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Judd Cornell returns to lead the Nebraska men's golf program in 2022-23.

Cornell Returns to Lead Husker Men's Golf Program

Former Nebraska's men's golfer and assistant coach Judd Cornell will return to his alma mater to lead the Husker program, NU Vice Chancellor, Director of Athletics Trev Alberts announced on Thursday, Aug. 11. "We are excited that Judd Cornell will be coming back to Nebraska to lead the young men in the Husker golf program," Alberts said. "Judd is a hard-working, high-character leader who knows the importance of helping student-athletes develop both on and off the course. He knows our program as well as anyone in the country and will take great pride in continuing the growth of our program." Cornell returns to Lincoln after spending the past three seasons as the head coach at Creighton. An Omaha native, Cornell was an assistant coach at Nebraska for six seasons, including his final two years in Lincoln as associate head coach (2017-18 and 2018-19). "My family and I are thrilled to be back in Lincoln, and I can't wait to lead the Husker men's golf program," Cornell said. "I want to thank Trev Alberts and Bob Burton for giving me the opportunity to return to the University of Nebraska and lead a program that means so much to me. The Husker program has been climbing in the national standings the past several years, and we plan to keep moving forward in the years to come." Cornell's hiring is effective pending the completion of his formal background check. Cornell, who took over the top spot at Creighton on Aug. 15, 2019, had his first season with the Jays cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite an early end to the spring, Cornell's first season featured strong performances from junior Nate Vontz, who led CU with a 73.40 scoring average in 2019-20. It was CU's best individual single-season scoring average since 2007-08. Creighton continued to make strides in Cornell's second year, as the Jays' 296.67 scoring average in 2020-21 was the program's best since at least 2002-03. Vontz also continued to thrive under Cornell's tutelage with a 72.06 scoring average that ranked No. 2 in program history. Vontz went on to earn first-team All-BIG EAST honors. Charlie Zielinski, an Omaha native, added an impressive freshman season in 2020-21, capturing second-team All-BIG EAST accolades with his 73.56 stroke average. A third Bluejay, Jackson Thompson, qualified for the 2021 U.S. Amateur Championship at Oakmont. With Vontz and Zielinski leading the way again in 2021-22, Cornell's Jays slashed 4.5 strokes per round off their 2020-21 average. Creighton, which finished with a 292.17 team average, also notched the three best team rounds in program history. The Bluejays won Stampede at the Creek in October of 2021 with an 836 (-28), including a program-best first round aggregate of 275 (-13). Vontz won the tournament with a 197 (-19), including individual rounds of 63 (-9) and 65 (-7). Vontz repeated as a first-team All-BIG EAST selection, while Zielinski repeated as a second-team all-conference honoree. Zielinski also earned a spot on the BIG EAST All-Tournament Team after a third-place individual finish at the league championship. Zielinski added a fourth-place finish at the Nebraska Amateur Championship and qualified for the U.S. Amateur Championship in Paramus, N.J. Another Bluejay, Shaun Campbell, a junior from Tauranga, New Zealand, claimed the Nebraska Amateur title with a four-round score of 282 (-2) at Firethorn Golf Club in Lincoln (July 25-28). Off the course, Creighton's team led the BIG EAST with a 3.758 GPA, including three golfers who posted perfect 4.0 grade-point averages in the spring of 2021. The team's performance in the classroom earned Cornell's squad a second straight BIG EAST Team Academic Excellence Award, which is presented to the program with the best GPA in each league sport.  Cornell's experience and extensive time with many of the top instructors throughout the United States played a huge role in the preparation and development on and off the course for the golfers he has coached. He worked with Michael Colgate in 2015-16 when Colgate qualified for the NCAA Regionals as an individual. In 2019, Cornell assisted Nebraska to its highest Big Ten finish in school history (5th), as well as its best finish at the Big Ten Match Play Championship (4th). A member of the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA), Cornell also served as tournament director for the Git-R-Done Husker Invitational in 2019, NU's first home tournament in 12 years. As a Husker golfer, Cornell was part of Nebraska's 2006 NCAA Regional team that included PGA Tour player Brady Schnell and PGA Tour Latino America winner Ty Capps. Cornell was a three-time team captain, a first-team Academic All-Big 12 honoree and the first recipient of the Dick Spangler Memorial Scholarship for his leadership on and off the golf course. He was named 2004 Nebraska Amateur Player of the Year and competed in some of the nation's top amateur events, including the U.S. Amateur, Western Amateur and North and South Amateur. During his time as a professional, Cornell had success on multiple tours such as the Hooters Tour, Egolf, Dakotas Tour, Gateway, Web.com and Adams tour where he was named 2007 Rookie of the Year and finished among the top 20 on the money list. Cornell graduated from the University of Nebraska in 2007. He is married to the former Bridget Noonan, who graduated from Creighton in 2008, and is a nurse in Omaha. His family includes his parents, Mike and Patti Cornell and his two sisters Katy and Meggie Cornell. His father Mike is Director of Instruction at Champions Run in Omaha. Mike has been named top golf instructor in the state of Nebraska and the Midwest region multiple times in more than 35 years in the golf business.

