Here's what new Nebraska AD Trev Alberts said at his introductory press conference
Nebraska officially hired former Butkus Award winner Trev Alberts to be its next athletic director on Wednesday morning.
Alberts played for Nebraska in the early 1990s and is one of the most decorates Huskers of that era. His No. 34 jersey is retired as he is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
Alberts has been the athletic director at Omaha since 2009. He succeeds Bill Moos, who announced his retirement back in June.
“I’m just going to tell you that I could not be more pleased,” chancellor Ronnie Greene said at a press conference on Wednesday. “I am 100 percent confident that this is the right person to lead Husker athletics moving forward.”
Alberts will officially begin his role on Monday, July 19.
First on Alberts’ agenda will be to get the football program back on track. The Huskers have struggled under coach Scott Frost and haven’t made a bowl game since 2016. However, Alberts expressed confidence in Frost’s ability to turn things around:
Alberts: “I believe in Scott and want to be helpful.”
Says he has to earn Frost’s trust – and the trust of other coaches.
— Sam McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) July 14, 2021
Alberts also gave some insight into how he anticipates handling new Name, Image and Likeness rules across college football:
Alberts says Nebraska will embrace NIL. “We’re going to be comfortable being uncomfortable.” #huskers
Said half of ADs in the business “want to hang on to the past.” That won’t be him.
— Sam McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) July 14, 2021
Here’s more of what Alberts said during his introductory press conference on Wednesday:
“Other than my faith and my family, everything I have today, materially and otherwise is the result of an opportunity to be a student at the University of Nebraska” – new #Huskers AD Trev Alberts pic.twitter.com/3aYGAK1oTX
— gobigreddie (@gobigreddie) July 14, 2021
"I love this place." Trev Alberts couldn't say the sentence without getting emotional during his first press conference as new Husker AD. pic.twitter.com/xejN8YOrM4
— 1011 NOW (@1011_News) July 14, 2021
"We will be prepared to have a strategy that best helps our student-athletes be successful. . . . We're gonna win at everything. That's what Nebraska does."
— New @Huskers AD Trev Alberts, on NIL pic.twitter.com/aZqC7f2s8k
— Nebraska On BTN (@NebraskaOnBTN) July 14, 2021
Alberts starts with “I love this place.” Chokes up. Says he owes almost everything to Nebraska.
“I don’t take responsibility lightly.”
Said the search committee’s priorities changed his mind about the attractiveness of the job.
Thanks Bill Moos for his hires.
— Sam McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) July 14, 2021
Alberts says a line from Osborne about living a life of service shaped his perspective on being an administrator. Osborne clearly emotional.
— Sam McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) July 14, 2021
Trev Alberts gets diversity and inclusion. 👏 pic.twitter.com/v0n4d5Xxdk
— Nebraska On BTN (@NebraskaOnBTN) July 14, 2021
Alberts says Nebraska has to be “the hardest working athletic department in the country.”
Says NU will have “clearly defined roles” in athletic department. Stresses teamwork, and “every single person” work at an elite level. Says AD will be “unified.”
— Sam McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) July 14, 2021
Alberts says a line from Osborne about living a life of service shaped his perspective on being an administrator. Osborne clearly emotional.
— Sam McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) July 14, 2021
