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Nebraska Football: Five Greatest Husker Coaches You’ve Never Heard About

By Oliver Vandervoort

Sep 19, 2015; Miami Gardens, FL, USA; Nebraska Cornhuskers head coach Mike Riley reacts on the sideline during the second half against Miami Hurricanes at Sun Life Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 19, 2015; Miami Gardens, FL, USA; Nebraska Cornhuskers head coach Mike Riley reacts on the sideline during the second half against Miami Hurricanes at Sun Life Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 24, 2015; Lincoln, NE, USA; Nebraska Cornhuskers mascot Herbie Husker entertains before the game against the Northwestern Wildcats at Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 24, 2015; Lincoln, NE, USA; Nebraska Cornhuskers mascot Herbie Husker entertains before the game against the Northwestern Wildcats at Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports /

Dana X. Bible

Hardcore football fans have likely heard of Dana Bible, but they may not remember he was a longtime Nebraska football coach. Bible took over as the head coach for the Huskers in 1929 and took his teams to six Big Six conference championships in eight years.

Overall, Bible posted a 50-15-7 record for NU and he had an even better record in the Big Six when he posted a 33-3-4 record in conference. One of the reasons he might not be as well known as a Husker coach is because he had a long career with other teams.

Before he came to Nebraska, Bible was a coach for Texas A&M where he was arguably as successful there as he was with Nebraska. In 1937, Bible left the Huskers to take a job trying to turn around the Texas Longhorns.

While he struggled originally with Texas, he’s arguably the man that started them down the path of becoming the national power they were for decades. He won a couple of Cotton Bowls and several conference championships, but it should be pointed out he had quite a bit more success with the Nebraska football team than he did with the Longhorns.

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