It’s been an absolutely rolleycoaster of a Monday for the Nebraska football program. Things started out looking decidedly dark as defensive coordinator Tony White took a job with the Florida State Seminoles.
It’s believed that White isn’t the only defensive coach who has a foot out the door. Defensive line coach Terrance Knighton is expected to follow White to Tallahassee, though it doesn’t appear as though that’s a done deal just yet.
However, if those moves had Nebraska football fans nervous that things were spinning out of control, they got some good news on Monday night. Dana Holgorsen, the man who stepped in as offensive coordinator with just three weeks to go in the season, has been locked down as the full time OC for the next two years. The hire nips any rumors of head coaching jobs he might take, at least when looking at one big one that was recently made available.
Nebraska football locks down Dana Holgorsen for two years
Sources: Nebraska has agreed to a two-year deal to make Dana Holgorsen the full-time offensive coordinator. He came in during early November as an analyst and was named the coordinator and play-caller soon after. pic.twitter.com/oy1AChEq0X
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) December 3, 2024
According to Pete Thamel, Holgorsen’s 2-year deal comes with a price tag of $1.2 million per year. That’s noteworthy if only because it means that the new offensive coordinator is making less than his tight ends coach.
When Satterfield was hired on, he garnered a contract that pays him $1.4 million per year. Granted, that contract was paying him as an offensive coordinator, the job he lost midseason after the Huskers struggled toward the end of their schedule.
The timing of the announcement that Holgorsen (who has become a fan favorite in short order) signed his new deal was almost certainly not a coincidence as Matt Rhule starts to put his new look Nebraska football staff in place.