Do not look now, however time is working out not just for the ’22 Husker soccer season however possibly for interim head coach Mickey Joseph as properly.

Husker A.D. Trev Alberts will announce (in all probability after the Iowa recreation) his option to be the pinnacle soccer coach.

Had Nebraska been capable of pull off a win Saturday over #17 Illinois, possibly Joseph might have made a case for Alberts to call him because the everlasting coach.

However with 4 video games remaining towards groups Nebraska hasn’t crushed since Jesus was a child, the long run does not look shiny this 12 months. Nobody ought to blame Coach Joseph for a potential 3-9 document. He is carried out all he can to proper the ship. However the boat is taking up water and its mast is damaged – a tricky problem for even the perfect of coaches.

So who will get the job?

Here’s a listing of candidates from which I imagine the brand new Husker head coach can be chosen. The listing is simply my opinion – I haven’t got any inside data. In truth, it very properly could possibly be that Alberts surprises everybody by selecting somebody who shouldn’t be even on this listing. 

1.) Matt Campbell
Age: 42
Present College: Iowa State
Convention: Huge 12
Born in: Ohio
2022 Report: 3-5
Wage: $4 million per 12 months

Why he’d be a great candidate:
He turned Iowa State right into a winner. Cyclones went 3-9 his first 12 months, 2016. Then his groups went 8-5, 8-5, 7-6, 9-3 and 7-6. In his six seasons at ISU, his groups have performed in 5 bowl video games (2-3).

Why he would not be a great candidate:
He is by no means coached within the Huge Ten as a head coach or as a coordinator. His group to this point this season is 3-5 – not precisely a resume-enhancing document.

2.) Lance Leipold
Age: 58
Present College: Kansas
Born in: Wisconsin
2022 Report: 5-3
Convention: Huge 12
Wage: $2.8 million

Why he’d be a great candidate:
Coach Leipold is a person of excessive character – not not like a Tom Osborne. Lance’s profession features a cease at Division III Wisconsin-Whitewater, the place his groups racked up a 109-6 document over eight seasons. WW additionally received six nationwide championships in Division III. Leipold had a 37-33 document at Buffalo, main the Bulls to a few bowl appearances (2-1). Lance additionally served as an assistant at Nebraska (2001-’03) and at UNO. In his second 12 months at Kansas, he is circled a dismal program that to this point this season at 5-3 is only one win away from being bowl eligible.

Why he would not be a great candidate:
It is uncertain Leipold would depart KU when he is simply getting began there. A person of excessive character could be unlikely to depart KU in midstream.

3.) Dave Aranda
Age: 46
Born in: California
Present College: Baylor
Convention: Huge 12
2022 Report: 5-3 (19-12 general)
Wage: $6 million

Why he’d be a great candidate:
In his first 12 months because the defensive coordinator at Wisconsin (2013-2015), the Badgers completed within the Prime 20 in 4 main defensive classes: scoring protection (sixth), whole D (seventh), rush D (fifth) and cross D (seventeenth). In 2012, he was nominated for the Broyles Award because the nation’s prime assistant. Aranda modified Wisconsin from a 4-3 base protection to a 3-4. In 2020, he was employed as the pinnacle coach at Baylor, the place his first group went 2-7 in a COVID 12 months. In ’21, he took the Bears to a 12-2 document – the perfect at school historical past.

One more reason he would possibly come to Nebraska is that he and Mickey Joseph coached collectively at LSU. It will appear Mickey could be a certain wager to remain on at NU if Aranda had been chosen. Trev Alberts must open his checkbook to land Dave.

Why he would not be a great candidate:
He could also be in the identical scenario as Lance Leipold: Dave simply began his head teaching profession at Baylor. He is likely to be unwilling to depart so quickly. One mitigating circumstance is likely to be the standing of the Huge 12 Convention. With the departure of Texas and Oklahoma, it could be very tough for him to ever compete for or win a nationwide championship at Baylor.

4.) Invoice O’Brien
Age: 53
Born in: Massachusetts
Present College: Alabama (OC/QB assistant)
Convention: SEC
Present Report: ‘Bama ranks #17 in whole offense (485.1 yards per recreation)
Alabama is 7-1 this season
Wage: $1.1 million

Why he would make a great candidate:
O’Brien has been a winner wherever he is coached. He took over a Penn State group that was in turmoil due to the Jerry Sandusky scandal and the firing of longtime head coach Joe Paterno. O’Brien’s first group in 2012 went 8-4, and 7-5 the following 12 months. After the 2012 season, O’Brien was chosen as Huge Ten Coach of the 12 months.

He left PSU to take the pinnacle teaching job at Houston of the NFL in 2014. He spent six-plus years there, going 9-7, 9-7, 9-7, 4-12, 11-5, 10-6 and was fired after a 0-4 begin to the 2020 season.

He is been a head coach within the B1G and the NFL and now could be an assistant for Nick Saban at Alabama. At Nebraska, O’Brien would get an enormous bump in his wage.

Why he would not be a great candidate:
O’Brien might wish to coach within the SEC, however it is likely to be tough to show down a possibility to get again as a head coach within the Huge Ten.

My choose? No. 1 is Dave Aranda and No. 2 is Invoice O’Brien. If neither man will get the job, I belief Trev Alberts will choose the perfect obtainable candidate. Husker followers will simply have to attend just a few extra weeks to seek out out.

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