Mike Ekeler (born October 4, 1971) is an American football coach who is currently the special teams coordinator for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. College career [ edit ]

20 hours ago · Enter Mike Ekeler. The David City, Nebraska native spent the last four seasons at Tennessee, where he led one of the best overall special teams units in the country. He previously coached at ...

Mike Ekeler is in his third season on the NU defensive staff in 2010. A native Nebraskan, Ekeler serves as linebackers coach. His linebacking corps earned numerous honors in 2009, including second-team All-Big 12 accolades for Phillip Dillard and All-Big 12 freshman team honors for both Will Compton and Sean Fisher.

3 days ago · Ekeler has plenty of ties to the state of Nebraska and the Husker football program. He's from David City and coached Nebraska's linebackers for three seasons for Bo Pelini from 2008-10. Ekeler replaces former Nebraska special teams coordinator Ed Foley, who Rhule hired to his first staff in December 2022 but was let go by Rhule in early January ...

3 days ago · A Nebraska native, it will be a reunion for Ekeler, who coached at the school as its linebackers coach under former Cornhuskers head coach Bo Pelini from 2008-10. Ekeler had assistant coaching stints at Indiana , Southern California , Georgia , North Texas , North Carolina and Kansas before joining Josh Heupel 's inaugural staff at Tennessee in ...

3 days ago · Ekeler, who is from David City, Nebraska, coached for the Cornhuskers in 2008-10. He will be Nebraska’s special teams coordinator and replace Ed Foley, who was not retained after the 2024 season.

3 days ago · LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Mike Ekeler will be Nebraska’s new special teams coordinator, 10/11’s Kevin Sjuts confirmed. Ekeler is a David City native who previously coached with the Huskers from ...

3 days ago · Mike Ekeler, the Blair graduate who played collegiately at Kansas State before developing into a position coach under former Nebraska coach Bo Pelini, will take the special teams role after four ...