four being spent with the defensive line.

A native of Daytona Beach, Florida, Howard was a collegiate quarterback at both Howard University and Tuskegee University before entering the coaching rankings one year later at FAU. He would then move to Inlet Grove High School to be their athletic director and head football coach, the youngest head coach in the state at the time at just 24.

In 2016, Bradden returned to college football as a graduate assistant at Bethune Cookman University and earned a AFCA Top 30 Under 30 nod that year.

One year later, he would move to the NFL level with the Kansas City Chiefs and spent time over his tenure in Kansas City with the defensive line and defensive backs amongst other duties.

Notably, it is expected that Bradden will join the Cornhuskers officially after the Kansas City Chiefs finish their 2024-25 season which could go as late as February 9, 2025, if the Chiefs were to make it to the Super Bowl once again.

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The postseason is only a few weeks away, and the Kansas City Chiefs will attempt to become the first NFL team to win three consecutive Super Bowls. After this journey, they will likely lose a member of their coaching staff on defense.

According to a report from ESPN’s Pete Thamel, The Nebraska Cornhuskers are set to hire Chiefs assistant defensive line coach Terry Bradden as the school’s new defensive line coach. Bradden has been with Kansas City for eight seasons, the last four of which were as an assistant under defensive line coach Joe Cullen. The move would be for the next college football season, as Bradden is expected to stay on for Kansas City’s postseason run.

Bradden has contributed to Kansas City’s defensive growth during his tenure, working with different groups before settling in with the defensive line. The unit has become a top group in the league after humble beginnings and struggles in the late 2010s. He was a trusted member of defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo’s staff, which has helped develop standouts such as Chris Jones, Mike Danna, Tershawn Wharton, and George Karlaftis, to name a few.

Bradden will join Nebraska’s staff, led by head coach Matt Rhule. Rhule recently served as head coach of the Carolina Panthers from 2020 to 2022. Nebraska will take on Boston College at Yankee Stadium in New York for this year’s Pinstripe Bowl.