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Why Matt Rhule agreed to instrumentality connected the head-coaching occupation astatine Nebraska (2:21)
Matt Rhule shares his excitement aft being named caput manager of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. (2:21)
Nebraska has named Matt Rhule arsenic the team's caller coach, signing him to an eight-year contract.
Rhule, who was fired by the NFL's Carolina Panthers successful October, antecedently had palmy stints successful assemblage shot astatine Baylor and Temple.
Rhule replaces Scott Frost, who was fired from his alma mater earlier this play aft a 1-2 start. Mickey Joseph was promoted to interim caput coach.
Rhule told ESPN's "College GameDay" connected Saturday that knowing the erstwhile authorities made the Nebraska occupation much attractive.
"One of the things that drew maine to it is knowing that Scott had been determination for the past respective years," Rhule said. "Scott Frost is simply a manager that I genuinely respect and see a friend. And truthful I cognize that programme has a bully culture, I cognize they cognize however to work. Now it's astir conscionable each of america picking up moving forward."
The Cornhuskers (4-8) finished their 2022 run with a 24-17 triumph against Iowa connected Friday.
Rhule, 47, was little than 3 seasons into his seven-year, $62 cardinal woody with the Panthers erstwhile helium was fired aft a 1-4 commencement to this season. Overall, helium was 11-27 with Carolina, and the squad went 1-27 erstwhile allowing 17 oregon much points.
He was inactive owed much than $40 cardinal erstwhile helium was fired by the Panthers.
Despite being financially stable, Rhule said helium had 2 reasons for getting backmost into coaching.
"Being distant from it, the much you miss the players, the much you miss the locker country and coaching," Rhule said. "And past this is Nebraska. This is simply a squad that I grew up not conscionable watching; this is simply a squad that I grew up revering."
Rhule had a estimation for turning programs around. In his 3rd play astatine Temple, the Owls went 10-2 successful the regular season. A twelvemonth later, helium led the programme to its archetypal league title since 1967.
At Baylor, conscionable 2 years aft going 1-11 successful his archetypal play for the Big 12 program, Rhule led the Bears to an 11-3 grounds successful 2020.
Information from ESPN's Chris Low and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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