Editor's note: During the past two decades, the Nebraska football team has cycled through dozens of assistant coaches. You tend to lose track of where they've matriculated. In coming weeks, the Journal Star will take readers through a "Where are they now" of some former NU assistants. We start with Barney Cotton.
Just seven months removed from receiving a new heart, Barney Cotton takes life pretty slowly.
But he thinks a lot. He thinks as he goes for long walks in Elkhorn with Buddy, his family's 10-year-old yellow lab.