Nebraska Coaches to Meet and Greet Fans in 'Big Red Blitz'

The Husker football staff and other coaches and staffers will fan out across 20 Nebraska cities and towns in mid-June.

Joe Hudson | May 25, 2021

Nebraska Athletics Communications

If you're in Nebraska, a chance to meet a Husker coach or two is coming next month.

Husker athletics' Big Red Blitz will return June 16 with Nebraska coaches and staff members visiting 20 cities and towns across Nebraska, the university announced Tuesday.

Athletic director Bill Moos, head football coach Scott Frost and his assistants, and several other Nebraska head coaches will fan out across the state to meet and greet Husker fans.

The Big Red Blitz had its debut in May 2019 (see photos here), but the event was derailed last spring by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Plans call for the Blitz to include 10 groups of coaches and staff each visiting two locations on June 16, a Wednesday. Each group will make its first stop for a mid-day event, followed by a late-afternoon event at its second town. The events are free to the public.

The lineup of towns: Alliance, Broken Bow, Chadron, Columbus, David City, Fremont, Grand Island, Hastings, Holdrege, Imperial, Kearney, Lexington, Loup City, Norfolk, North Platte, Ogallala, Scottsbluff, South Sioux City, Valentine and West Point.

A detailed schedule will be released later.

Published May 25, 2021

JOE HUDSON

Joe Hudson has operated a Husker-related website since 1995 and joined forces with David Max to form HuskerPedia (later renamed HuskerMax) in 1999. It began as a hobby during his 35 years as a newspaper editor and reporter, a career that included stints at the Lincoln Star, Omaha World-Herald, Philadelphia Inquirer and Denver Post. In Denver, Joe was chief of the copy desk during his final 16 years at the Post. He is proud to have been involved in Pulitzer Prize-winning projects in both Philadelphia and Denver. Joe has been a Nebraska football fan since the mid-1960s during his childhood in Omaha. He earned his bachelor of arts degree in journalism and economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1976. He resides a few freeway exits north of Colorado Springs and enjoys bicycling and walking his dogs in his spare time. You can reach him at joeroyhud@outlook.com.