When Scott Frost left Nebraska following the 1998 Orange Bowl with a national championship under his belt and an NFL career on the horizon, he had already studied under two of football’s great coaching minds.
Two years under Bill Walsh at Stanford — Walsh coached the Cardinal for three years after a 14-year stint and three Super Bowl wins with the San Francisco 49ers — and two more under Tom Osborne in Lincoln would constitute for most players a lifetime worth of experience.
His NFL career and early years in college football put him in proximity to an all-star cast of football minds.