Thomas William Osborne (born February 23, 1937) is an American former football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and politician from Nebraska. He served as head football coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1973 to 1997 (25 seasons).

Tom Osborne coached Nebraska from 1973 to 1997 and is the program's all-time leader in most major categories. This list of Nebraska Cornhuskers head football coaches shows the coaches who have led the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's football program in a permanent or interim capacity. Nebraska has had thirty-one head coaches in its history ...

Osborne-coached Nebraska teams captured 13 conference crowns, including six of his final seven seasons as head coach. All 25 of his Husker teams won at least nine games and played in a bowl, with 15 of his Husker teams winning 10 or more games.

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Jun 7, 2023 · Lead columnist Kyle Golik breaks down part two of his decades of coaching series. Today, we introduce the fourth ranked coach of the 1980s, Tom Osborne.

Dr. Thomas William ‘Tom’ Osborne is a former Head Coach of the University of Nebraska football team and is considered to be the most proficient coach in the history of American college football. He was the Head Coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team for 25 years and succeeded Bob Devaney, who convinced him to become a volunteer ...

In his quarter-century as head coach, Tom Osborne never won fewer than nine games in a season. His 255-49-3 record gave him the best winning percentage (83.6%) among active Division 1-A coaches at the time of his retirement and the fifth-best of all time.

Sep 3, 2015 · Most Nebraska Cornhuskers’ football fans know Tom Osborne as the coach of one of the most dominant eras of college football. From 1973-1997 Osborne manned the Huskers’ sideline, replacing the legendary Bob Devaney.

Tom Osborne was the head coach at the University of Nebraska from 1973-97 and compiled a record of 255-49-3 while winning three National Championships. More about his coaching career can be found here.

Nebraska Cornhuskers football under Tom Osborne covers the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's football program during Tom Osborne's twenty-five-year tenure as head coach.. Osborne joined Bob Devaney's coaching staff in 1962 and was named offensive coordinator in 1969. Osborne's I formation offense led Nebraska to back-to-back national championships and he succeeded Devaney as head coach in 1973.