Former Nebraska football coach Frank Solich is headed to the College Football Hall of Fame.
Solich was one of 22 individuals announced Monday afternoon for the 2024 College Football Hall of Fame Class by the National Football Foundation and the College Hall of Fame. He is among three coaches elected this year.
“I want to thank him and congratulate him on all that he has done for the sport of football,” former Nebraska coach Tom Osborne said. “Most assistant coaches have areas of strengths and weaknesses, but Frank was accomplished in all areas so I recommended that he become the head coach in 1998. He won a Big 12 championship, played for a National Championship and went to a bowl game each year at Nebraska”
Solich becomes the seventh Husker coach in the Hall of Fame, joining Osborne, Bob Devaney, Biff Jones, Dana X. Bible, Fielding Yost and Eddie N. Robinson. Overall, Nebraska has 27 members in the Hall, including 20 players. He is the first Husker inductee since offensive tackle Zach Wiegert in 2022.
“Coach Solich’s record speaks for itself, and he is most deserving of this special honor,” current Nebraska coach Matt Rhule said. “More importantly, he has always put his players first and greatly impacted their lives on and off the field. To me that is the definition of a Hall of Fame coach.
“Coach Solich is someone who I have always respected and looked up to and he has been so kind and supportive of us since we have been here at Nebraska, and I can’t thank him enough.”
During his 22 seasons as a head coach, Solich compiled a record of 173-101, including a 58-19 record in six seasons as Nebraska’s head coach from 1998 to 2003, followed by 115 wins as the head coach at Ohio University. Solich led the Huskers to the 1999 Big 12 Conference championship.
The full 2024 College Football Hall of Fame Class can be found here.