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Architect trev dormer to reimagine nine-hole nebraska course for owner of landmand, share this article.

Canadian golf architect Trev Dormer, perhaps best known in the industry for his work as an associate for the team of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, has signed on for his first solo project.

Working with the farming family behind the development of the popular new Landmand Golf Club in eastern Nebraska, Dormer will completely renovate the family’s nearby nine-hole course at Old Dane Golf Club in Dakota City, Nebraska.

The Andersen family bought an 18-hole course in 2007 and converted it to nine holes, the current Old Dane. Dormer’s plan is to tear out the entire course and introduce a 12-hole routing that can be played as loops of six, nine or 12 holes across 93 acres of what is currently flat ground. Dormer’s team will build a lake that will provide fill to introduce elevation changes.

“There will be different ways to play the course – I just wanted to get as much golf on the property as I could,” Dormer, who recently completed his work at the new Point Hardy Golf Club at Cabot Saint Lucia in the Caribbean, said in a media release announcing the renovation of Old Dane. “It’s a dead flat site, so I’m trying to do some different, quirky things – a tee shot over the previous green for example. I think it will be significantly more fun and more interesting, and I hope it raises some questions among those who play it.”

Trev Dormer’s routing plans for the soon-to-be-remodeled Old Dane Golf Club in Dakota City, Nebraska (Courtesy of Old Dane Golf Club/Trev Dormer)

The current version of Old Dane will shut down in October, with Dormer and his crew immediately beginning the renovation, which will include the removal of the current driving range. Dormer expects the new, walking-only version of Old Dane to open in 2026.

The operators expect the green fees to remain substantially near the current $15 for nine holes and $25 for a double-loop of 18 holes. Dormer said he hopes to attract new players, especially children and families, to what will be an entirely new course.

“There will not be a single square yard of ground on the property that is untouched by the plow,” Dormer said.

The Andersen family has been in the golf news in recent years after employing King-Collins Golf Course Design to build the large-scale Landmand, which opened in 2022 to become the Golfweek’s Best No. 1 public-access layout in Nebraska and tie for No. 26 among all modern courses in the U.S.

Old Dane sits even closer to the Iowa border, about an 8-mile drive to the northeast of Landmand. Old Dane is about a 15-minute drive from Sioux City, Iowa, and is close to Sioux Gateway Airport.

“This project is about finishing what we didn’t completely do when we built the course originally,” owner Will Andersen said in the media release. “We bought the course because my dad wanted a place to go and hang out with his friends, and we achieved that, but we didn’t do that much with the golf course. The irrigation system is 23 years old, and it’s falling apart.”

Trev Dormer, right, speaks with Bill Coore, center, and Ben Crenshaw during construction of the recently completed Point Hardy Golf Club at Cabot Saint Lucia. (Jason Lusk/Golfweek)

Dormer worked briefly with King-Collins on Landmand, and Andersen was impressed with Dormer’s efforts. Dormer started his career in the early 2000s and has worked with several top architects including Ron Prichard, Rod Whitman, Nicklaus Design and Gil Hanse.

“When I thought about rebuilding Old Dane, I had a chat with Rob Collins (of King-Collins), and he confirmed my thought that Trevor would be the right candidate to do the job,” Andersen said.

