Nebraska Aiming To Hire Matt Rhule

The Panthers could quickly have a method out of the roughly $40MM owed to Matt Rhule past this season. Nebraska has honed in on the previous Temple and Baylor HC, based on ESPN.com’s Chris Low, who provides the perimeters are hoping to finalize a deal quickly (Twitter link).

Rhule’s seven-year, $62MM Panthers contract contains offset language that may permit the workforce to keep away from paying Rhule past 2022, ought to he be employed as a school HC for the 2023 season. The Cornhuskers could also be shut to completely clearing that path.

Nebraska fired head coach Scott Frost earlier this season. The one-time school powerhouse has not hit the 10-win benchmark since 2010 and has dipped in stature since its run at a nationwide title in 2001. The Massive Ten program is ending out what will probably be its sixth straight dropping season. Rhule’s standing as a program-building coach would naturally be enticing for a workforce that has struggled to compete since leaving the Massive 12. This might even be a brand new problem for Rhule, whose earlier rebuilds got here within the American Athletic Convention and Massive 12.

Extra to come back.