Trev Alberts to Texas A&M: What people are saying

What other media outlets are saying:

Texas A&M University has hired Nebraska’s Trev Alberts as its athletic director.

Alberts, 53, has been AD at Nebraska, his alma mater, since July 2021. He will replace Ross Bjork, who was hired in January by Ohio State to replace Gene Smith who is retiring in June. This will be the second time A&M has hired an AD from Nebraska, having hired Bill Byrne in 2003. He held the job until 2012 when he retired.

“With Trev’s expertise, the Aggies are poised to not only excel on the fields, tracks and courts, but also successfully navigate the multi-faceted intersection of sports, commerce and student-athlete empowerment,” A&M President Mark A. Welsh III said in a statement late Wednesday afternoon. “He has a profound understanding of the intricate business of athletics and the evolving landscape of college athletics, particularly in the realm of Name, Image and Likeness (NIL).

“I can’t imagine a better individual to lead the Aggie Athletics program into the future.”

A press conference to introduce Alberts will be scheduled early next week, A&M officials said.

— Robert Cessna and Travis Brown, The Eagle

What the fans and others are saying on Twitter/X:

Terry Pettit, legendary former Husker volleyball coach: “Talented people (Ted Carter, Ronnie Green, Trev Alberts) leave a team when the leadership above them loses sight of the team’s purpose. The team is the University. When the leadership cuts funding, and undermines the team’s purpose with political dogma they leave.”

@AZBMXdad: “It will continue to be a revolving door until someone fixes this issue that has been going on for 20 years.”

@Ryan_Pawloski: “I’m terrified for the future of the Huskers Athletics Department.”

@mdburnell: “The timing of this aside, I have no hard feelings towards Trev Alberts. He left Nebraska Athletics miles better than the way he found it. Hundreds of miles. He did an incredible job here and that is all that matters.”

@WendellStephen5: Texas A&M won’t love you like we did @TrevAlberts

@Husker_AustinTX: “In all my years of following Husker football there has never been a bigger shocker/gut punch.”

@an69186721: Geez. Wikipedia already lists Trev Alberts as Texas A&M AD.

@joanrsafford: Such a gut punch

@anukin_liyanage: Logging on to see that Trev Alberts is leaving Nebraska was NOT on my 2024 bingo board

@55musky: if you can’t expect loyalty from the people in leadership positions to be there long term, how can the people being led have any trust that they are working in their best interest?