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Ebner Is 4th, Madsen 5th in Nebraska 1st Stage of PGA Tour Q-School

Jack Ebner and Brady Madsen are nearly halfway through the qualifying process for the 2024 PGA Tour, although it gets tougher the further you go. Ebner, the 2017 Minnesota Junior Boys champion who nearly won the 2022 State Amateur (he finished one shot behind the winner, Ben Greve, at Olympic Hills), graduated from Miami University (Ohio) in June. The former Edina High School star tied for eighth in the Pre-Qualifying Stage of Q-School with a 54-hole score of 214 (72-73-69) at the Mayfield Sand Ridge Club in Chardon, Ohio, in September. That got him through to the First Stage with six shots to spare.  So far this week, he's in fourth place with one round to go in the First Stage qualifier at Wilderness Ridge CC in Lincoln, Neb. Ebner opened with a 4-under-par 67 and followed it with a 64, which had him tied for second. He shot 73 on Thursday in more difficult conditions -- with wind velocities up to 20 mph -- and he has a 54-hole total of 204. The top 20 finishers and ties will advance from each of the 13 sites where First Stage qualifying tournaments are being played to the Second Stage. Going into the final round at Wilderness Ridge, there is a five-way tie for 20th at 210. Madsen, the 2019 Minnesota State Open champion from Raymond, was a Division II All-American Winona State in 2020. He then transferred to Florida Gulf Coast for his senior year, plus an extra year of eligibility -- because the 2020 college golf season was cut short by Covid 19 -- and he was named a Srixon/Cleveland All-American Scholar in 2021. He made it through Pre-Qualifying -- with seven strokes to spare -- by tying for fifth at Sand Creek GC in Newton, Kansas, where he put together a 54-hole aggragate of 212 (72-70-70).     Like Ebner, Madsen is in Nebraska this week, and he's in fifth place, one shot behind Ebner at. 205, after posting a pair of 68s and a 69 in the wind on Thursday. Another former State Open champ who is in position to make it to the Second Stage is Angus Flanagan, the former University of Minnesota star from England. Flanagan, who also has two Tapemark Charity Pro-Am titles on his resume, was exempt from Pre-Qualifying, and he's tied for 11th at Ak-Chin Southern Dunes in Maricopa (basically Phoenix), Ariz. He was tied for 34th after two rounds, but a 7-under 65 put him at 208, and that's three strokes inside the magic number so far. There is a two-way tie for 20th at 211.   The goal for these guys -- and the approximately 1,137 others playing in First Stage tournaments -- is to make it through this stage and the Second Stage, and get into the Final Stage, which will be played Dec. 14-17 in December in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. From there, the top five finishers -- that's all -- will get PGA Tour status for 2024. But everyone who gets to the Final Stage will have at least some status on the Korn Ferry Tour for next year.  Two former Minnesota State Amateur champions have already secured spots in the next two stages of Q-School. Derek Hitchner, the former state high school champ from Blake who was an All-American as a fifth-year senior at Pepperdine in 2022-23, played on the PGA Tour Canada this summer and ended up at No. 23 on that money list -- which translated to No. 22 on the points list. That gives the 2021 State Am champ an exemption into the Second Stage. The 2020 State Am champ, Frankie Capan, went through the entire Q-School process last year, but there were no PGA Tour cards available, just status on the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour.  Capan, who completed his college eligibility at Florida Gulf Coast in 2022, was third in the Pre-Qualifying Stage, first in First Stage, tied for first in the Second Stage and tied for eighth in the Final Stage. So he made it onto the Korn Ferry Tour easily, and he played well this year, well enough to be in position to get his PGA Tour card for 2024 by finishing in the top 30 on the points list. Going into the second-to-last tournament on the schedule, the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship at Ohio State's Scarlet Course, he was No. 46 on the money list, which is essentially the same thing as the points list. A top-5 finish would have vaulted him into the top 30, and he shot a 5-under 66 in the first round. But he made two double bogeys and a triple in the next two rounds, a 74 and a 72. Capan, who averaged 315.3 yards off the tee this year, bogeyed both of the par 5s on the front nine at Scarlet on the final day, and still shot 70. That gave him a 282 and put him in a seven-way tie for 11th place, which was worth $29,175. (He ended the year with $235,135.)  