Even though Terry Joseph has been a man without a cell phone, a car or an apartment this week, it felt like home just sitting in his new office on the second floor of the Osborne Athletic Complex. Watching film of the defensive backs he’ll coach when Nebraska’s Spring Football Practice begins Saturday, Joseph, 38, wasted no time diving into his new job. He looked intense, and he looked happy.
A onetime graduate assistant on a talented LSU staff that included Bo Pelini and John Papuchis, Nebraska’s new secondary coach believes he’s working where he is meant to be. “This really is a perfect fit,” he said, “because this is an opportunity that could not have come at a better time in my life or in my career. To be in this office and to coach the defensive backs at Nebraska, I almost have to pinch myself when I wake up in the morning. Every day, one of our assistants picks me up at the Cornhusker Hotel, and when I open the door to my office, I look out my window and see that weight room with that Big Red N on the wall, and it always reminds me of where I am.”
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