Saturday was a special day at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb. Not only was it Senior Day, the game marked the 500th, and final at Memorial Stadium, of Tom Osborne's career at Nebraska. The former head coach and current athletic director will retire Jan. 1, 2013, and the school honored him and the team's seniors […]
Staid and stoic. I can?t think of two words that better describe Tom Osborne. He also was very good at whatever he did, and he did plenty. First as a football coach. Later, as an athletic director. Now, the 75-year-old Osborne is retiring effective Jan. 1, making the announcement today in Lincoln. "It has been […]
Former Nebraska football coach and current AD Tom Osborne announced he will retire, effective Jan. 1, 2013, on Wednesday morning. To nobody's surprise, people hit Twitter to thank Osborne and congratulate him on an unbelievably successful career. See some of the tweets in this post. [RELATED: Nebraska's Osborne to retire as Huskers AD] Also, on […]
Nebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne announced his plan to retire Jan. 1, 2013. At 75, Osborne will step down as athletic director. BTN is carrying this live on TV and on BTN2Go. On Jan. 1, 2013, Osborne will become athletic director emeritus. He will continue to be actively involved in Athletic Department operations through July […]
While Nebraska has only been a member of the Big Ten Conference for a short time, we've built up a nice archive of videos that featured Nebraska's Tom Osborne. Watch a handful of them in this post, including a clip from our show "Big Ten Icons" that profiled Osborne's coaching days. In this one video […]
CHICAGO - A brand new episode of Big Ten Icons, presented by Discover and hosted by Keith Jackson, airs at 8pm ET Tuesday with a profile of legendary Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne. The show will be followed at 8:30 PM ET by Osborne?s final game as head coach at Nebraska, the 1998 Orange Bowl. […]