Nebraska hires former star linebacker Trev Alberts as athletic director replacing retired Bill Moos

Nebraska is popping to Trev Alberts, a former Cornhuskers soccer star, to be the college’s subsequent athletic director after he served in the identical place at Nebraska-Omaha for the previous 12 years. Alberts will succeed the retired Invoice Moos, who served within the place for practically 4 years.

Alberts performed as a linebacker at Nebraska within the early Nineties, profitable the Butkus Award as a senior in 1993 throughout a golden age of Cornhuskers soccer beneath former coach Tom Osborne. In complete, Alberts completed his school profession with 248 tackles, together with 29.5 sacks and this system compiled a 38-9 file throughout his profession.

He was chosen fifth general within the 1994 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts however performed simply three seasons within the NFL earlier than retiring after coping with accidents. Alberts entered sports activities broadcasting and labored as an analyst for varied networks earlier than accepting the AD job at Omaha in 2009. Omaha is a part of the College of Nebraska system, and Alberts shepherded the varsity to a spot within the Division I ranks, though that course of included the disbanding of Omaha’s soccer program in 2011.

Alberts’ prime job at his alma mater will probably be navigating a downturn within the soccer program’s fortune. Former Nebraska star quarterback and ex-UCF coach Scott Frost is simply 12-20 as he enters his fourth season main this system and the Cornhuskers haven’t reached 10 wins for the reason that 2012 season. Moos employed by Frost and males’s basketball coach Fred Hoiberg, who has additionally struggled for traction in two seasons on the job.