LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Bill Moos has rolled with the punches. Now he is just on a roll.
Nebraska's 68-year-old athletic director has pulled off two of the splashiest hires in college athletics in the 18 months since he arrived, all while batting away criticism for leaving a hefty debt at his previous school and fending off social media rumors that forced the administration to issue a statement of support.
"I'm pretty thick-skinned," Moos said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I had an old AD who told me when I got into the business that it's lonely at the top, and it is.