Nebraska Football: Former Husker joins Kansas Jayhawks staff

Jun 8, 2022; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Carolina Panthers receiver D.J. Moore talks with receivers coach Joe Dailey during Carolina Panthers minicamp at Bank of America Stadium Practice Facility. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 8, 2022; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Carolina Panthers receiver D.J. Moore talks with receivers coach Joe Dailey during Carolina Panthers minicamp at Bank of America Stadium Practice Facility. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports /
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A former Nebraska football player has taken a job with the Kansas Jayhawks mere months after he was rumored to be Husker bound.

Former Nebraska football quarterback Joe Dailey is back in the college ranks. Dailey, who coincidently coached alongside new Huskers head coach Matt Rhule, has taken a job with the Jayhawks under head coach Lance Leipold. Dailey is KU’s new offensive analyst.

This is actually the second time the former Husker has been a member of the KU coaching staff. He was previously the recruiting coordinator in 2010. He’s also had quite a few other stops as he revs up his coaching career and has to be considered a veteran and well traveled, despite not being that long out of his playing days.

After his one season at Kansas he moved over to Bethune-Cookman for one season and then landed with Liberty from 2012 to 2018. He then took the offensive coordinator job with New Mexico in 2019 before heading to Boston College as their wide receiver’s coach.

Dailey coached with Matt Rhule and the Carolina Panthers for one season and that’s where things got a bit interesting as the new Husker head coach started putting his staff together. Towards the end of the recruiting cycle in December, several recruits talked about the fact that the Nebraska football team had its wide receivers coach lined up but that the name of the person wasn’t common knowledge.

Because the Panthers were still in the running for the playoffs thanks to a weak NFC South division, it was thought that perhaps Dailey was waiting to leave the NFL franchise until their season was officially over.

As it turned out, Dailey wasn’t the guy, and instead, Rhule hired Garret McGuire for that position.

Now the former Nebraska football quarterback is back in a place he last spent time over a decade ago.