Following the departure of tight ends coach Sherrone Moore to the University of Michigan, Central Michigan football head coach John Bonamego filled his tight ends coaching vacancy with former Nebraska tight end Tavita Thompson, a source told Central Michigan Life.
Thompson played collegiate football at Oregon State from 2004-2008 before becoming a graduate assistant coach, helping with tight ends and the offensive line, for Oregon State and Nebraska.
The new job was first reported by Huskers Illustrated, a 247Sports based website covering Nebraska sports.
The 6-foot-6, 275-pound coach started on the Cornhuskers staff in winter of 2015, but was pushed out with the hiring of head coach Scott Frost on Dec.