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| Title | Athletic director | ||||||||
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| Born | (1970-08-08)August 8, 1970 (age 55) Cedar Falls, Iowa, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 245 lb (111 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Northern University(Cedar Falls) | ||||||||
| College | Nebraska | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1994: 1st round, 5th overall pick | ||||||||
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Trev Kendall Alberts[1] (born August 8, 1970) is an American sports administrator and former professionalfootballlinebacker who is the athletic director atTexas A&M University. He previously played in theNational Football League (NFL) for three seasons with theIndianapolis Colts. Alberts was also the athletic director at theUniversity of Nebraska Omaha from 2009 to 2021 and theUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln from 2021 to 2024.
Alberts playedcollege football for theNebraska Cornhuskers, winning theDick Butkus Award andJack Lambert Trophy as a senior. He was selected fifth overall by the Colts in the1994 NFL draft, but his professional career was cut short by injuries. Alberts was inducted to theCollege Football Hall of Fame in 2015.[2]
Following his playing career, Alberts began to work in sports administration. He held his first athletic director position at the University of Nebraska's Omaha campus for 13 years before returning to his alma mater's flagship campus in Lincoln to lead the athletic department for four years. Alberts became the athletic director at Texas A&M in 2024.
Alberts was born inCedar Falls, Iowa.[1][3] He has a brother and sister.[1] Trev Alberts attendedNorthern University High School in Cedar Falls,[4] where he played for the Northern University Panthershigh school football team.
While attending the University of Nebraska, he played for theNebraska Cornhuskers football team from 1990 to 1993. Following his senior season in 1993, he was awarded theDick Butkus Award andJack Lambert Trophy as the top college linebacker; Alberts was also recognized as a consensus first-teamAll-American, after recording 15 quarterback sacks, 21 tackles for loss, and 38 quarterback hurries. Despite an injury early in the eleventh game of the season against the Oklahoma Sooners, Alberts returned with a cast on his arm for the national championship game against Florida State in the Orange Bowl. Although the Seminoles won 18–16, Alberts had a dominant performance with three sacks ofHeisman Trophy-winnerCharlie Ward (FSU quarterbacks were sacked only five times during the 1993 regular season).
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 243 lb (110 kg) | 32+3⁄4 in (0.83 m) | 9+1⁄4 in (0.23 m) |
Selected in the first round with the fifth overall pick in the1994 draft,[5] Alberts began hisprofessional career with the Indianapolis Colts and continued to play for the Colts from1994 to1996.[6] Due to injuries he played portions of just threeseasons before retiring before the1997 season, tallying just four careerquarterback sacks and one interception.
Upon retirement from the NFL, Alberts was hired by the Americancable televisionnetworkCNN/SI and concomitantly itsSports Illustratedmagazine, where he served as a college football contributor. In 2002, Alberts joined the staff of the American cable television networkESPN, where he worked as anin-studio analyst for college football, ultimately joiningRece Davis andMark May on the network'sCollege GameDay Scoreboard andCollege GameDay Final.
On September 6, 2005, Alberts wasterminated by ESPN forbreaching his contract when he declined to report to work; Alberts later claimed he did not want to "play second fiddle" to the more prominent cast ofCollege GameDay,Chris Fowler,Kirk Herbstreit andLee Corso.[7]
Alberts thereafter accepted a position as acolumnist for thewebsite of thecollege sports cable television networkCSTV. He worked as a color commentator for theNFL on Westwood One Sunday afternoon radio broadcasts in 2006. He also provided color commentary for SEC football games on CBS.[citation needed]
Alberts also served as an analyst for Sprint Exclusive Entertainment, breaking down college football and other sports for viewers.[8]
Omaha
Alberts was hired in April 2009 to be the director of athletics for theNebraska–Omaha Mavericks sports program at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.[9]
I believe the potential for UNO's athletic programs is unlimited. This new chapter in my life will be exciting for me and for my family. I had an amazing experience as a college athlete. For several years now, I’ve wanted to return to college athletics and give something back. This position at UNO is a privilege.[9]
—Alberts upon assuming the UNO job
Alberts made the controversial decision to eliminate football and wrestling in an effort to bringUniversity of Nebraska-Omaha to Division I'sSummit League. The regents approved the move March 25, 2011.[10]
Nebraska
On July 14, 2021, theUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln announced Alberts as its nextathletic director.[11]
On September 11, 2022, Alberts elected to fire football head coachScott Frost. The move was seen as ill-timed as Frost's buyout would have almost $8 million less if Alberts had waited 3 more weeks.[12]
Texas A&M
On March 13, 2024, Texas A&M University announced that Alberts had been hired as its new athletic director, replacingRoss Bjork, who took the same position atOhio State.[11]