Coach Osborne
Coach Osborne just after Nebraska captured the National Championship with a 62-24 thrashing of Florida.
Coach Osborne during the 1996 season in which the Huskers lost to Arizona State and Texas.
Coach Osborne being carried off the field after winning his first National Championship against Miami in 1994.
Coach Osborne focused in 1994.
Not only was Coach Osborne a legend on the field, but was very active in helping young people succeed in life.
Tom Osborne shocked thousands of people when he announced that the 1998 Orange Bowl would be his final game as the head coach for Nebraska. Coach Osborne said he was stepping down because of health problems, and also so he could spend more time with his family.
During the 25 years Coach Osborne was in Lincoln he posted a 255-49-3 record for a 86.3% winning percentage. During his final 5 seasons, he coached the Huskers to a 60-3 record. Osborne was a star quarterback and basketball player at Hastings College (Hastings, NE). He played two seasons with the Washington Redskins in the NFL and one with the San Francisco 49ers. In 1962 he became a graduate assistant on the staff of Nebraska Coach Bob Devaney. He later succeeded Devaney as the head coach in 1973. During his 25 years, his players have earned 55 All-American Honors, and 46 Academic All-American Honors. Since 1973 Tom Osborne led the Huskers to 25 straight bowl games, never losing more than 3 games a year.
Tom and his wife Nancy run a program called Teammates which matches Nebraska football players and mentors in the community with local junior high students in a big brother/big sister relationship. In 1995 Tom and Nancy Osborne won the Father Flanagan Award for service to youth.
Tom Osborne has authored two books: More than Winning 1985, and On Solid Ground 1996.
After the retirement the field became known as Tom Osborne Field.