10-06-2017, 12:19 AM
Just thought I'd put this here since I some speculation on here that he's a Lincoln toadie and was just angling for the UNL job once it opens up.
http://www.omaha.com/uno/maverick-coache...b8f27.html
http://www.omaha.com/uno/maverick-coache...b8f27.html
Quote:For those who already had envisioned University of Nebraska at Omaha Athletic Director Trev Alberts in the A.D.’s office at Nebraska after Shawn Eichorst was fired, here’s a little secret.
“I really hadn’t given it a lot of thought,” Alberts told The World-Herald. “This idea that I was dreaming every night of being in another job ... that’s just not who I am. I never pursued any other jobs.”
And he’s not now, either.
Alberts, an All-American at Nebraska in the classroom and on the football field in the early 1990s as an outside linebacker, told UNO coaches and staff in an email Wednesday morning that “after some prayerful consideration” he won’t pursue the opening at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
“While UNO isn’t UNL,” Alberts said, “I work for the University of Nebraska. And I am honored to do that.”
Alberts has been athletic director at UNO since 2009. Arguably, the most noticeable action in his eight years was being part of the decision-making process for UNO to drop football and wrestling in March 2011 while moving from Division II to Division I.
Did being involved in dropping Maverick football affect how Alberts felt about seeking the A.D. job at Nebraska someday?
“I haven’t put a lot of thought into that,” he said. “I would only say the commitment I made to myself when I started in 2009 is that I was going to do everything I possibly could to make decisions and recommendations that I thought were in the best long-term interest of UNO athletics.
“It’s always about the institution. From time to time, those decisions and recommendations may not be in your personal best interest. I wasn’t naive to that fact. And I wasn’t trying to position myself for other opportunities.”
Gene DeFilippo from search firm Turnkey Sports and Entertainment — and a former A.D. at Boston College and Villanova — contacted Alberts about entering Nebraska’s process. According to Alberts’ UNO contract, he must contact his direct superior if approached about or looking to pursue other work.
Alberts said he called interim UNO Chancellor Jeffrey Gold. Alberts hasn’t spoken with NU System President Hank Bounds.
“The process needs to be respected,” Alberts said. “I want to allow them to run a good process and get the best athletic director they can to help my alma mater be successful.”