The Nebraska head coach is in his 26th season as a college head coach, and at least eight coaches who have been assistants for Cook at Nebraska or Wisconsin have gone on to be NCAA Division I head coaches.
But last year was really something special, when Cook faced off against former assistants Chris Tamas and Craig Skinner during two of the biggest matches of the season in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 and Final Four.
* In the second round of the NCAA Tournament Louisville played Illinois, with each team coached by the two assistant coaches from the Huskers’ 2015 national championship team.