With the impending end of an outstanding career as coach and administrator at the University of Nebraska, several events have been planned as a tribute to Tom Osborne, who will retire from his current position as Athletic Director on Jan. 1, 2013.
Osborne’s five-year stint as a successful administrator follows a stellar career as Nebraska’s head football coach when his teams won 255 games, 13 conference championships and three national titles in 25 years. Saturday’s final home game against Minnesota, which kicks off at 2:42 p.m., will be Tom Osborne’s 500th in his career.
Tom Osborne is the gold standard for college football coaches and, in my opinion, he’s become an equally compelling role model for Division I athletic directors, even if he is less than a month from his 5-year anniversary as Nebraska’s AD.