Trev Alberts

Alberts was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa.National Football League, Historical Players, [http://www.nfl.com/player/trevalberts/2499373/profile Trev Alberts]. Retrieved February 11, 2012. He has a brother and sister. Trev Alberts attended Northern University High School in Cedar Falls,databaseFootball.com, Players, {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120326231405/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ALBERTRE01 Trev Alberts]}}. Retrieved February 11, 2012. where he played for the Northern University Panthers high school football team.

While attending the University of Nebraska, he played for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team from 1990 to 1993. Following his senior season in 1993, he was awarded the Dick Butkus Award and Jack Lambert Trophy as the top college linebacker; Alberts was also recognized as a consensus first-team All-American, after recording 15 quarterback sacks, 21 tackles for loss, and 38 quarterback hurries. Despite an injury early in the eleventh game of the season against the Oklahoma Sooners, Alberts returned with a cast on his arm for the national championship game against Florida State in the Orange Bowl. Although the Seminoles won 18–16, Alberts had a dominant performance with three sacks of Heisman Trophy-winner Charlie Ward (FSU quarterbacks were sacked only five times during the 1993 regular season).

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Selected in the first round with the fifth overall pick in the 1994 draft,{{Cite web |title=1994 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1994/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} Alberts began his professional career with the Indianapolis Colts and continued to play for the Colts from {{NFL Year|1994}} to {{NFL Year|1996}}.Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players, [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AlbeTr20.htm Trev Alberts]. Retrieved February 11, 2012. Due to injuries he played portions of just three seasons before retiring before the 1997 season, tallying just four career quarterback sacks and one interception.

Upon retirement from the NFL, Alberts was hired by the American cable television network CNN/SI and concomitantly its Sports Illustrated magazine, where he served as a college football contributor. In 2002, Alberts joined the staff of the American cable television network ESPN, where he worked as an in-studio analyst for college football, ultimately joining Rece Davis and Mark May on the network's College GameDay Scoreboard and College GameDay Final.

On September 6, 2005, Alberts was terminated by ESPN for breaching his contract when he declined to report to work; Alberts later claimed he did not want to "play second fiddle" to the more prominent cast of College GameDay, Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Lee Corso.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20050910223255/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/football/ncaa/09/06/alberts.espn/]}}. Walters, J. ESPN sacks Alberts. Sports Illustrated.com. September 6, 2005.

Alberts thereafter accepted a position as a columnist for the website of the college sports cable television network CSTV. He worked as a color commentator for the NFL on Westwood One Sunday afternoon radio broadcasts in 2006. He also provided color commentary for SEC football games on CBS.{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}}

Alberts also served as an analyst for Sprint Exclusive Entertainment, breaking down college football and other sports for viewers.{{cite web |url= http://www.fbschedules.com/2008/09/trev-alberts-top-ten-week-two/ |title= Trev Alberts' Top Ten – Week Two |work= FB Schedules |date=2008-09-06 |access-date=2017-08-07}}

Omaha

Alberts was hired in April 2009 to be the director of athletics for the Nebraska–Omaha Mavericks sports program at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.{{cite web|url=http://www.unomaha.edu/news/releases/2009/04/29_alberts.php|title=Trev Alberts Appointed to be UNO Athletic Director|date=2009-04-29|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504054201/http://www.unomaha.edu/news/releases/2009/04/29_alberts.php|archive-date=2009-05-04}}

{{cquote|I believe the potential for UNO's athletic programs is unlimited. This new chapter in my life will be exciting for me and for my family. I had an amazing experience as a college athlete. For several years now, I’ve wanted to return to college athletics and give something back. This position at UNO is a privilege.
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Alberts made the controversial decision to eliminate football and wrestling in an effort to bring University of Nebraska-Omaha to Division I's Summit League. The regents approved the move March 25, 2011.[https://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/article/2011-03-25/regents-approve-uno%E2%80%99s-move-di Regents approve UNO’s move to DI]

Nebraska

On July 14, 2021, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln announced Alberts as its next athletic director.

On September 11, 2022, Alberts elected to fire football head coach Scott Frost. The move was seen as ill-timed as Frost's buyout would have almost $8 million less if Alberts had waited 3 more weeks.{{cite web|title=Nebraska fires Scott Frost: Cornhuskers pay massive buyout to dismiss coach three games into fifth season|url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/nebraska-fires-scott-frost-cornhuskers-pay-massive-buyout-to-dismiss-coach-three-games-into-fifth-season/amp/|access-date=December 28, 2024}}

Texas A&M

On March 13, 2024, Texas A&M University announced that Alberts had been hired as its new athletic director, replacing Ross Bjork, who took the same position at Ohio State.{{cite web |author=Texas A&M University Division of Marketing and Communications |date=March 13, 2024 |title=Texas A&M To Hire Trev Alberts As University's New Athletic Director |url=https://today.tamu.edu/2024/03/13/texas-am-to-hire-trev-alberts-as-new-athletic-director/ |access-date=March 13, 2024 |website=TAMU.edu}}

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