Nebraska is hiring Glenn Thomas from the Pittsburgh Steelers to coach quarterbacks and shifting offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield to work with the tight ends, according to a team source.
Here’s what you need to know:
- Thomas, 46, worked with Nebraska coach Matt Rhule at Baylor as co-offensive coordinator and QBs coach from 2017 to 2019 and spent two seasons prior with Rhule at Temple. He coached quarterbacks in 2015 and coordinated the Owls’ offense in 2016.
- In 2022, Thomas served as the offensive coordinator at Arizona State. He coordinated the offense at UNLV in 2020 and 2021 and coached quarterbacks at both stops. He served as an offensive assistant this season with the Steelers, which lost in the wild-card round of the AFC playoffs at Buffalo on Monday.
- Rhule had talked, too, with former Houston and West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen about a position. Holgorsen visited Nebraska this month. His interest in the Huskers, likely as an offensive analyst, remains unclear.
The Nebraska football staff now looks closer to what Matt Rhule envisioned when he took the job almost 12 months ago. He was hoping to have Marcus Satterfield as the Offensive Coordinator and Tight Ends coach and then have another assistant be the Quarterback’s coach.
That didn’t happen in 2023 but it looks like that is exactly what we will see in 2024 as it is being announced that Nebraska is hiring Glenn Thomas to be the quarterback’s coach. First reported by Mitch Sherman of The Athletic.
Source: Nebraska is hiring Glen Thomas as the school’s new quarterbacks coach. OC Marcus Satterfield will remain in that role but will now coach tight ends. Thomas is former OC at Arizona State and UNLV who worked with the Steelers last year. He also coached QBs for the Falcons.— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) January 16, 2024
According to the Pittsburgh Steeler’s website he was an “offensive assistant” for the Steeler’s whose season just ended yesterday in the playoffs.
Not a surprise that Glenn Thomas has previous experience with Matt Rhule. He coached quarterbacks for Matt Rhule at Temple and was an Offensive Coordinator at Temple for Rhule as well. Thomas followed Rhule to Baylor where he was the Quarterback’s coach and Co-Offensive Coordinator at Baylor.
When Rhule went to the NFL, Glenn Thomas replaced Danny Langsdorf at UNLV as the Passing Game Coordinator. He then went on to Arizona State in 2021 before he left to go to the NFL.
