Tom Osborne
Tom Osborne
Thomas William Osborneis a former American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and politician from Nebraska. He served as the head football coach at the University of Nebraska football team for 25 years, from 1973 to 1997. Osborne was one of the most successful coaches in American college football history, with a career record of 255–49–3, 13 conference championships, and three national championships. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1999. Osborne was...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth23 February 1937
CityHastings, NE
CountryUnited States of America
As a college coach, I felt you could make a difference in a player's life. There was an educational aspect I thought was important.
Everybody's got to do what they've got to do.
You can tell by looking at me that I've got more miles behind me than I've got in front of me. When you reach that point, if you've got some good years left, you want to make sure that you use them wisely
Orlando... So many courses & great deals, especially in the summer!
By the time I get to the locker room, I'm done.
Our people were not happy. I knew at some point we were going to win. It's a little unfair, but that's the reality. To some degree, it became a one-game season for some folks.
We are probably hitting more this week than we ever have, just to see, ... We have 40 kids out there, and it is pretty competitive. So we have some kids we can put in, but they are going to have a lack of experience.
I still miss the players and I miss the game and the strategy. The first couple years were really difficult. Now I realize I'll never coach again. It's still hard to go into the stadium on a game day, because it's hard to just be a fan. But it's easier now than it was the first two or three years.
I'll bring in outsiders to evaluate state agencies. They can sometimes see what we can't.
We didn't do anything fancy, ... we did use some misdirection.... That did help to some degree.
We worked our tails off this week. We were really disappointed in the Gibson Southern finish. So I told them at halftime tonight that we were going to need at least 17 more points to win it, and they believed it.
Wood has Brian Ellis, and he is a great quarterback and can make some big plays. So I am really proud of our kids. I think we've got a good group.
Wood Memorial did a great job tonight taking away Bowen, and we didn't get out on the edges.
I'm not really good at retiring. I tried that one time and Nancy ran me out of the house.