When Scott Frost was hired away from Central Florida after the 2017 season, the Nebraska Cornhuskers thought they were getting one of the brightest offensive minds in college football. In fact, Frost owed a large measure of his success at UCF to the defensive coordinator who accompanied him to Lincoln, Erik Chinander.
Just as Chinander played a key role in boosting Frost’s stock at UCF, NU’s struggle to gain back respectability owes in part to the consistent mediocrity of the defenses under his watch. The Huskers are showing slight signs of improvement, though. In 2018 and 2019, the Cornhuskers finished 55th and 63rd, respectively, in Defensive SP+ overall.