Nebraska second-year head coach Scott Frost brought Duval with him from Central Florida because Duval fits perfectly into Frost's grand plan at NU -- that is, to meld new-school speed elements that fit his no-huddle spread offense with an old-school Husker Power approach that can supply the sort of physicality required in the unforgiving Big Ten.
Duval cut his teeth in the Husker Power program during the 1990s as Nebraska marched to three national championships (1994, 1995 and 1997). He was a student assistant in 1994, a graduate assistant in 1995-96 and an assistant football strength coach from 1997-2002 and in 2008.