LINCOLN, Neb. — The University of Nebraska fired Scott Frost on Sunday, the situation so dire for the formerly proud football program that athletic director Trev Alberts made the move only three weeks before the coach’s contract buyout would have been cut in half.
The Cornhuskers lost 45-42 to Georgia Southern as a three-touchdown favorite at home Saturday night, and the student section chanted “Fire Frost!” at the end of the game.
Frost was 16-31 three games into his fifth season, and his .340 winning percentage was the second-worst rate among Nebraska coaches who lasted more than four years.
“You run a professional organization that has high standards, accountability has to matter,” Alberts said at a news conference. “Scott and I talked about this: 16-31 was not at a level that was acceptable to us.”