If, on the other hand, he could have limited himself to two 6s and no 7s that week, he would have been five strokes better off, finished alone in second place and made $165,000. And he'd have his PGA Tour card for next year.  Nevertheless, Capan will have another crack at getting his tour card. By finishing No. 53 on the Korn Ferry money list -- and No. 52 on the points list -- he is exempt all the way into the Final Stage of Q-School.  PGA Tour/Korn Ferry Q-School  FIRST STAGE (13 sites, beginning Oct. 10 through Oct. 27) The top 20 finishers and ties will advance from each of the 13 First Stage sites to the Second Stage, which will be played at five sites, beginning Nov. 14. The Final Stage will be played in December in Ponte Vedra, Fla., at the TPC Sawgrass Valley Course and Sawgrass CC. From there, the top five finishers will get PGA Tour status for 2024. Lincoln, Nebraska At Wilderness Ridge CC Par 71, 7,107 yards Third-round results  1. Tripp Kinney, Des Moines                         64-66-68--198 (-15)   2. Alex Scott, Traverse City, Mich.                69-62-70--201 3. Emilio Gonzalez, Charlotte, N.C.              67-68-68--203 4. Jack Ebner, Edina                                    67-64-73--204 5. Brady Madsen, Raymond                         68-68-69--205 T25. Ben Sigel, Minnetonka                          68-69-74--211 T58. Jack Hiemenz, Blaine                           71-72-74--217 T65. Ross Miller, Maple Grove                     74-72-75--221 Maricopa, Ariz.  At Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Par 72, 7,546 yards Third-round results 1. Tanner Gore, Farmers Branch, Texas       66-67-66--199 (-17) 2. Jonathan De Los Reyes, Ripon, Calif.       70-69-72--201 3. Daniel Robertson, St.. Petersburg, Fla.      71-65-68--204 T11. Angus Flanagan, Surrey, UK                72-71-65--208 T16. Andre Metzger, Sioux Falls                   68-74-67--209 Muskogee, Okla. At Muskogee GC Par 70, 6,702 yards Third-round results 1. Luis Gerando Garza, Guanajuato, Mexico   69-68-63--200 (-10) T2. Brayden Garrison, Franklin, Tenn.             69-71-62--202 T2. Blaine Hale, Richardson, Texas                  64-71-67--202 T2. Joshua Sedeno, Phoenix                             67-67-68--202 T12. Thomas Longbella, Chippewa Falls      70-66-69--205 T18. Will Grevlos, Sioux Falls                        68-71-69--208 T53. Thomas Lehman, Scottsdale, Ariz.       71-71-74--216 Champions Gate, Fla.  At Champions Gate GC Par 71, 7,107 yards Third-round results  1.  Taylor Funk, Jacksonville, Fla.                      69-65-69--203 (-13) T2. Keith Greene, Debary, Fla.                           68-68-68--204 T2. Tom Adrounie , Montverde, Fla.                    72-63-69--204 T72. Taylor Sundbom, Duluth                           73-76-74--223  PRE-QUALIFYING STAGE Chardon, Ohio At Mayfield Sand Ridge Club Par 72, 7,275 yards 39 qualifying spots Final results 1. Andrew O'Leary, Norfolk, Mass.                    68-67-74--209 (-7) T2. Tyler Jones (a), Westerville, Ohio               69-68-73---210 T2. Reid Martin, Columbus, Ohio                     72-70-68--210 T8. Jack Ebner, Edina                                    72-73-69--214 What it took -- 220 (5-way tie for 35th) Newton, Kansas At Sand Creek Station GC Par 72, 7,339 yards 24 qualifying spots Final results  1. Andres Acevedo,m San Antonio              68-67-67--202 (-14) 2. Wil Gibson, Jonewboro, Ark.                    68-68-67--203 3. Michael Bakker, Sanford, Fla.                   71-71-65--207  T5. Brady Madsen, Raymond                      76-68-79--212 What it took -- 219 (3-way tie for 22nd) T42. Dawson Wills, Chaska                        80-77-80--237 Woodstock, Ill. Bull Valley GC Par 72, 7,190 yards 23 qualifying spots Final results  1. Matthis Besard, Belgium                   68-68-73--209 (-7) 2. Andrew Walker, Holt, Mich.               74-72-67--213 3. Spencer Tibbits, Vancouver, Wash.  73-70-71--214 T10. Jack Hiemenz, Blaine                  76-68-79--223 What it took -- 228 (2-way tie for 22nd) Brunswick, Ga.  At Brunswick CC Par 70, 6,802 yards 37 qualifying spots Final results  1. Erik Edwards, Louisville, Ky.               66-67-67--200 (-10) T2. Kyle Sterbinsky, Jupiter, Fla.             67-72-66--205 T2. Brent Hamm, Warner Robins, Ga.     67-70-68--205 T2. William Hartford, Palm Beach, Calif. 67-69-69--205 T20. Aaron Wilson, Chaska                  73-71-69--213 What it took -- 216 (7-way tie for 33rd)     

