Dave Kennedy is out

[husker rob]

Resigned from his position as S&C coach. anyone have any information on this it is not in any of the papers yet today.

[SwiftFan87]

where'd you hear that?

[husker_hurdler]

I did notice that his office was "cleaned out" this morning. Nothing official was said to anyone. The assistant coaches took on the duties of morning weightlifting it seemed.

[SwiftFan87]

 

Dave Kennedy, who has served as the head strength coach at Nebraska since 2004, has resigned the position.

 

The 47-year-old Kennedy came back to Nebraska after being the head strength coach at Pittsburgh (2002-03) and Ohio State (1989-2001).

 

Kennedy is a UNL grad, getting a bachelors degree in strength coaching in 1985. He grew up in Omaha.

 

On another note, apparently former Husker standout Trev Alberts is not coming back to the university. There was some speculation about him returning in some capacity, but Alberts told the Journal Star on Monday that he is not.

 

http://www.journalstar.com/blog/huskers.php

[s.c. husker]

I think Trev still lives on Lake Hartwell in clemson living the good life.

[Danimal]

Nice, glad to see we are recognizing problems and attacking them.

 

 

Some have said he was just following orders. But it doesn't look like TO buys that.

 

 

Maybe we can get Bailey back?

[knapplc]

Well, it's no surprise to me that he's gone. Clearly our conditioning is not what it once was. Come the fourth quarter we are in worse shape than Missouri, Kansas and USC. That would not have been the case ten years ago.

 

Good luck, Dave. Maybe there's a Big 10 team looking for a strength coach?

[bennychico11]

http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2007/1...7d307741441.txt

 

Nebraska needs to hire another coach — a strength coach this time.

 

Dave Kennedy, who took over as head strength coach of Nebraska in 2004, resigned over the weekend.

 

The departure of Kennedy comes less than two months after Steve Pederson was fired as athletic director, and just two weeks after Bill Callahan was fired as football coach.

 

The Husker football program went 27-22 in Kennedy’s time as head strength coach.

 

Mostly free from criticism during his first three seasons, Kennedy took some heat from fans this past fall when the defensive line was pushed around on a weekly basis. Nebraska finished ranked 116th out of 119 teams in rushing defense.

 

The 47-year-old Kennedy graduated from Nebraska in 1985 and assisted in NU’s strength department under Boyd Epley from 1982-88.

 

He moved on to become the head strength coach at Ohio State (1989-2001) and Pittsburgh (2002-03), impressing the likes of Callahan and Pederson along the way.

 

While he was the head coach of the Oakland Raiders, Callahan tried to hire Kennedy.

 

He failed in that attempt, but got his man in 2004 when Kennedy followed Steve Pederson from Pittsburgh to Nebraska.

 

It seemed a natural fit for Kennedy, an Omaha native who got his start in the Husker program.

 

Still, the move perhaps came as some surprise since Nebraska was coming off a 10-3 season with Bryan Bailey in charge of the strength program.

 

Callahan offered Bailey a job as an assistant to Kennedy.

 

Bailey, part of the NU program since 1986, soon left to work in the USC strength department in 2005.

 

“I made a change, and with all due respect to Bryan Bailey, I made that change for the betterment of our team,” Callahan said in 2004. “I wanted to retain Coach Bailey because he does have expertise and value here. He’s very well-respected by our team and players, and I wanted him to be a part of this program.”

 

Upon his arrival, Kennedy said the new No. 1 word in football players’ vocabulary would be “burst.”

 

“That’s what we’re going to try to develop. The players will be hearing that, hearing that and hearing that,” Kennedy said.

 

Kennedy described “burst” as the ability “to move from zero to 60 mph as fast as possible.”

 

“Burst is a huge, huge factor in the game of football,” he said. “When you read about guys in the NFL Draft, you hear that word all the time. Everything we do will be geared toward that.”

[papersun87]

Good, maybe it's time we got a REAL strength coach in here.

 

EDIT: Oh, man, I just read the rest of the article. Our old strength coach is now the strength coach whose line pushed ours all over the field?

[Hunter94]

http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2007/1...7d307741441.txt

 

Nebraska needs to hire another coach — a strength coach this time.

 

Dave Kennedy, who took over as head strength coach of Nebraska in 2004, resigned over the weekend.

 

The departure of Kennedy comes less than two months after Steve Pederson was fired as athletic director, and just two weeks after Bill Callahan was fired as football coach.

 

The Husker football program went 27-22 in Kennedy’s time as head strength coach.

 

Mostly free from criticism during his first three seasons, Kennedy took some heat from fans this past fall when the defensive line was pushed around on a weekly basis. Nebraska finished ranked 116th out of 119 teams in rushing defense.

 

The 47-year-old Kennedy graduated from Nebraska in 1985 and assisted in NU’s strength department under Boyd Epley from 1982-88.

 

He moved on to become the head strength coach at Ohio State (1989-2001) and Pittsburgh (2002-03), impressing the likes of Callahan and Pederson along the way.

 

While he was the head coach of the Oakland Raiders, Callahan tried to hire Kennedy.

 

He failed in that attempt, but got his man in 2004 when Kennedy followed Steve Pederson from Pittsburgh to Nebraska.

 

It seemed a natural fit for Kennedy, an Omaha native who got his start in the Husker program.

 

Still, the move perhaps came as some surprise since Nebraska was coming off a 10-3 season with Bryan Bailey in charge of the strength program.

 

Callahan offered Bailey a job as an assistant to Kennedy.

 

Bailey, part of the NU program since 1986, soon left to work in the USC strength department in 2005.

 

“I made a change, and with all due respect to Bryan Bailey, I made that change for the betterment of our team,” Callahan said in 2004. “I wanted to retain Coach Bailey because he does have expertise and value here. He’s very well-respected by our team and players, and I wanted him to be a part of this program.”

 

Upon his arrival, Kennedy said the new No. 1 word in football players’ vocabulary would be “burst.”

 

“That’s what we’re going to try to develop. The players will be hearing that, hearing that and hearing that,” Kennedy said.

 

Kennedy described “burst” as the ability “to move from zero to 60 mph as fast as possible.”

 

“Burst is a huge, huge factor in the game of football,” he said. “When you read about guys in the NFL Draft, you hear that word all the time. Everything we do will be geared toward that.”

 

 

well, i guess as Dave was developing "burst" in our players, they kind of went "bust"?

 

evidently this philosophy never bore any fruit....another cally buzz word from his NFL daze??

[Hunter94]

Good, maybe it's time we got a REAL strength coach in here.

 

EDIT: Oh, man, I just read the rest of the article. Our old strength coach is now the strength coach whose line pushed ours all over the field?

 

 

yep, just like coz, cally HAD to have Kennedy ahead of Bailey......oh well.

[Wally]

I had read somewhere that the plan was to try to get Bailey back from USC. Guess we will see if BP and TO can get him.

 

Boy, did Callahan ever get things screwed up here!

[hastingshusker]

I had read somewhere that the plan was to try to get Bailey back from USC. Guess we will see if BP and TO can get him.

 

Boy, did Callahan ever get things screwed up here!

 

Ive heard that from several people as well. Heres hoping he comes back.

[HuskerTrucker]

The offensive line definately was showing the results of BC's program...probably the defensive line also, but more noticeable was that the defense just couldn't tackle anyone....but that could be a cause of lack of conditioning also I suppose.

[admo]

Strength coach gets 'em tough in the gym. Head coach gets 'em tough on the field. Hope this all works out.