Nebraska volleyball coach John Cook’s contract extension includes unique, horse-driven incentive


John Cook dinner has been a staple within the women’s college volleyball world for greater than 20 years. 

He lately landed a contract extension that ties him to the Nebraska Cornhuskers for the foreseeable future. The deal features a appreciable wage bump, nevertheless it additionally comes with a novel incentive. A number of the funds within the contract can be devoted to Cook dinner’s purpose of buying a horse.

Whereas Cook dinner can earn extra based mostly on the volleyball workforce’s achievements, there’s additionally a $70,000 retention bonus that may assist him purchase a horse.

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Head coach John Cook dinner of the Nebraska Cornhuskers enters the court docket previous to the Division I Womens Volleyball Championship towards the Texas Longhorns at Amalie Enviornment on Dec. 17, 2023, in Tampa, Florida. (Jamie Schwaberow/NCAA Photographs by way of Getty Photographs)

“When (athletic director) Troy (Dannen) and I talked about my contract, I proposed that as an alternative of an annual escalating wage that some coaches do, it will imply a terrific deal to me if the Nebraska athletic division would contemplate supporting me in buying a horse out in central Nebraska that I’ve had my eye on,” Cook dinner stated in a press release.

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Cook dinner additionally stated the horse, referred to as No. 415, was born and bred on the Pitzer Ranch in Ericson, Nebraska, and is a “once-in-a-lifetime efficiency horse.”

John Cook coaches a volleyball game

Head coach John Cook dinner of the Nebraska Cornhuskers huddles with the workforce previous to the Division I Ladies’s Volleyball Championship towards the Texas Longhorns on Dec. 17, 2023, in Tampa. (Jamie Schwaberow/NCAA Photographs by way of Getty Photographs)

Cook dinner stated the retention bonus served as a inventive workaround.

“Troy liked the concept and whereas they could not particularly write that into the contract, the retention bonus can be used for No. 415. I’m honored that Troy was supportive of my concept and it means so much to me,” Cook dinner stated.

John Cook looks on during a game

Nebraska head coach John Cook dinner because the second set is about to start out throughout the NCAA Division I Ladies’s Volleyball Championship match towards the Texas Longhorns on Dec. 17, 2023, in Tampa. (David Buono/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Photographs)

It looks as if a small worth to pay for one of the profitable coaches in ladies’s volleyball.

Cook dinner was named Nebraska’s head volleyball coach in 2000. He has led this system to 4 NCAA championships and 13 convention titles. 

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Final August, a record-breaking number of followers attended “Volleyball Day” at Memorial Stadium – the Nebraska soccer workforce’s residence stadium. 

The Cornhuskers solely misplaced two video games final season, however got here up quick within the nationwide championship recreation towards the Texas Longhorns. Nebraska opens the volleyball season on Aug. 30.

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