Washington AD Troy Dannen Leaving After Less Than 6 Months To Replace Trev Alberts At Nebraska

Nebraska employed Washington athletic director Troy Dannen on Wednesday to switch Trev Alberts, luring away the Midwesterner after lower than six months on the job in Seattle.

Alberts left Nebraska late final week to change into athletic director at Texas A&M. The former star soccer participant for the Cornhuskers spent simply shy of three years because the athletic director at his alma mater earlier than leaving the Big Ten Conference college for the prospect to run an SEC program.

Nebraska moved shortly to switch him with Dannen, an Iowa native who took the Washington job in October after spending 9 years as AD at Tulane. Before Tulane, Dannen was athletic director at Northern Iowa.

“There is a storied tradition at Nebraska but more work to be done. I truly believe our best years are ahead of us,” Dannen stated in an announcement. “I couldn’t be more grateful to interim President Chris Kabourek for this opportunity.”

Dannen was barely in Seattle lengthy sufficient to take pleasure in a cup of espresso within the metropolis identified for its brews.

He was employed in early October to take over the Huskies, just a little greater than two months after the varsity introduced it was leaving the Pac-12 and becoming a member of the Big Ten in 2024.

His transient tenure in Washington was chaotic, together with the Huskies’ run to the nationwide championship recreation in soccer but additionally two teaching searches, one in all which remains to be open.

Football coach Kalen DeBoer parlayed the Huskies’ title recreation run into the top job at Alabama after Nick Saben retired. It took Dannen lower than 72 hours to rent Jedd Fisch from Arizona as DeBoer’s alternative.

Dannen was additionally in the course of a males’s basketball teaching search after Mike Hopkins was let go earlier this month following seven seasons. The basketball job stays open.

Dannen changed Jen Cohen, who left final August to take the highest place within the athletic division at Southern California. Cohen was the one accountable for Washington athletics when the Huskies introduced that they, together with Oregon, have been leaving for the Big Ten, serving to result in the collapse of the Pac-12.

It was anticipated that Dannen could be the one taking the Huskies into the Big Ten coming off the main success in soccer however with a division deficit of almost $8 million within the subsequent fiscal yr and a serious leap within the debt providers paid on the Husky Stadium renovation within the coming years.

At Nebraska, Dannen finds extra fiscal stability, but additionally a tradition-rich soccer program that has not been to a bowl recreation for the reason that 2016 season.

Dannen and Cornhuskers soccer coach Matt Rhule, who was employed final yr by Alberts, know one another from their time within the American Athletic Conference. Dannen was Tulane’s athletic director whereas Rhule was coach at Temple.

“I’m so fired up about this hire,” Rhule stated. “Interim President Kabourek has found exactly the right person to lead the Huskers forward. Troy sees what we see — that Nebraska is a special place, with special people, a great vision and the courage to be unabashed about wanting to win across the board.”

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AP Sports Writers Tim Booth in Seattle and Eric Olson in Omaha, Nebraska, contributed to this report.

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AP faculty soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football

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