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The new guy in the Nebraska athletic department didn't need much in the way of introduction.
Everyone already knew the name. Doak Ostergard is back.
"It's a little bit more comfortable than when I was here last year," he said Thursday.
The 48-year-old returned to the department a couple weeks ago, carrying the new title of outreach director.
Among Ostergard's duties is to be a contact person for the N Club, made up of Husker letterwinners. He's also to be a consultant for athletic medicine, strength and conditioning and nutrition.
"It's a position that's going to be evolving for a while," Ostergard said.
Ostergard was a full-time trainer at Nebraska since 1990 and the football team's head trainer for nine years before he was asked to resign by former Husker coach Bill Callahan in February of last year.
That whole episode soured some former Huskers, who even held a golf tournament partially in his honor last spring.
After the event, Ostergard provided key details and wrote the forward for the book "The Nebraska Way."
The book chronicled the relationship between Nebraskans and the football program, but also contained some accounts from Ostergard about some dealings with Callahan that put a less-than-flattering light on the coach.
Besides his work with the book, Ostergard started a small company that sells durable medical equipment (things like athletic braces) online at doaktraining.com.
Shortly after the new football staff was in place, Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne called Ostergard in to talk about the possibility of him returning to the department.
Ostergard had maintained a close relationship with Osborne. Accepting a job offer from him wasn't exactly difficult.
"I missed being around the athletes, all the relationships," Ostergard said. "I went from interacting with about 100 people a day to a handful."
The new guy in the Nebraska athletic department didn't need much in the way of introduction.
Everyone already knew the name. Doak Ostergard is back.
"It's a little bit more comfortable than when I was here last year," he said Thursday.
The 48-year-old returned to the department a couple weeks ago, carrying the new title of outreach director.
Among Ostergard's duties is to be a contact person for the N Club, made up of Husker letterwinners. He's also to be a consultant for athletic medicine, strength and conditioning and nutrition.
"It's a position that's going to be evolving for a while," Ostergard said.
Ostergard was a full-time trainer at Nebraska since 1990 and the football team's head trainer for nine years before he was asked to resign by former Husker coach Bill Callahan in February of last year.
That whole episode soured some former Huskers, who even held a golf tournament partially in his honor last spring.
After the event, Ostergard provided key details and wrote the forward for the book "The Nebraska Way."
The book chronicled the relationship between Nebraskans and the football program, but also contained some accounts from Ostergard about some dealings with Callahan that put a less-than-flattering light on the coach.
Besides his work with the book, Ostergard started a small company that sells durable medical equipment (things like athletic braces) online at doaktraining.com.
Shortly after the new football staff was in place, Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne called Ostergard in to talk about the possibility of him returning to the department.
Ostergard had maintained a close relationship with Osborne. Accepting a job offer from him wasn't exactly difficult.
"I missed being around the athletes, all the relationships," Ostergard said. "I went from interacting with about 100 people a day to a handful."
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