Nebraska AD Trev Alberts on timing of Scott Frost dismissal: Owed it to the players

Nebraska athletics director Trev Alberts held a press conference shortly after the program fired head coach Scott Frost on Sunday. The first question he received from reporters was why the university opted to move on from Frost after Week 2, as opposed to at the end of last season.

“It’s a good question, it’s a fair question,” Alberts responded. “At this point, I just felt, like I mentioned earlier, we owed it to the players. A different voice, perhaps slightly different vision, give them some confidence, an opportunity. We’ve got nine games. We’ve got seniors on this team that have invested a lot for a long time.

“I know how disruptive these changes are. You’re not just affecting the players’ lives, you are affecting the all the coaches and their family. And I understand that we needed to do something, to inject something into this team to give them the confidence and hopefully, help them compete.”

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Alberts shared that the decision ultimately came after Nebraska’s loss to Georgia Southern on Saturday. He said it was a sleepless night heading into Sunday when the news broke.

“Some real concern, throughout the first couple games,” Alberts said, regarding how the final decision arrived. “Wanted this thing to work, wanted to give a little extra time and then last night, through last night and into the morning, felt like we needed to make a change.”

Alberts addresses Scott Frost buyout

Nebraska will pay Scott Frost the full $15 million buyout after parting ways with the coach Sunday, according to Husker Online’s Sean Callahan. Trev Alberts addressed the buyout with the media Sunday afternoon, saying the school will honor the contract it agreed to.

“There’s no negotiated settlement,” Alberts said. “The University of Nebraska has a long history of living up to what we’ve agreed to. So the contract is what the contract is. Of course, the university will comply as we always do.”

By firing Frost on Sept. 11, Nebraska is required to pay the full $15 million. Had it waited to do so until Oct. 1 or later, that sum would have been cut in half.

Frost ends his career in Lincoln with a 16-31 overall record. His tenure was marred by one-score losses, including a big one in Week 0 when Nebraska blew a second-half lead en route to a 31-28 loss to Northwestern in Dublin, Ireland.

On3’s Chandler Vessels contributed to this report.