First reported by ESPN’s Pete Thamel, Evan Cooper is reportedly headed to Lincoln to join new head coach Matt Rhule’s staff. Cooper is a longtime recruiting coordinator and defensive backs coach under Rhule. Though it is not immediately clear if he will be taking both roles or one in particular at Nebraska, it is assumed he will be playing a role in both positions again.
Cooper has been a longtime staff member under Rhule dating all the way back to his days at Temple. Cooper has spent the past three seasons with the Carolina Panthers as the cornerbacks coach, but was fired on Nov.