Nebraska coach Scott Frost sends quarterback Adrian Martinez back into the game against Minnesota in the second quarter Dec. 12, 2020, at Memorial Stadium.
Nebraska football coach Scott Frost plans to stand pat with his current 10-man crew of full-time assistant coaches, he said Friday.
He described it as “a pretty easy decision” to extend all of his full-time assistants’ contracts for a year, while adding there will be no pay raises.
“That was largely my decision,” Frost said. “I might ask for those when we get this job done and we have the kind of year that we’re expected to have. Until then, I don’t think anybody here feels we’re necessarily deserving yet.”
In saying he’s standing pat, Frost made clear he doesn’t intend to make any staff changes that would pave the way for a full-time special-teams coordinator, a conversation that has become a hot topic in the fan base because of Nebraska’s struggles on special teams in recent seasons.
Frost said he’s “100 percent confident” that special teams can operate at a high level with a senior analyst serving in a lead role, as was the case this past season with Jonathan Rutledge. However, Rutledge was let go in the aftermath of a season in which Nebraska finished 115th nationally in special-teams efficiency, according to ESPN’s Football Power Index.
“If we have the right guy, it’s going to work,” Frost said.
Frost, who has a 12-20 record at Nebraska through three seasons, said he will look for better collaboration in special teams coaching throughout the rest of the staff. He said the 10 full-time, on-field staff members being “eager and intent on helping as much as they can is going to help make it work.”
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