Nebraska is hiring Dana Holgorsen as its full-time offensive coordinator after bringing within the former Houston and West Virginia coach as a advisor on Matt Rhule’s employees final month.
The varsity introduced Monday that Holgorsen has agreed to a two-year contract that may pay him $1.2 million yearly.
Holgorsen was added to the Nebraska teaching employees as an offensive advisor and was promoted to offensive coordinator and play-caller to exchange Marcus Satterfield, who was demoted to tight ends coach. Holgorsen served as offensive coordinator for the ultimate three video games of the common season and helped the 6-6 Huskers attain bowl eligibility for the primary time since 2016 with a 44-25 win over Wisconsin on Nov. 23.
“We’re excited that Dana Holgorsen has agreed to be our offensive coordinator transferring ahead,” Rhule mentioned. “Dana is likely one of the elite offensive minds in soccer, and the progress we made in our closing three video games offers a glimpse of the potential of our offense beneath his course. We stay up for Dana main our offense into the bowl recreation and constructing for the 2025 season.”
Nebraska pursued Holgorsen for a job on its employees beforehand, however he initially opted to work as an analyst at TCU after getting fired from Houston. Holgorsen posted a 92-69 report between head-coaching jobs at West Virginia and Houston and is considered one of many high offensive minds in faculty soccer. Holgorsen had a hand in teaching Graham Harrell, Case Keenum, Brandon Weeden, Geno Smith, Will Grier and Clayton Tune.
Earlier than his time main the West Virginia (2011-18) and Houston (2019-23) packages, Holgorsen had stints as offensive coordinator at Texas Tech, Houston and Oklahoma State.
With the promotion to the full-time OC at Nebraska official, Holgorsen shall be tasked with aiding the event of star freshman quarterback Dylan Raiola. The No. 2-ranked quarterback within the 2024 recruiting cycle by 247Sports has thrown for for two,595 yards, 12 touchdowns and 10 interceptions throughout his first faculty season.
Nebraska’s offense averaged 358.7 yards per recreation (ninety fifth amongst FBS groups) and 23.8 factors (tied for 98th) in Yr 2 of the Rhule period. The Cornhuskers began the 2024 season with a 5-1 report earlier than dropping 5 of their closing six video games.