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Mike Fermoyle’s amateur golf career features state titles in five different decades, beginning with the State Public Links (1969), three State Amateurs (1970, 1973 and 1980), and four State Four-Ball championships (1972, 1985, 1993 and 2001). Fermoyle was medalist at the Pine to Palm in 1971, won the Resorters in 1972, made the cut at the State Amateur 18 consecutive years (1969 to 1986), the last being 2000, and amassed 13 top-ten finishes. Fermoyle also made it to the semi-final matches at the MGA’s annual match play championship, the Players’, in 1982 and 1987. Fermoyle enjoyed a career as a sportswriter at the St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch before retiring in 2006. Two years later he began a second career covering the golf beat exclusively for the MGA and its website, mngolf.org, where he ranks individual prep golfers and teams, provides coverage on local amateur and professional tournaments and keeps tabs on how Minnesotans are faring on the various professional tours.

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Nebraska Section PGA Announces 2023 Nominations for Special Awards

LINCOLN, Neb. – Each year the Nebraska Section PGA is pleased to reward distinction and honor to PGA Professionals for their contributions to the game of golf and their communities at the Section and National level.  These awards recognize extraordinary accomplishments, expertise, distinction and service.  It is with great pride that the below PGA Professionals have been nominated by the Nebraska Section PGA Nominating Committee for the following prestigious awards.  The Nebraska Section PGA Selection Committee will announce the winners of each of these awards on January 12, 2024.

Golf Professional of the Year – The highest award our Section presents.  This award is based on overall performance as a PGA golf professional, including leadership, service and promotion of the game.

Nominees:  Todd Anderson, PGA; Justin Arlt, PGA; Chris Cover, PGA; Max Hadenfeldt, PGA; David Honnens, PGA; Tom Johnson, PGA; Nathan Kalin, PGA; Dominick Mitchum, PGA; Ky Molholm, PGA; Nick Muller, PGA; Greg Neujahr, PGA; Mark Nygaard, PGA; Bobby O’Keefe, PGA; Tony Pesavento, PGA; James Rolls, PGA; Seth Scollard, PGA; Rodd Slater, PGA and Karrie Van Ravenswaay, PGA.

Teacher of the Year – Awarded for excellence in golf instruction along with overall performance as a golf professional.

Nominees:  Jonathan Beaver, PGA; Adam Bradfield, PGA; Mike Brown, PGA; Alex Carper, PGA; Mike Cornell, PGA; Ted DiGiacomo, PGA; Bryan Flanagan, PGA; Cory Fletcher, PGA; Steve Friesen, PGA; Alex Janssen, PGA; James Kinney, PGA; Nic Latcham, PGA; Drake Lundeen, PGA; Mark Nygaard, PGA; Jon Petersen, PGA; Andrew Storm, PGA; Paul Swirzinski, PGA; Carly Ulrich, PGA and Ryan Vermeer, PGA.

Bill Strausbaugh Award – Awarded to an individual who by their day-to-day efforts have distinguished themselves in the areas that truly reflect the characteristics and qualities that Bill Strausbaugh possessed during his lifetime – service to his Association, service to his fellow PGA professionals in helping them improve their employment situations and service to the community . 

Nominees:  Joe Canny, PGA; Chris Cover, PGA; Kevin Drew, PGA; Brad Goetsch, PGA; David Honnens, PGA; Kurt Karcher, PGA; Devon Kastler, PGA; Tony Pesavento, PGA; Seth Scollard, PGA and Nick St. Onge, PGA.

PGA Professional Development Award – Bestows special recognition for outstanding service and contributions to developing and improving educational opportunities for the PGA golf professional.

Nominees:   Joe Canny, PGA; Kevin Drew, PGA and Connor Farrell, PGA.

