Tom Osborn net worth
Tom Osborn Net Worth: Tom Osborn is an American football coach and politician from Nebraska who has a net worth of $10 million. From 1973 to 1997, he succeeded Bob Devaney as head coach of the University of Nebraska’s Cornhuskers football team for 25 years, one of the most successful coaches in American college football history.
Osborne was later elected US Representative from Nebraska’s 3rd congressional district, as a Republican. He served three terms from 2001 to 2007. In 2007, he returned to the University of Nebraska as athletic director and retired in January 2013. Osborn was born and raised in Hastings, a small town in rural central Nebraska. He graduated from Hastings College in 1959 with a BA in History and was awarded the Nebraska College Athlete of the Year Award. The first Nebraska male athlete to win both high school and college Athlete of the Year awards, Osborn was drafted into the NFL by the Washington Redskins and played wide receiver for the team for two seasons; The San Francisco 49ers played one season. Osborne received a master’s degree in educational psychology from Nebraska in 1963 and a doctorate in educational psychology in 1965. He also served in the Nebraska Army National Guard from 1960-66. In 1964, Osborn joined the Cornhusk coaching staff as an unpaid offensive assistant to head coach Devaney. His only compensation was being able to dine at the athletic training table. Devaney announced that he would resign as head coach at the age of 57 at the end of the 1972 season, and named Osborne as his successor, 35-year-old Osborn as head coach. He served as head coach for 25 seasons until the 1997 season, mostly serving as his own offensive coordinator. In his 25 years as head coach, Osborn was a model of stability. Osborne’s team is known for its strong charge and strong defense.
In 2000, he left football to pursue a political career and served three terms as the U.S. representative for Nebraska. In 2006, Osborne ran for governor of Nebraska, challenging Governor Dave Heineman and Omaha businessman Dave Nabity in the Republican primary, but lost to Heine by three percentage points Man. He and his wife Nancy Tedman have a son and two daughters.
