ASSISTANT COACHES
Tim Beck
RON BROWN
BARNEY COTTON
•Took over as NU’s offensive coordinator in 2011
•Fifth season on Bo Pelini’s Nebraska staff
•Beck’s running game ranked 15th nationally in
2011 at 217.2 yards per game
•Previously worked for 17 seasons under Tom
Osborne and Frank Solich as WR and TE coach
•Sixth season overall as NU assistant, including
five on Bo Pelini’s staff
•All-Big Ten running back Rex Burkhead tied a
school record by scoring a touchdown in 10
straight games to open the 2011 season
•A total of 27 players Brown has coached have
gone on to professional careers
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Fifth Season
Central Florida, 1991
•14 seasons of college coaching experience,
including 11 years in Big 12 Conference
•Helped the Huskers rank ninth nationally in rushing
in 2010 with 247.6 ypg
Running Backs
22nd Season
Brown, 1979
•Spent four years as the Nebraska State Director
of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (2004-07)
•Was a two-time first-team All-Ivy performer as a
defensive back at Brown University (1975-78)
•Roy Helu broke NU’s single-game rushing record
with 307 yards against Missouri in 2010
Associate Head Coach/Offensive Line
Sixth Season
Nebraska, 1983
•2011 Huskers ranked 15th nationally with 217.2
yards per game
•23 seasons of college coaching experience,
including 16 years as an offensive coordinator
and two as a head coach
•Tutored the offensive line in all 23 seasons of
college coaching
•Played at Nebraska from 1975 to 1978 and had a
four-year NFL career
•Helped Kansas to a 12-1 record and No. 7 national
ranking as passing game coordinator in 2007
ROSS ELS
RICH FISHER
JOHN GARRISON
•Under Els’ direction in 2011, Lavonte David was
named a first-team All-American and Big Ten
Linebacker of the Year
•In 2011, Kenny Bell became only the second
freshman in school history to lead Nebraska in
both receptions and receiving yards, joining NU
career receptions leader Nate Swift
•Helped the Husker offense rank 15th nationally in
rushing in 2011 with 217.2 yards per game
•Joined the Huskers with 10 seasons of Division I
assistant coaching experience
•Spent two seasons coaching at Rivers School in
Weston, Mass., before coming to Nebraska
•Huskers ranked ninth nationally in rushing in 2010
with 247.6 yards per game
•Coached linebackers at Ohio University under
Frank Solich (2005-10)
•Led Rivers’ 2010 team to its first undefeated
regular season since 1915
•Spent three seasons as an offensive staff intern at
Nebraska (2008-10)
•Was the Head Coach at Hastings College (19972000)
•Has coached at Idaho (1999-03), Colorado (199798) and Oklahoma State (1995-96)
•Team captain on the 2001 Nebraska team that
played in the BCS National Championship Game
•Grew up in Lincoln and graduated from Lincoln
Northeast High School
•Played linebacker at Colorado and was a member
the Buffs’ 1990 national championship team
Linebackers/Special Teams Coord./Recruiting
Coord.
Second Season
Nebraska-Omaha, 1988
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Wide Receivers
Second Season
Colorado, 1993
Assistant Offensive Line/Tight Ends
Second Season
Nebraska, 2003
•Garrison’s tight ends combined for 29 catches,
446 yards and one touchdown in 2011
ASSISTANT COACHES
JOHN PAPUCHIS
TERRY JOSEPH
RICK KACZENSKI
•Was promoted to defensive coordinator prior to
the 2012 Capital One Bowl
•Came to Nebraska after spending two seasons at
Tennessee as the Vols’ defensive backs coach and
recruiting coordinator
•Three of his defensive linemen were picked in the
2011 NFL Draft
Defensive Coordinator
Fifth Season
Virginia Tech, 2001
•At age 34, he is the fourth-youngest defensive
coordinator in the country entering the 2012
season and the nation’s youngest solo defensive
coordinator
•12 seasons overall in college coaching
•Assisted with defense that ranked fifth nationally in
pass defense and third in pass efficiency defense
in 2010
Secondary
First Season
Northwestern State, 1996
•Vols ranked 12th nationally in passing yards
allowed in 2011 with an average of just 177.8
yards per game
•Worked under Coach Pelini at LSU in 2006 as a
graduate assistant coach
•Secondary coach and recruiting coordinator at
Louisiana Tech (2007-09)
•Coordinated a special teams unit in 2010 that
produced first-team All-American Alex Henery
Defensive Line
First Season
Notre Dame, 1997
•Coached Adrian Clayborn to consensus AllAmerica honors in 2010
•Helped Iowa rank sixth nationally in rushing
defense and seventh in scoring defense in 2010
•Helped Iowa rank fifth nationally in scoring
defense, fifth in pass efficiency defense, ninth
in rushing defense and 12th in total defense in
2008.
•Coached at Iowa (2007-11)
•Coached in two BCS bowl games including one
BCS National Championship Game
JOE GANZ
T.J. HOLLOWELL
•Works with the Husker
offense
•Works with the Husker
defense
•Set 23 school offensive
records at Nebraska
•Former Husker in third
year on NU staff
JAKE MANDELKO
VINCE MARROW
•Works with the Husker
defense
•Works with the Husker
offense
•Third year working with
the NU staff
•Spent eight seasons as
an NFL player
Graduate Assistant
JEFF JAMROG
JAMES DOBSON
•Fifth year as Nebraska’s Associate Athletic
Director for Football under Head Coach Bo Pelini
•Fifth season as Nebraska’s Head Football Strength
Coach
•Plays a lead role in Nebraska’s vaunted walk-on
program and wallk ons Spencer Long and Seung
Hoon Choi combined for 18 starts on the offensive
line in 2011, while punter/place-kicker Brett
Maher was named the Big Ten’s top punter and
place-kicker
•One of only 15 strength and conditioning coaches
certified as a Master Strength and Conditioning
Coach by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning
Coaches Association in 2012
Associate Athletic Director for Football
•Coached at the collegiate level for more than 20
years, including four years as a head coach at
Minnesota State-Mankato
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Head Football Strength Coach
Graduate Assistant
•His strength and conditioning work with the team
helped Nebraska rank second nationally in fourthquarter scoring margin in 2008 and fourth in 2009
Graduate Assistant
Graduate Assistant