Youth Player Development – Awarded to the PGA golf professional who is a leader in junior golf, reflects the image and qualities that juniors can emulate, and provides opportunities for juniors to learn and play golf.

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Merchandiser of the Year/Private Facility – Recognizes the PGA golf professional that has demonstrated superior skills as a merchandiser in the promotion of golf.

Nominees:  JD Brake, PGA; Derek Carlson, PGA; Sonya Freese, PGA; Don Graham, PGA; Tom Johnson, PGA; Dominick Mitchum, PGA; Ky Molholm, PGA; Nick Shanahan, PGA; Kyle Schellpeper, PGA and Brandon Wedding, PGA.

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Facility of the Year – Recognizes the golf facility that has played an important role in Section activities, as well as promotion of the game of the golf for men, ladies and juniors.  

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Sales Representative of the Year – Based on overall performance as a sales representative including product knowledge, service, professionalism, and involvement in Section activities.

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Assistant Professional of the Year – This award is based on overall performance as an assistant professional, including leadership, service and promotion of the game.

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Player Development – Based on the PGA golf professional’s growth of the game leadership commitment at the Section and National levels and the impact made at the facility.

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Patriot Award – Recognizes the PGA Professional who personifies patriotism through the game of golf and demonstrates unwavering commitment and dedication to the men and women who have valiantly served and protected the United States of America.

Nominees: Mike Brown, PGA; Tony Collins, PGA; Jay Cottam, PGA; John Craw, PGA; Turner Ham, PGA; David James, PGA; Greg Johannesen, PGA; Joel Johnson, PGA; Nic Latcham, PGA; Jonathan Mielke, PGA; Mark Mooberry, PGA; Zac Morley, PGA; Mark Nygaard, PGA; Phil Palmer, PGA; Terry Riordan, PGA; Seth Scollard, PGA; Matt Shaner, PGA; Cody Steuter, PGA; Paul Swirzinski, PGA and Joe Wiegand, PGA.

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Scott Frost 'dying' for chance to coach after growing older, wiser from disappointing Nebraska tenure

Frost went just 16-31 over five seasons after being called back home to revive his once-proud alma mater.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Scott Frost is available. Actually, Scott Frost is more than available .

"For the first time in my life, I don't know what's next," the former Nebraska coach told CBS Sports. "I'm dying to get back in."

You don't see many national coach of the year winners as young as Frost, 49, without a job, but these are different times and unique circumstances. 

Earning multiple coaching honors after leading UCF to an undefeated season and New Year's Six bowl win over Auburn in 2017, Frost went back home to Nebraska for a chance to lead his alma mater.

This meant more than just the comfort of going home. The native son from Wood River, Nebraska, starred at quarterback for the Cornhuskers and won a national championship -- the program's last in 1997 -- after transferring from Stanford .

The prodigal son returning did not result in a happy ending. Two hiring cycles have passed since Frost was fired after a 1-2 start in 2022. Fifty-two schools have changed coaches since, some of which gauged Frost's interest. 

The experience made him older and wiser. He may be anxious to get back, but at one point during a 70-minute conversation, Frost pulled out his phone and proudly showed videos of his young son playing touch football. These are the days you can't get back. He knows that. 

Frost also knows he lasted longer than the athletic directors who hired and inherited him. Bill Moos retired in June 2021 after three years and eight months on the job. Trev Alberts, a fellow Nebraska legend, inherited -- and later fired -- Frost. He recently left for the same role at Texas A&M after only 32 months on the job.

Nebraska also cycled through three school presidents during Frost's tenure. That may say more about the administration than Frost, who put in eight years at his alma mater between playing and coaching. 

The former Huskers quarterback chooses not to reflect on those days. In fact, he prefers not talking about Nebraska.

"This is bad to say to a media guy, but I've never wanted to be a critic," Frost said. "I've wanted to be in the arena."

The "arena" to which Frost is referring is the coaching profession. 

Over breakfast at a Scottsdale eatery, Frost agreed to discuss the past, the state of the game and his future. It's clear he will be back coaching even if that means working his way back up the ladder. 

Frost is comfortable living in Scottsdale with his three young children. He has time to plan. The family prefers the location so much that it might be hard moving back to a small college town. The NFL also remains an option. In the end, though, Frost has 15 million (the amount of his Nebraska buyout) reasons to take his time. 

