1. Tom Osborne By: Joel Monter

2. Early Life Tom Osborne was born on February 23, 1937. Grew up in Hastings, Ne. Was a star athlete while growing up.

3. Growing Up Star athlete in multiple sports in high school. Won state in the discus for track. Athlete of the year by Omaha World Herald his senior year.

4. College Stayed in town and attended Hastings College. Star athlete here in basketball and football. Awarded he Nebraska College Athlete of the Year. Only athlete to win both high school and college award.

5. Post-College Osborne was drafted by the Redskins to play in the NFL. He played to seasons with the Redskins and one with the 49ers. Got a doctorate in educational psychology from the Univ. of Nebraska.

6. Early Coaching Career First job was as an unpaid offensive assistant in 1964. Head coach at this time was Bob Devaney. In 1969, he was named the offensive coordinator.

7. Offensive Coordinator Overhauled the offense. Was part of the 1970 National Championship team. Also part of the 1971 National Championship. !972, Devenay announces his retirement after the season.

8. Successor Osborne was really close to Devaney as a coaching assistant. At the time of his retirement Devaney announced Osborne as his successor.

9. Head Coach In his first year Osborne went 9-2-1. Osborne’s career coaching record was 255-49-3. He won 3 National Championships. Had a five year record of 60-3.

10. Walk-On Program Created a program for kids to walk-on and try for the team. This program enabled the program to get players that weren’t highly prospected and make great players from them.

11. Coach-Player Connections Osborne took pride in having a relationship with all his team players. They would look up upon him to help with their own situations. Ex.- Lawrence Phillips

12. Legacy Osborne always won nine or more games in every season. Finished in the top 15 every year except one. 24 out of 25.

13. Retirement Announced he would retire in the 1997 season. Frank Solich was to be his successor.

14. Politics After retiring Osborne went into politics. He ran and won vote for the House of Representatives in 2000. Always was looking after Nebraska.

15. Collapse of a Nation In 2007, the Husker Nation suffered it’s worst season in 40 years. Coach Bill Callahan was under a lot of pressure as the Husker Nation was in fury of the terrible season.

16. Return of Legend After the firing of Steve Pederson, Osborne was brought back to the University as the Athletic Director. He then fired Bill Callahan and brought Bo Pelini in.