Thomas William Osborne (born February 23, 1937) is an American former football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and politician from Nebraska. He served as head football coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1973 to 1997 (25 seasons).

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College football is such a different game in 2025 than it was when Tom Osborne retired from coaching back in 1997, and to take it a step further, so much has...

Dr. Thomas William ‘Tom’ Osborne is a former Head Coach of the University of Nebraska football team and is considered to be the most proficient coach in the history of American college football.

Dec 10, 2015 · NANCY OSBORNE, wife of head Coach Tom Osborne, offers her support during a press conference Wednesday at which Osborne announced his retirement. Osborne told the media her support was important to him during his career.

The victory left Osborne as the first coach in college football history to retire as a reigning national champion. He also left the sideline with the nation's best active winning percentage (.836, 255-49-3), a mark that still ranks sixth all-time among Division I coaches.

When Tom Osborne was Nebraska’s head coach, the Cornhuskers reached the highest of highs. NU won 12 Big Eight titles under his watch and three national championships before his retirement in 1997.

Tom Osborne. Career Record: 25 Years, 255-49-3, .836 Win% (at major schools) Bowl Record: 25 Games, 12-13, .480 Win% (at major schools) More bio, uniform, draft info

OSBORNE, Thomas William ("Tom")(b. 23 February 1937 in Hastings, Nebraska), professional football player and head coach of the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1973 to 1998, during which time his teams won three National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championship titles.

Osborne, 87, won five national championships with the Huskers (two as an assistant, three as Nebraska's head coach) and retired from college football well in advance of its player empowerment era ...