Dana Holgorsen will take over as Nebraska’s offensive coordinator for the rest of the season with Marcus Satterfield remaining on the workers, coach Matt Rhule introduced Monday.
Rhule referred to as the previous West Virginia and Houston coach final week to offer an evaluation of the Cornhuskers’ struggling offense, which has underperformed with five-star freshman quarterback Dylan Raiola since Big Ten play started.
The Huskers are 14th in complete offense and fifteenth in scoring in convention play within the 18-team Big Ten, and Satterfield has confronted rising criticism for his calls.
“I simply suppose that is an space not on the stage we wished and I went and located somebody I belief,” Rhule stated in his weekly information convention.
Satterfield, beforehand South Carolina’s offensive coordinator, is a part of the unique workers Rhule employed two years in the past. In Satterfield’s 21 video games as a playcaller, the Huskers averaged 20.4 factors per recreation to rank 124th out of 134 Bowl Subdivision groups and 331 yards per recreation to rank a hundred and fifteenth, in line with Sportradar.
Rhule stated Satterfield will proceed to teach the tight ends and that the remainder of the offensive assistants will proceed of their roles.
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“Marcus is the kindest man I do know,” Rhule stated. “He may have stated, ‘Hey, hearth me, give me my cash, I’m going residence.’ But he did not. I perceive it is a outcomes enterprise, however you are still making an attempt to show some life classes to our youngsters. He humbled himself and stated, ‘What do I do?'”
The college didn’t instantly reply to an Associated Press request for info on contract phrases for Holgorsen.
The Huskers (5-4, 2-4) have averaged simply 18.3 factors and 320 yards per recreation towards Big Ten opponents this season. They will take three straight losses into Saturday’s recreation at Southern California.
The 53-year-old Holgorsen comes from Mike Leach’s teaching tree. He constructed a fame for designing high-production offenses working for Leach at Texas Tech and Mike Gundy at Oklahoma State.
Holgorsen had a 31-28 report as Houston’s coach from 2019-23 and 61-41 at West Virginia from 2011-18.
Holgorsen additionally served as an offensive advisor at TCU this season.
The Huskers are averaging simply 4.69 yards per play in convention video games, the worst mark within the Big Ten aside from Northwestern’s 4.49.
Raiola, the Huskers’ highest-rated recruit in program historical past, has thrown 5 landing passes and 7 interceptions in six Big Ten video games. His passing effectivity score is the bottom within the convention since he accomplished the fewest of half his makes an attempt towards Rutgers on Oct. 5.
The floor recreation additionally struggled, averaging 101 yards per recreation towards convention opponents.
“He cannot are available and alter the offense,” Rhule stated of Holgorsen. “He cannot set up the Air Raid. We’re in Week 11. He can are available and say, ‘What are the issues that we do properly? Who are the blokes that make the performs and let’s have a look at how you can do it with these ‘Guys.'”
Associated Press reporting.
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