Scott Polacek@@ScottPolacekIncluded Columnist IVDecember 3, 2024
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Previous West Virginia and Houston head coach Dana Holgorsen is staying with the Nebraska Cornhuskers as the group's offending planner.
Nebraska revealed Monday it signed Holgorsen to a two-year, $2.4 million agreement to formally move into the OC function on head coach Matt Rhule's personnel. He at first signed up with the Cornhuskers in November as an offending expert before he called plays as an organizer for the last 3 video games of the project.
“We are thrilled that Dana Holgorsen has actually consented to be our offending planner moving on,” Rhule stated. “Dana is among the elite offending minds in football, and the development we made in our last 3 video games offers a peek of the capacity of our offense under his instructions. We eagerly anticipate Dana leading our offense into the championship game and structure for the 2025 season.”
While Nebraska went simply 1-2 in those 3 video games with losses versus USC and Iowa, its offense did impress in the Nov. 23 win over Wisconsin.
The Cornhuskers blew up for 44 points as quarterback Dylan Raiola tossed for 293 backyards, one goal and no interceptions while running back Emmett Johnson ran for 113 backyards. Running back Dante Dowdell scored 3 times on the ground.
If that was a tip of what's to come for Nebraska with Holgorsen as its offending organizer, possibly it can go back to the program's previous requirements.
Regardless of a long history of success in the Big 12 and Big 8, things have actually primarily been frustrating considering that changing to the Big Ten previous to the 2011 season. The Cornhuskers have 8 losing seasons because the relocation and have actually won double-digit video games simply when.
They likewise have not completed with a winning record because 2016.
Rhule was generated before the 2023 season to alter that, and this is a significant addition to his personnel. Holgorsen was the head coach of West Virginia for 8 seasons from 2011 to 2018 and then led Houston for 5 seasons from 2019 to 2023.
He went 92-69 total throughout those 13 years and led his groups to 10 championship game.
Holgorsen likewise has lots of experience as an offending organizer for Texas Tech (2005-07), Houston (2008-09) and Oklahoma State (2010 ). Nebraska's statement kept in mind those offenses had a typical nationwide surface of 2nd in passing, 3rd in overall offense and 6th in scoring offense.
There will likewise be protective modifications for the Cornhuskers, as ESPN's Pete Thamel reported Monday that protective planner Tony White is relocating to the very same function at Florida State.
