Report: Dana Holgorsen Joining Nebraska Staff in Consultant Role

In the latest development in the career of Dana Holgorsen, a source tells ESPN’s Pete Thamel that the former West Virginia and Houston head coach is taking a job with Nebraska. Holgorsen will serve as an offensive consultant in a role that will develop in time.

According to Thamel, Holgorsen arrived in Lincoln on Monday to start with the Cornhuskers. Up until this change, Holgorsen had been working in the same role with TCU. He initially talked to Nebraska before joining Sonny Dykes at TCU.

Sources: Nebraska is adding former Houston and West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen to the staff as an offensive consultant. He’ll work with the offensive staff in a role that will evolve as the season goes on. pic.twitter.com/kvNBM66fZB

— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) November 5, 2024

Holgorsen joined the TCU staff after being fired by Houston following the conclusion of the 2023 season.

The 52-year-old Holgorsen finished his Houston tenure with a 31-28 record in five seasons. Houston went 4-8 in 2023, the program’s first year in the Big 12 Conference. One of those four wins was over WVU.

After eight years at West Virginia, Holgorsen left the Mountaineers following the 2018 season to take over a then budding Group of 5 Houston program with the thought he would help guide the Cougars through an eventual transition into a major conference.

Dana Holgorsen led WVU to a 61-41 overall record, two 10-win seasons and an Orange Bowl trophy. Holgorsen addressed his divorce from WVU in August during his introductory press conference with TCU.

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“I had reasons why I did that. I had been at West Virginia for eight years and was very successful. But there was a couple of things that I was concerned about that made me do that. I do not regret that. You look at what happened at Houston. I mean, we were 4-8 in the first year in the Big 12 I guess that’s not good enough. But a couple years prior to that in the American, which is why I went there, we won 20 games in two years. We had some success and I don’t regret that either.”

Holgorsen did compliment the people within the West Virginia program when he talked about the death of former Mountaineer offensive lineman Dale Wolfley in October.

For a related story, WV Sports Now’s Mike Asti put Holgorsen’s overall West Virginia tenure in its proper perspective leading up to his matchup with WVU during the 2023 season.