It seems like every year, there are more and more former Nebraska football players who are trading their helmets in for headsets. At the moment, the most well-known examples of this particular phenomenon are Zac Taylor as the head coach of the AFC Champion Cincinnati Bengals and, of course, Scott Frost as the head coach of the Cornhuskers.
Of course, there are tons of former Huskers who are coaching around both college football and the NFL who haven’t yet reached the level of head coach but could get there at some point. In order to eventually rise up the ranks, these former players have to start somewhere to get their feet wet and start building their resumes. Such is the case with Tommy Armstrong and Alonzo Moore.
Interestingly enough, not only are the former Nebraska football quarterback and former Husker receiver starting their coaching careers at the same time, they’re starting them with the same team.
Both Armstrong and Moore are now officially members of the Lincoln North Star High School’s coaching staff. Moore is going to be a volunteer position coach, and Armstrong is going to be the Gators’ offensive coordinator. They’re both working under first-year head coach James Thompson.
One interesting aspect of this story is that neither Armstrong’s nor Moore’s playing days were all that long ago. Both ex-Huskers finished their Nebraska football careers in 2016, having first played for Bo Pelini and then Mike Riley.
The fact that their playing days in Lincoln ended so recently is a nice bonus, according to some of the young men the pair will be coaching this fall.
"“It’s awesome, especially growing up in Lincoln I looked up to him a lot and getting to pick his brain about all his football knowledge and just be able to learn from the best you know it’s awesome,”"
Carson Parde, a Lincoln North Star senior, told 10/11 Now.
"“It’s really growing me as a football player and it’s really helping out the team this year.”"
For his part, Armstrong told the network that it’s certainly something that is new for him, but he’s excited to get his coaching career started. It’s good that it appears both former Nebraska football stars are up for a challenge as they’re going to try and help turn around a program that went just 1-8 in 2021.