All due respect to the center position and those who play it, but from the playground to the Superdome, the coach-on-the-field role almost always falls squarely on the quarterback’s shoulders. They’re the field generals, so it’s no surprise to see many of them succeed as coaches after their playing days.
But even though it’s a fairly common transition, it seems Nebraska has had an unusually high number of quarterbacks go on to coach at the game’s highest levels. Most played under former Husker coach Tom Osborne. And on a given fall Saturday, Osborne can flip through the channels and see his fingerprints on as many as five NCAA Division I college games.