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Adam RittenbergESPN Senior Writer
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Mickey Joseph, who served arsenic interim caput manager of the Nebraska Cornhuskers for 9 games this season, was arrested Wednesday connected suspicion of strangulation and third-degree home assault, the Lincoln Police Department said.
The Lincoln Police Department said officers were dispatched to a residence connected a home disturbance call. After an investigation, officers arrested Joseph, 54, astatine a abstracted determination and booked him into the Lancaster County Jail.
Joseph was placed connected administrative permission by Nebraska diversion manager Trev Alberts pursuing the arrest.
Joseph was named interim manager aft the Cornhuskers fired Scott Frost connected Sept. 11. Nebraska went 3-6 nether Joseph, finishing the play 4-8, earlier hiring erstwhile Carolina Panthers manager Matt Rhule to an eight-year deal arsenic the program's caller caput manager connected Saturday.
At Rhule's introductory quality league Monday, helium credited Joseph and Nebraska's unit for however they finished the season. Joseph's amended declaration aft helium became interim caput manager stated that helium would instrumentality to his relation arsenic wide receivers coach, passing crippled coordinator and subordinate caput manager if idiosyncratic other was named the team's imperishable coach. The declaration stated Joseph would beryllium owed his archetypal buyout if not retained without cause.
Rhule had not announced whether Joseph would beryllium retained connected his staff. Rhule declined remark to The Associated Press done an diversion section spokesperson Wednesday night.
Joseph was a backmost for the Cornhuskers from 1988 to 1991. He was arrested successful September 1990 connected suspicion of transgression mischief for allegedly breaking an exterior model and damaging an interior model portion trying to participate his girlfriend's apartment. According to constabulary reports, the girlfriend's roommate told officers determination had been a home quality going connected for respective hours. No charges were filed successful that lawsuit due to the fact that of uncooperative witnesses.
Joseph besides was arrested connected suspicion of drunken driving successful Lincoln successful 1989 and suspended for 1 game.
Joseph returned to Nebraska past December. Before that, helium spent 5 years connected LSU's staff. He spent 2 seasons arsenic caput manager astatine Langston University, an NAIA program.
Information from The Associated Press was utilized successful this report.