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Nebraska’s head coach Scott Frost was fired after the team lost to Georgia Southern in their third game of the season on September 10th at home.

The biggest sports news of this week came after Nebraska’s second loss of the season, making their record 1-2. Frost has had a rough few seasons as the head coach for Nebraska, but making a change in leadership so early in the season is bold and costly.

Nebraska is coming off two consecutive losing seasons with Frost as head coach. In 2020 Nebraska went 3-5 and in 2021, 3-9. Frost’s best season as the head coach was in 2019 when the team went 5-7.

If Nebraska waited until October 1st to make the change would have saved the program a lot of money. “Getting rid of Scott Frost was worth $15 million to the Nebraska football program. The program could have saved half of that amount by waiting until October 1st.” This action was meant to make a statement.

Frost was hired as the head coach of Nebraska’s football program in 2017 after coaching UCF (University of Central Florida) to a 13-0 record and a win in the peach bowl. Frost also played at Nebraska back in 1995 as a transfer from Stanford. He quarterbacked his teams to a 24-2 record over the course of his time at Nebraska.

Letting go of Frost was not easy. Trev Alberts, the athletic director at Nebraska, said “Scott has poured his heart and soul into the Nebraska football program both as a quarterback and head coach, and I appreciate his hard work and dedication”. Alberts also ended the statement with “He’ll always be a Husker”.

Associate head coach Mickey Johnson will take over as the interim coach for the remainder of the season. This change will give “A new voice needed to give the players more opportunity”.

Sports Illustrated talks on how the early decision to make a shift in coaching will give Mickey Johnson a legitimate chance to shot to prove himself. Not only does the the decision to let Frost go now allow Mickey a chance to prove himself as a head coach, but also gives Nebraska an advantage in recruiting another coach for the following season. Trev Albert is the first AD entering the market for a new head coach this season.

This advantage is main reason for such an early decision to fire Frost. Multiple big names may be up for grabs after the 2022 season comes to an end.

Names like Matt Campbell, Mark Stoops, Luke Fickell, and Matt Rhule are all stand outs to replace Frost in Lincoln. Campbell in particular has been associated by many as the potential replacement. He has coached Iowa State to a 44-34 record since 2016. Historically Iowa state has had much difficulty maintaining success, but Campbell has made the team a consistent bowl team. At Nebraska he’d be in familiar territory with a much higher budget and better facilities.

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