Ranking all 14 Big Ten head coaches entering 2023 season
7. Matt Rhule, Nebraska
Rhule will be in his first season as a Big Ten head coach in 2023, but brings with him a wealth of experience as he begins a new era in Lincoln. A former linebacker at Penn State, Rhule had various stops early in his coaching career before becoming an assistant coach on both sides of the ball at Temple from 2006-11. After one year in the NFL with the New York Giants, Rhule returned to the Owls as head coach in 2013, producing back-to-back 10-win seasons that earned him a head coaching job at Baylor.听
In just two years, he took the Bears from a one-win program to an 11-win squad, and was seen as a high-upside hire in 2020 by the Carolina Panthers, but his stint in Charlotte failed to live up to the hype. However, Rhule has proven capable at the collegiate level, and could help Nebraska surprise sooner than later.
