John Cook retires at Nebraska; Dani Busboom Kelly takes over - ESPN

Nebraska women's volleyball coach John Cook, who won four NCAA titles in 25 seasons with the Cornhuskers, announced his retirement Wednesday.

Former Nebraska player and assistant Dani Busboom Kelly will take over the Huskers program after eight seasons leading Louisville.

«It's been a great run,» Cook, 68, said in a statement released by Nebraska. «I want to thank my family for their support… I've had the opportunity to work with some great coaches and staff over the years, and I'm forever grateful for how hard they worked and for how much they gave to Nebraska volleyball.»

Busboom Kelly, 39, was a key player for the 2006 Huskers team that won the national championship in Omaha, Nebraska. She was a setter and a libero during her college playing career.

• 4 NCAA championships (2000, 2006, 2015, 2017)
• 12 NCAA Final Four appearances
• 9 Big 12 titles and 5 Big Ten titles
• Career record of 883-176 (.834), 5th-best winning pct. all time in D-I
• Nebraska record of 722-103, best winning pct. (.875) for any D-I program in last 25 years
• At Nebraska, coached 5 Olympians, a Honda-Broderick Cup winner, 3 AVCA D-I National Players of the Year, 72 AVCA All-Americans, 25 Academic All-Americans and 10 conference players of year
• Huskers have sold out 337 consecutive regular-season matches since 2001, longest streak in NCAA women's history
• 3-time AVCA National Coach of the Year (2000, 2005 and 2023), one of only three (Russ Rose, Mary Wise) to do that
• 8-time conference coach of the year
• Inducted into AVCA Hall of Fame in 2017

She was Cook's assistant in 2015, when Nebraska also won the NCAA title in Omaha. A Nebraska native, Busboom Kelly took over at Louisville in 2017 and went 203-43 with the Cardinals, leading them to the