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The Broyles Award released their list of finalists for their award for the best assistant coach in the Football Bowl Subdivision today.
That list included Nebraska Linebacker coach Trent Bray, who is in his second season at Nebraska. Bray, who is in his 7th season of being a LB coach, came to Nebraska after three seasons with Mike Riley at Oregon State, where he played from 2002-2005. Bray started his assistant career at Arizona State.
2016 #BroylesAward Nominee: Trent Bray (@Coach_Bray), Linebackers, Nebraska (@Huskers, @HuskerFBNation)
— BROYLES AWARD (@BroylesAward) November 23, 2016
Bray has helped transform arguably the weakest point of the team into one of the most solid groups on the team. He’s helped Josh Banderas, who was rumored to be leaving the team when Bray arrived, into the team leader in tackles this season with 80. Bray also helped Dedrick Young become a All-B1G Freshman standout last season, while dealing with a fair amount of injury issues.
Out of these 40 names, the Broyles Award selection committee will name five finalists. The Broyles Award will then be presented December 6th in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Broyles Award Nominees:
Alabama – Jeremy Pruitt, Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Arkansas State – Joe Cauthen, Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Army West Point – Jay Bateman, Defensive Coordinator
Auburn – Kevin Steele, Defensive Coordinator
Boise State – Scott Huff, Co-Offensive Coordinator/Offensive
Washington State – Alex Grinch, Defensive Coordinator/Secondary
Brigham Young – Ed Lamb, Special Team Coordinator/Safeties
Clemson – Brent Venables, Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Colorado – Jim Leavitt, Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Colorado State – Will Friend, Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
Georgia Southern – Chad Lunsford, Special Teams Coordinator/Tight Ends
Houston – Todd Orlando – Defensive Coordinator
Indiana – Tom Allen, Defensive Coordinator
Iowa State – Tom Manning, Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
Louisiana Tech – Todd Fitch, Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers
LSU – Dave Aranda, Defensive Coordinator
Miami – Manny Diaz, Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Michigan – Don Brown, Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Missouri – Glen Elarbee, Offensive Line
Navy – Ivin Jasper, Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Nebraska – Trent Bray, Linebackers
North Carolina – Larry Porter, Special Teams Coordinator/Running Backs
North Carolina State – Ryan Nielsen, Defensive Line
Oklahoma State – Mike Yurcich, Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Old Dominion – Brian Scott, Offensive Coordinator
Ole Miss – Matt Luke, Co-Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
Ohio State – Kerry Coombs, Special Teams Coordinator/Cornerbacks
Penn State – Joe Moorhead, Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Pittsburgh – Matt Canada, Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
South Carolina – Travaris Robinson, Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs
Stanford – Mike Bloomgren, Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
Temple – Phil Snow, Defensive Coordinator/Safeties
Troy – Matt Moore, Co-Offensive Coordinator
UCF – Erik Chinander, Defensive Coordinator
USC – Clancy Pendergast, Defensive Coordinator
Wake Forest – Mike Elko, Defensive Coordinator/Safeties
Western Kentucky – Tony Levine, Co-Offensive Coordinator/Special Teams Coordinator
Western Michigan – Kirk Ciarrocca, Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
West Virginia – Tony Gibson, Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Wisconsin – Justin Wilcox, Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers