Tom Osborne
American football player and coach, college athletics administrator, politician (born 1937)
Thomas William Osborne (born February 23, 1937) is a former American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and politician. He was head football coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1973 to 1997. He was honored into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999. Osborne was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska's third district as a Republican from 2001 until 2007.[1]
Tom Osborne | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's 3rd district | |
| In office January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Bill Barrett |
| Succeeded by | Adrian Smith |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 23, 1937 Hastings, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Nancy Osborne |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Hastings College (BA) University of Nebraska, Lincoln (MA, PhD) |
| Coaching career | |
| Playing career | |
| 1955–1958 | Hastings |
| 1959 | San Francisco 49ers |
| 1960–1961 | Washington Redskins |
| Position(s) | Quarterback, Wide Receiver |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1964–1968 | Nebraska (Assistant) |
| 1969–1972 | Nebraska (OC) |
| 1973–1997 | Nebraska |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1979–1998 | Nebraska (Asst. AD) |
| 2007–2013 | Nebraska |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 255–49–3 (.836) |
| Bowls | 12–13 (.480) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3 National (1994, 1995, 1997) 12 Big Eight (1975, 1978, 1981–84, 1988, 1991–95) 1 Big 12 (1997) 2 Big 12 North Division (1996, 1997) | |
| Awards | |
| Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year (1978) ESPN Coach of the Decade (1999) National Coach of the Year (1994) Jim Thorpe Lifetime Achievement Award 7× Big Eight Coach of Year (1975, 1976, 1980, 1988, 1992–94) Big 12 Coach of the Year (1996) 2× Nebraska's College Athlete of the Year (1958, 1959) Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame (1994) Nebraska's High School Athlete of the Year (1955) | |
| College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1999 (profile) | |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Educational psychology |
| Thesis | The Effects of Instructions on Situational Anxiety Level and Examination Performance (1965) |
| Doctoral advisors | Warren Bailer Robert Ross |
Osborne played college football as a quarterback and wide receiver at Hastings College. He played for the NFL for a short time with the San Francisco 49ers and Washington Redskins from 1959 until 1961.
References
change- ↑ "Veterans in the US House of Representatives 109th Congress" (PDF). Navy League. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 26, 2007. Retrieved December 9, 2006.
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