Texas A&M to name Nebraska's Trev Alberts as its new athletic director

According to Billy Liucci of TexAgs, Texas A&M will name Trev Alberts as its next athletic director. The Aggies are expected to announce the move shortly with Alberts leaving his alma mater, Nebraska, after three years in Lincoln. A big move in College Station to nab one of the Big Ten’s best.

Brent Zwerneman of the Houston Chronicle was the first to report Alberts would be leaving Nebraska for Texas A&M.

“Texas A&M University is set to hire Trev Alberts as its next Director of Athletics,” the TexAgs report read. “The news was originally reported by Brent Zwerneman of the Houston Chronicle on X, formerly Twitter. TexAgs’ co-owner and executive editor Billy Liucci has confirmed Zwerneman’s report.”

Ross Bjork was previously Texas A&M’s athletic director but left in favor of the Ohio State job. A move to leave the SEC and join a top Big Ten program, Alberts is now pulling the reverse. He will now lead the Aggies into a new era in college athletics, mainly on the football side.

Alberts will also inherit a brand new football head coach. Bjork conducted a coaching search and landed on Duke‘s Mike Elko. There has been excitement over Elko following the Jimbo Fisher era, believing he can bring some stability and good on-field results back to Texas A&M.

Once the hire becomes official, it will mark the fourth athletic director Texas A&M has had over the last decade — Eric Hyman, Scott Woodward, and Bjork. Now, Alberts is expected to be the next guy in Aggieville.

Trev Alberts leaving Nebraska after AD stint, legendary playing career

Alberts was a player at Nebraska and was one of the best linebackers in the country during his time at Nebraska. He won the Butkus Award following the 1993 season and was a consensus All-American. The Huskers even retired his No. 34.

After a short professional career and a stint in media, Alberts got into administration and was hired by Omaha in 2009. He stayed for over a decade until he earned the Nebraska job, joining the Huskers in 2021.

Nebraska had recently given Alberts a contract extension as well, with On3’s Pete Nakos saying Texas A&M is facing a buyout of around $4.1 million.

Just as Texas A&M had football moves to make recently, Alberts had the massive decision of firing Scott Frost after the 2021 season. He was able to bring in Matt Rhule and seemingly, the football program is finally back on the right track.

Alberts will now have to watch from afar while working alongside Elko and others inside of the Texas A&M athletic department.