No former Huskers make the 2023 ballot as players
Former Nebraska head coach Frank Solich is one of nine FBS coaches to earn a spot on the 2023 ballot for the College Football Hall of Fame released Monday.
No former Huskers made the ballot as players, but former Nebraska offensive lineman Zach Wiegert will be enshrined later this year as part of the 2022 class.
Solich is on the ballot in his first season of eligibility after retiring as head coach at Ohio last summer. During his 22 seasons as a head coach, Solich compiled a record of 173-101, including 58-19 in six seasons at Nebraska from 1998 to 2003.
Solich led the Huskers to the 1999 Big 12 Conference championship and a final No. 3 ranking in the Associated Press poll. NU added a co-Big 12 North Division title in 2001, when the Huskers met Miami in the Rose Bowl for the national championship.
Solich arrived in Lincoln from Cleveland in 1962, Coach Bob Devaney's first season. He earned the nickname "Fearless Frankie" as an undersized fullback and became the first Husker to rush for 200 yards in a game.
Solich coached in the high school ranks in Nebraska before joining Tom Osborne's Husker staff an assistant in 1979. During his playing and coaching tenure as a Husker, all 29 Nebraska teams he was associated with played in a bowl game.
After being fired by then-Athletic Director Steve Pederson in 2003, Solich guided Ohio’s program for 16 seasons from 2005 to 2020. During his time there, Solich led the Bobcats to 12 winning seasons, 11 bowl appearances and four MAC East Division titles. He has the most wins of any coach in Mid-American Conference history.
Also on the ballot is former Husker Al Zikmund, as a coach at Kearney State.
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