LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – College of Nebraska athletic director Trev Alberts is leaving the Huskers to take the identical place at Texas A&M College.
Round 5 p.m. Wednesday, a supply inside College of Nebraska Athletics confirmed the studies that had been circulating all day and Texas A&M issued a press launch asserting the rent. They are going to have a press convention to introduce Alberts as their new A.D. early subsequent week.
The next e-mail was despatched to athletic workers by Alberts Wednesday afternoon.
College of Nebraska Interim President Chris Kabourek issued the next assertion Wednesday afternoon:
“A short while in the past, Trev Alberts knowledgeable me that he has accepted the athletic director place at Texas A&M, efficient Friday.
I’m dissatisfied to see Trev depart, however I’m grateful for his 15 years of service to the College of Nebraska. Each the Mavericks and the Huskers achieved nice issues below Trev’s management and we want him and his household all the most effective.
We’ve got unbelievable momentum in Husker Athletics because of the onerous work and dedication of all our workers, coaches and student-athletes. We won’t hit pause. As I’ve stated many occasions, I’ve by no means been extra enthusiastic about the way forward for the College of Nebraska and the alternatives we have now to work collectively towards our imaginative and prescient to compete on the highest ranges in all aspects. I’ve full confidence we’ll discover a visionary chief who will construct on Trev’s nice work and hold the Huskers on the forefront on this altering panorama for faculty athletics.
Within the meantime, my instant focus is on doing all the pieces I can to help our student-athletes, coaches and workers. I intend to call an interim AD very quickly and can shortly start the method for a nationwide seek for our subsequent chief.”
Texas A&M President Mark A. Welsh III stated Alberts’s sturdy enterprise acumen, vary of expertise and management talents make him the best option to oversee A&M Athletics, which has greater than 650 student-athletes competing within the Southeastern Convention in 20 varsity sports activities.
“With Trev’s experience, the Aggies are poised to not solely excel on the fields, tracks and courts, but additionally efficiently navigate the multi-faceted intersection of sports activities, commerce and student-athlete empowerment,” Welsh stated. “He has a profound understanding of the intricate enterprise of athletics and the evolving panorama of faculty athletics, notably within the realm of Title, Picture and Likeness (NIL).”
Welsh added: “I can’t think about a greater particular person to steer the Aggie Athletics program into the long run.”
Simply earlier than 9 a.m., the Houston Chronicle first reported that Alberts was focused to turn into the subsequent Athletic Director at Texas A&M College. The information appeared to take everybody unexpectedly.
When 10/11 reached out to the College of Nebraska system for a response Wednesday morning, Melissa Lee, the Chief Communications Officer for the College of Nebraska System stated, “Trev has not knowledgeable President Kabourek that he has accepted one other alternative.” Chris Kabourek has been serving as College of Nebraska interim president since Jan. 1 after Ted Carter left to turn into president at Ohio State College in Columbus.
When requested in regards to the doable departure of Alberts to Texas A&M, Nebraska Governor – and former Nebraska soccer participant and NU regent – Jim Pillen stated, “I really like Trev Alberts. Trev Alberts is a pacesetter in collegiate athletics in the US and from my seat, Trev deserves Nebraska and we want him to be main our athletic division. We’ve got the most effective athletic departments in the US. Unbelievable what we do for 600 student-athletes. It’s essential for all of us and from my seat we have to be sure that Trev is aware of how a lot we admire him and must hold him right here. He’s in demand all around the nation.”
Alberts, a Nebraska alum and former All-American Husker soccer participant, signed a brand new contract in November to maintain him on the College of Nebraska by way of 2031, although the contract had liquidated injury buyouts that Alberts must pay to the College if he have been to depart for an additional alternative. Alberts was making a base wage of $1.7 million at Nebraska with a rise to $2.1 million in 2026. At the moment, 10/11 Sports activities Director Kevin Sjuts sat down with Alberts for a 1-on-1 interview with Alberts saying “I do like my job, I really feel extremely honored to be on the College of Nebraska.”
Texas A&M had been seeking to substitute Ross Bjork, who left Texas A&M to turn into the Ohio State Athletic Director in January.
Alberts was introduced as Nebraska’s Athletic Director in July of 2021, making a transfer from the College of Nebraska-Omaha. Alberts changed Invoice Moos.
Throughout his time as Athletic Director, Alberts changed head soccer coach Scott Frost with Matt Rhule. Alberts additionally spearheaded the profitable ‘Volleyball Day in Nebraska’ in 2023, earlier than the Volleyball crew performed for a Nationwide Championship. He additionally was additionally serving to lead plans for a significant Memorial Stadium renovation. The Nebraska males’s and ladies’s basketball groups are each getting ready for NCAA event bids.
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