"My whole life I was a little league player and a high school player and then a college player and then an NFL player and then a [graduate assistant], and then a position coach, then a coordinator and then a head coach," Frost said. "It was on a trajectory, and I knew what was next." 

That's not so much the case at the moment, which is OK. Let's not forget: At one point, Frost was the hot, young coach who went 13-0 at UCF. In those four-plus seasons at Nebraska, however, he went 16-31, the worst record for a Huskers coach since Bill Jennings (1957-61).

Nebraskans can continue ripping Frost, but that becomes tiresome when you've already torn apart the other coaches who followed the legendary Tom Osborne. Better to look to the future themselves.

Who knows whether the program can ever get its mojo back with the Big Ten expanding and the dissolution of divisions making it more difficult to play for a conference championship. 

Nebraska struggled to find an identity in the modern era when it transitioned to the Big Ten in 2011. It fired Frank Solich, a former Big 12 Coach of the Year, who was 58-19 in six seasons leading the Huskers. Bill Callahan, who had guided the Oakland Raiders to a Super Bowl appearance, didn't pan out. Bo Pelini won at least nine games in all seven of his seasons, yet he didn't last. Mike Riley, a former Pac-10 Coach of the Year, went 19-19 in three seasons. 

Frost's innovative spread offense that worked so well at Oregon and UCF failed to produce the same results at Nebraska. Was that part of the problem? Ryan Day's (similar) scheme has been good enough to go 56-8 at Ohio State . At the same time, Jim Harbaugh and Michigan took the game back to the stone age , winning a national championship and toppling the rival Buckeyes in three consecutive seasons.

"I know this, there's some good coaches out there. I'm a good coach. I belong doing it," Frost said. "I just don't know for sure where that's going to be right now. If the right head coach job comes along, I'd take it. If the right coordinator job comes, I'd take it."

Frost's replacement at Nebraska, Matt Rhule, has renewed Big Red optimism after going 5-7 in his first season, tied for Nebraska's best record since 2016. Rhule went out of his way to praise Frost, telling On3 in November, "To me, if you're a smart coach? You follow good staffs." 

College football has reshaped itself in the 18 months Frost has been out of the game. When he left, the one-time transfer rule was a month old; name, image and likeness had been around for 14 months. College football was just settling into the new normal where a good portion of success is tied directly to your NIL collective. 

"As a coach, Nick Saban said it," Frost said. "It used to be a 45-week-a-year job. Now, it's a 52-week-a-year job. You're scouting other teams' players, recruiting year-round, raising money for NIL year-round.

"The part I love about college football [is] taking an 18-year-old kid and watching him leave as a 22-year-old man who has life figured out. You played a part in that." 

As an assistant at Oregon, Frost recruited both Marcus Mariota and Justin Herbert. Mariota won the Heisman Trophy in 2014 while leading the Ducks to a berth in the first College Football Playoff; Herbert developed from a from three-star prospect to first-round NFL Draft pick during his time with the program. 

At UCF, a place upon which Frost looks back fondly, his prized QB pupil was McKenzie Milton, who led the Knights on that undefeated charge in the 2017 season. 

"In 10 years, UCF could be a [national] power," Frost said of his old employer. "It's the best college town in Florida by far. Orlando? The campus is beautiful."

Those aforementioned star signal callers tied to Frost makes it all the more strange he never got consistently reliable play from the position during his time at Nebraska. That also played a role in the Huskers losing some historically close games. 

• Nebraska's last 13 losses under Frost all came by single digits. 
• All nine losses in 2021 were by single digits, the most in the AP Top 25 era (since 1936). 
• Nebraska was 4-21 in games decided by seven points or fewer under Frost. 

That's either a trend or some terrible luck. Maybe both. Whatever the case, it shouldn't damn his prospects of stepping back into the coaching profession. 

"Coaching is what I do," Frost said. "It's what I'm good at. It's what I love."

At this point, Frost gets philosophical. Forget about what it looks like, just winning again would be great. 

"You think the Steelers [with the Immaculate Reception] said, 'We really got lucky and the ball [ticked] off somebody's foot and Franco Harris caught it. We shouldn't have won?' Frost said. "Whatever it takes, you win."

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