John Cook retirement in Nebraska; Dani Busbox Kelly took over

John Cook, a women's volleyball coach, won four NCAA championships in 25 seasons with Cornhuskers, and he announced his retirement on Wednesday.

Dani BusBoom Kelly, a former player and assistant to Nebraska, will take over the Huskers program after eight seasons leading Louisville.

Cook, 68, said in a statement issued by Nebraska: “This is a great game.” “I want to thank my family for their support … Over the years, I have the opportunity to have some outstanding with some excellent with some outstanding. The coaches and employees work together.

The 39 -year -old BusBoom Kelly is a key player of the Husker team in 2006. The team won the national championship in Omaha, Nebraska. In college career, she was a second -handed hand and Libero.

She served as the assistant of Cook in 2015, when Nebraska also won the NCAA championship in Omaha. BUSBOOM KELLY is a native of Nebraska. He took over in Louisville in 2017 and took over the bishop with red with 203-43, which led them to the last four times in three games. These include the 2022 National Championship. At that time, the Red Bark team lost to Texas and 2024 when they fell to Pennsylvania State University.

BUSBOOM Kelly's Bishop of Red won or shared the ACC championship four times. She was a national coach in AVCA in 2021. At that time, Louisville entered the last four games in the plan history.

The school announced that BUSBOOM KELLY agreed to sign a six -year contract with Nebraska.

In a statement, she said: “The opportunity to return to Nebraska is not just dreams.” “Thank you very much John Cook. Without his guidance and support, I will not be here here will not be here. Essence

“I have listened to roar since I was 9 years old (for the volleyball of Nebraska). Nebraska is the greatest place to play volleyball in the world. I am honored to become part of it again! My family and my family and I can't wait to work and bring more championships. “

Cook is San Diego. He started his coaching career in the senior and secondary of California, and then before becoming the head coach of Wisconsin in 1992, he was the Assistant Essence After the seven seasons of The the Badgers, he returned to Nebraska as the deputy chief coach in 1999, and then took over the fruit shell team when he won his first NCAA champion in 2000. The other national champions of the Hask were in 2006, 2015 and 2017.

In the last four games, Cook led the Shell team 12 times, including last season, when they lost to Pennsylvania State University in the semi -finals.

When the school moved to the top ten, Cook won nine regular season championships, when Nebraska entered 12 major championships. His professional coach record is 883-176 (.834), which is all the victory rates of volleyball coaches in the I zone.

Cook's 722-103 in Nebraska is 722-103, which is the best winning percentage of any I-level I plan in the past 25 years (.875). He used to be the best national coach of the year of the year. Under the leadership of Cook, Nebraska produced five Olympic players, three AVCA -level annual best player winners and 72 AVCA nations.

Nebraska also set a standard for the standard of volleyball. In the first half of Cook's career, it always sold its former NU Stadium (4,125), and then did the same thing at a larger Devaney Center (8,300) (8,300). 2013. Since 2001, Nebraska has been sold out for 337 conventional season at home games. Since moving to Devaney Center, it has attended each season every season.

Under the leadership of Cook, the Hask people also set a world record to participate in the women's sports event on August 30, 2023. At that time Facing Omaha.

Cook said: “For me personally, the biggest achievement of the coach is to see that the former player entered the coach or other professions, and from the course of the courses of the volleyball player in Nebraska, and applied it to their daily life. “” “

“In the end, the most important thing is that I would like to thank the fans for always supporting Nebraska volleyball. I have always told 'Dream Big' that our dreams are greater than any volleyball plan in world history.”