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Nebraska volleyball will be jumping right into a tough test to begin the 2024 season. NU is set to face Kentucky in the AVCA First Serve Showcase on Aug. 27 in Louisville, Kentucky. That match will be the first of a doubleheader that concludes with Wisconsin and Louisville. Both matches will be broadcast on ESPN2. The KFC Yum! Center will be the site of the national semifinals and title match this year. “The AVCA is very excited to bring together four teams of this caliber to get the new season started,” AVCA CEO Dr. Jaime Gordon said. “AVCA First Serve offers another way to showcase the sport...
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Nebraska volleyball coach John Cook is set to be in Lincoln at least five more seasons. NU athletic director Troy Dannen announced a contract extension for Cook Wednesday. The AVCA Hall of Fame coach is now under contract through Jan. 31, 2029. “We are fortunate to have John Cook leading our volleyball program,” Dannen said. “He is the most accomplished coach in the nation, and one of the top coaches in the history of American volleyball. John's expectations are for nothing less than excellence in each and every endeavor, and his record reflects that. “His influence within the department, and ...
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First things first. Saturday was a great day to be a Husker fan. It was a near perfect autumn day. Sunny, temps in the low 70s with low humidity. Spectacular fall colors were everywhere. The best part of the day was Nebraska came away with two wins. The Match of the DayHusker head volleyball coach, John Cook announced four years ago that he was going to take the Husker volleyball program to heights it's never been. Saturday night, his words rang true. Second ranked NU took on #1 Wisconsin in a battle of two undefeated volleyball teams at the Devaney Center. Both came in with perfect records: 1...
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The new Husker head football coach is doing things in an unconventional way since he was hired in late November. Yes, the "Rhule School" is now officially in session. Although Matt Rhule has yet to coach even a Husker spring game, he's already shown a knack of doing things a bit differently. Perhaps nowhere else has his unconventional approach been more evident than the assembling of his football staff. First he hired an offensive coordinator (Marcus Satterfield) and gave him a $1.4 million contract making him the highest paid assistant in Husker school history. Next he hired Garret McGuire as...
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Cook hit "bottom" in 2009 and it changed him, and the volleyball program, going forward Story by Lou Adam Biga, Flatwater Free Press University of Nebraska volleyball coach John Cook entered the 2009 season having won 281 of his first 300 games – a ridiculous .937 winning percentage. He had already won two national titles. At age 52, he had ascended to the pinnacle of his profession. But, inside, Cook knew he didn’t feel like you are supposed to feel when you reach the summit. Instead, even as his squad went 31-3 and reached the volleyball Final Four, John Cook felt empty. He felt lost. He fel...
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How long before patience pays off in Huskers’ major revenue sports? How important is loyalty, and how far should it go? Nebraska football fans built a reputation for loyalty throughout the Devaney-Osborne era as they built a Memorial Stadium sellout streak that continues to this day. Husker volleyball fans, who ramped up their expectations as Terry Pettit built that program, are still enjoying their Golden Age under John Cook, the best current head coach in Lincoln, and the Devaney Center sellout streak rolls on. Loyalty abounds at the grassroots level in Nebraska, the second-lowest-populated ...
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But will she actually play? That will depend on her recovery from back surgery, coach John Cook says. Stop me if you’ve heard this before in June: Lauren Stivrins is coming back. This time it is for real, confirmed by head coach John Cook to VolleyballMag.com. Cook said the All-America middle blocker will play as long as she is healed from her back surgery. “She ended up having back surgery, so she can’t go (pro) right now,” Cook said. “Her best option was to stay with us and rehab.” In the interview, Cook also discussed name, image and likeness. NIL rules take effect in many states July 1, an...
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