Mickey Joseph, Nebraska’s interim coach before Matt Rhule hire, arrested in domestic case

Mickey Joseph, who served as an interim head soccer coach for Nebraska this season, was arrested on Wednesday afternoon for strangulation and third-degree home assault expenses, police stated.

Joseph was taken into custody after officers responded to a home disturbance at round 2 p.m. native time, the Lincoln Police Division stated in a press release on social media.

After officers concluded their investigation, police stated he was arrested on the fees.

Joseph had been Nebraska’s interim head coach for many of this season up till the college employed Matt Rhule as their head coach.

“I used to be made conscious of the fees in opposition to Coach Joseph and given the character of the allegations and primarily based on College coverage he has been positioned on administrative depart,” Nebraska athletic director Trev Alberts stated on Wednesday. “We may have no further remark at the moment.”

No additional particulars concerning the incident have been launched.

The 54-year-old was initially employed by the college because the broad receivers coach, affiliate head coach, and passing sport coordinator, however was tagged because the interim head coach on Sept. 11 after they fired Scott Frost.

There was a clause in his restructured contract that allowed him to return to his position as affiliate head coach, however that has not been formally exercised but. Rhule has not stated whether or not he would preserve Joseph on his employees.

Head coach Mickey Joseph of the Nebraska Cornhuskers in motion in opposition to the Rutgers Scarlet Knights throughout a sport at SHI Stadium on October 7, 2022 in Piscataway, New Jersey. Nebraska defeated Rutgers 14-13. 
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Joseph was a quarterback for the Cornhuskers for 32 video games between 1988 and 1991, however he struggled on the stat sheet and was unable to remain wholesome for many of his tenure on the college. 

Interim head coach Mickey Joseph of the Nebraska Cornhuskers walks off the sector after the sport in opposition to the Illinois Preventing Illini at Memorial Stadium on October 29, 2022 in Lincoln, Nebraska. 
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Nebraska went 2-6 whereas Joseph was the top coach.