New ST Coach Mike Ekeler

[HuskerNation1]

Rhule has one good coach on staff from last season and he needs to retain Eckeler

 

[Decked]

This would be just a giant blow.

 

[The Murphinator]

Hey we still got this guy on staff!

 

[swmohusker]

Cmon down Bruce Reed. 450 comes at a bargain. Maybe could use the money we save on hiring him to get him an assistant to help him count how many players are on the field.

 

[Decked]

Hey we still got this guy on staff!
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Ban this man!

 

[krc1995]

David City would be miserable in SoCal. Weather’s too nice.

 

[chamrocck]

Been reading through these comments and we need to keep Ek, give him a raise and more title. I always wondered why he wasn’t helping the LBs, so of course USC pulling on that string. Money and more title and I think he’d stay in his home state. You can’t buy similar home in CA unless triple the cost.

 

[lo country]

Seems like they might let him coach LBs too, really don’t want to lose Ek

I'd be in for this at NU.....I mean he did under Bo. And had some good ones. Year 4 and we just flipped the room in the portal. Coaching, wrong recruits, development or both...

 

[lo country]

Been reading through these comments and we need to keep Ek, give him a raise and more title. I always wondered why he wasn’t helping the LBs, so of course USC pulling on that string. Money and more title and I think he’d stay in his home state. You can’t buy similar home in CA unless triple the cost.

Ask Puka about the housing prices...

 

[hskrfan4life]

 

[hskrfan4life]

This program cannot have consistently good things.

 

[Decoy73]

Make him the highest paid in the country! Would be absolutely ridiculous to let him walk!

Thought Ekeler’s parents are still around Nebraska as well.

Pretty sure his bro lives in Cali FWIW.

 

[Decoy73]

I feel Lincoln Riley and everyone else since Pete the "cheat" has underperformed at USC. But a coordinator at USC still likely carries more weight than being one at Nebraska for anyone with HC aspirations, If that's where EK would like to be.

 

[Red Five]

Rhule says he offered him a contract extension that would make him one of the top 2 paid ST coordinators in the country.

My guess is that he wants to do more than just be a ST coach. Maybe his work with the defense in bowl prep was a tryout to be on the D staff and it didn't go well. Sounds like the USC job would be more than just a ST coordinator.

Also Rhule sounds like Ekeler is gone.

 

[Red Five]

Also, I know it is the life of an assistant coach, but he moves around a lot. Tennessee was the longest time he was at one place (4 years). Since he became a full time assistant he's had 10 jobs in 18 years (USC would make 11 in 19 years).

2003–2004 Oklahoma (GA)
2005–2007 LSU (GA)
2008–2010 Nebraska (LB)
2011–2012 Indiana (co-DC/LB)
2013 USC (LB)
2014–2015 Georgia (ILB/DSTC)
2016 North Texas (DC/LB)
2017–2018 North Carolina (LB)
2019 Kansas (STC/ILB)
2020 North Texas (STC)
2021–2024 Tennessee (OLB/STC)
2025–present Nebraska (STC)