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Report: Nebraska to Hire Kentucky's Daikiel Shorts as Wide Receivers Coach

The Huskers are reportedly set to hire the Wildcats' wide receivers coach to the same position in Lincoln.

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The coaching changes continue for Nebraska football.

A day after Dana Holgorsen signed a two-year contract to stay on as Nebraska's offensive coordinator, a new wide receivers coach is reportedly set to join the team. According to multiple reports, Kentucky's Daikiel Shorts is expected to take the position.

Other reports Monday indicated Garret McGuire, the wide receivers coach for the past two seasons, would not be kept on in that same role.

Shorts has been the wide receivers coach in Lexington for one season. Prior to that, he coached the wide receivers at Houston from 2021-23, was the director of player personnel with the Cougars from 2019-20, and was a program assistant at West Virginia in 2018.

As a player, Shorts spent 2013-16 at West Virginia at the same time Holgorsen was the head coach. He spent the 2017 season on the Buffalo Bills practice squad.

West Virginia wide receiver Daikiel Shorts talks with head coach Dana Holgorsen after scoring against Kansas in 2016.
West Virginia wide receiver Daikiel Shorts talks with head coach Dana Holgorsen after scoring a touchdown against Kansas in 2016. / Ben Queen-Imagn Images

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Kaleb Henry
KALEB HENRY

Kaleb Henry is an award-winning sports reporter, covering collegiate athletics since 2014 via radio, podcasting, and digital journalism. His experience with Big Ten Conference teams goes back more than a decade, including time covering programs such as the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Oregon Ducks, and USC Trojans. He has contributed to Sports Illustrated since 2021. Kaleb has won multiple awards for his sports coverage from the Nebraska Broadcasters Association and Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association. Prior to working in sports journalism, Kaleb was a Division I athlete on the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Track and Field team where he discussed NCAA legislation as SIUE's representative to the Ohio Valley Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. 

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