The death of Bob Elliott this summer forced shuffling on the NU defensive staff, with Scott Booker moving to full-time status to coach safeties and handle special teams.
Nebraska has also added another veteran college football coach to its staff as a defensive consultant for the start of fall camp, Nebraska247 has learned.
Former Western Michigan head coach and Texas defensive coordinator Gary Darnell has joined the Husker staff as a defensive consultant.
Nebraska defensive coordinator Bob Diaco worked under Darnell at Western Michigan in 2004 as a linebackers coach. Darnell served as head coach at Western Michigan from 1997-2004, before moving on to Texas A&M for 2006 and 2007. Darnell also coached at Texas, Florida, Kansas State and several other stops during his coaching career.
The 68-year-old Darnell helped turn around Texas A&M’s defense when he was hired in 2006, taking an Aggie defense that had been No. 107th in total defense in 2005, to No. 37 in 2006.
Darnell has been a head coach at Tennessee Tech and Western Michigan, and served as an interim head coach at Florida and Texas A&M.