From coach hirings and firings to outdoor volleyball matches, a look at the Trev Alberts timeline

Aug. 8, 1970: Born in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Alberts is 53 years old.

1986-1990: Attends Northern University High School in Cedar Falls; stars on the football team.

1990: Joins the Nebraska football team coached by Tom Osborne.

1993: Becomes Nebraska’s first Butkus Award winner, capping one of the best seasons in history by an NU defensive player. Alberts had 96 tackles and 15 sacks.

Jan. 1, 1994: After suffering a dislocated elbow in Nebraska’s regular-season finale, Alberts appears in the Huskers’ Orange Bowl game wearing a cast, earning the game’s top defensive honor after posting three sacks in Nebraska’s 18-16 loss to Florida State.

April 24, 1994: Selected by the Indianapolis Colts with the fifth overall pick in the NFL draft.

1994: Suffers a dislocated elbow in his first NFL game — the same injury he suffered at NU. He misses 11 games.

1995: Appears in 13 regular-season games, and three playoff games. A concussion keeps Alberts out of the Colts’ regular-season finale, though.

1996: Misses the first six games of the Colts’ season with a partially dislocated left shoulder. Sits out the Colts’ regular-season finale and first-round playoff loss with a hamstring injury.

July 23, 1997: Retires from the NFL as injuries and missed games pile up. He missed 20 of a possible 52 games. He had 48 career tackles and four sacks.

1997: Works as an institutional bond salesman in Lincoln following his retirement from the NFL.

1997: Hired by CNN as a college football analyst. 

1999: Joins CNN’s NFL preview show.

2002: Joins ESPN, working as an in-studio analyst for college football. He worked on the network’s shows: “College GameDay Scoreboard” and “College GameDay Final.”

2005: Terminated by ESPN. 

2005-08: Works various media positions, including NFL on Westwood One. He also works as a color commentator for the NFL on CBS.

April 2009: Hired as director of athletics by the University of Nebraska-Omaha.

2011: Makes the controversial decision to move Omaha from Division II to Division I at the expense of the Mavericks’ football and wrestling teams.

Jan. 9, 2015: Selected to College Football Hall of Fame.

July 14, 2021: Introduced as athletic director at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

July 21, 2021: Speaks candidly about Nebraska football at Big Ten Media Days in Indianapolis: “We’re just going to get focused in those small, minor details. That, to me, is what the issue is.”

Aug. 18, 2021: Appears in a news conference with then-head football coach Scott Frost after it was reported Nebraska improperly used analysts during practice and games.

Nov. 8, 2021: Frost fires four offensive assistant coaches, and Alberts announces Frost will return in 2022 under a restructured contract, which included a $1 million decrease in salary.

Feb. 24, 2022: Alberts announces men’s basketball coach Fred Hoiberg will return for the 2022-23 season with a restructured contract, which included a dip in salary and a lowered buyout.

March 7, 2022: Nebraska agrees to a long-term multimedia rights deal with JMI Sports, putting NU back with a third-party vendor for athletics media operations after shifting in-house.

March 31, 2022: The deal between Nebraska and JMI Sports falls through late in the process. Alberts says, “We were not able to come to an agreement on the final terms of the contract.”

June 10, 2022: Nebraska is sued by USA Today for denying a request to provide details about metrics outlined in the restructured contracts of Frost and Hoiberg.

Aug. 6, 2022: Elevates Justin St. Clair to interim track and field coach following the retirement of longtime coach Gary Pepin.

Sept. 11, 2022: Fires Frost three games into the season. Alberts made the move the day after Nebraska shockingly lost to Georgia Southern, falling to 1-2 on the season. Frost left Nebraska with a 16-31 overall record.

Alberts appointed Mickey Joseph the team’s interim head coach.

“We owed it to the players to give them a different voice — perhaps slightly different vision — to give them confidence, an opportunity,” Alberts said. 

Nov. 26, 2022: Announces Matt Rhule as the new head football coach.

Nov. 28, 2022: Rhule is formally introduced in a grand ceremony at Hawks Championship Center. Of the 13 coaches Nebraska “interacted with” during the search, Alberts said Rhule was always “candidate 1A” for him.

Feb. 22, 2023: Formally elevates St. Clair to head track and field coach.

Feb. 25, 2023: Reveals plans for “Volleyball Day in Nebraska,” a first-of-its-kind outdoor match at Memorial Stadium.

March 29, 2023: Announces Nebraska will honor former Husker football coach Frank Solich at the annual Red-White Spring Game.

Aug. 9, 2023: Restores Hoiberg’s salary to $3.5 million after the basketball coach meets his “metrics.”

Aug. 23, 2023: Says, “Obviously, we’re disappointed,” in discussing former University of Nebraska President Ted Carter’s move to Ohio State.

Aug. 30, 2023: Volleyball Day in Nebraska is a massive hit, attracting 92,003 people to set a world record for a women’s sporting event.

Sept. 28, 2023: Nebraska announces $450 million remake of Memorial Stadium, including a new South Stadium.

Nov. 14, 2023: Receives massive pay boost, eight-year contract extension. Alberts’ base salary jumps from $853,882 to $1.7 million.

Feb. 2, 2024: Extends soccer coach John Walker’s contract through the 2027 season after the Huskers won a share of the Big Ten and advanced to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament.

Feb. 19, 2024: Former Nebraska women’s basketball player Ashley Scoggin accuses ex-coach of grooming her into a sexual relationship. 

The lawsuit states Alberts did not acknowledge it was improper for coaches to pursue sexual relationships with athletes, and there was no discussion about whether or not Love had acted inappropriately leading up to Scoggin being in his hotel room.

March 13, 2024: Alberts accepts the Texas A&M athletic director position.