Kenny Wilhite Now Director of High School Relations

[Mavric]

 

 

This was the title of Chris Brasfield who came over from OSU.

 

 

 

Sounds like another area where change was needed.

[Mavric]

[Mavric]

[gratefullred]

Seems like a position where we would desire some continuity, not a revolving door.

[Waterloohusker26]

Seems like a position where we would desire some continuity, not a revolving door.

 

Also someone that knows Nebraska

[Mike Mcdee]

So was this the position move that Gary on S&B leaked and then Damon told Shane to cut that segment?

[Hedley Lamarr]

So was this the position move that Gary on S&B leaked and then Damon told Shane to cut that segment?

Yes

[Hedley Lamarr]

Seems like a position where we would desire some continuity, not a revolving door.

Wilhite will still be there if needed, he will be more involved with other sports too now. From all accounts Brasfield will do very well in his new expanded role

[zoogs]

See this article from one of Mavric's posted tweets. It's not really a revolving door; not hardly! Wilhite has been working in a similar capacity with Nebraska for two years now, and this promotion steps him up to the forefront. They like him, and he's a former Husker player, which can't hurt for a role focused on walk-on recruiting.

[Mavric]

[zoogs]

^ How do you NOT love that guy?

[Mavric]

[Mavric]

But Wilhite firmly believes in the power of the walk-on program. He saw it first-hand as a Husker who’d just joined NU’s program in 1990. Though Wilhite moved to defensive back, he began his career at wingback, and on the depth chart he found himself behind two walk-ons: Dan Pleasant and Brad Devall.

“I thought I was a really good athlete, but I was always behind those two on the depth chart,” Wilhite said. “I’d go home and ask myself: ‘What are they doing that I’m not doing?’ So I took it upon myself to watch those guys and learn from those guys. They worked their butts off in the weight room and the classroom, and on the football field, if Coach (Ron) Brown wanted them to take a step with their right foot, they stepped with their right foot. If they were supposed to cut a defensive back’s outside leg, they cut a defensive back’s outside leg.

“I watched them and learned what it meant to be a Nebraska football player.”

A native of St. Louis, Wilhite moved to defensive back and nabbed All-Big Eight honors in 1991 after intercepting six passes. He had another strong year in 1992, then played four seasons in the Canadian Football League. Wilhite coached at various stops, including the six years at Southeast Missouri State, where former Nebraska defensive ends coach Tony Samuel was head coach.

 

OWH

[Mavric]