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Busch</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;">Biographical details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1965-04-27</span>) </span>April 27, 1965<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 59)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Pender,_Nebraska" title="Pender, Nebraska">Pender, Nebraska</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Wesleyan_University" title="Nebraska Wesleyan University">Nebraska Wesleyan University</a> (1988)<br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Nebraska_at_Kearney" title="University of Nebraska at Kearney">Kearney State College</a> (1990)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Playing career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1985–1987</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Wesleyan_Prairie_Wolves_football" title="Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves football">Nebraska Wesleyan</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Position(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">Wide receiver</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Coaching career (<a href="/wiki/Head_coach" title="Head coach">HC</a> unless noted)</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1989</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Wesleyan_Prairie_Wolves_football" title="Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves football">Nebraska Wesleyan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Graduate_assistant" title="Graduate assistant">GA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1990–1993</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football" title="Nebraska Cornhuskers football">Nebraska</a> (GA)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1994</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Badgers_football" title="Wisconsin Badgers football">Wisconsin</a> (GA)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1995</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Arizona_Lumberjacks_football" title="Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football">Northern Arizona</a> (DB)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1996</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;">Northern Arizona (co-<a href="/wiki/Defensive_coordinator" title="Defensive coordinator">DC</a>/DB)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1997–2000</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_State_Aggies_football" title="New Mexico State Aggies football">New Mexico State</a> (DB)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">2001–2003</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Utah_Utes_football" title="Utah Utes football">Utah</a> (DB)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">2004</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;">Nebraska (ST/OLB)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">2005–2007</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;">Nebraska (ST/S)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">2009–2010</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Utah_State_Aggies_football" title="Utah State Aggies football">Utah State</a> (DC)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">2011–2012</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;">Utah State (ST/S)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">2013–2014</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;">Wisconsin (ST/DB)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">2015</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football" title="Ohio State Buckeyes football">Ohio State</a> (DQC)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">2016</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football" title="Rutgers Scarlet Knights football">Rutgers</a> (DB)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">2017</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;">Rutgers (co-DC/DB)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">2018–2020</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/LSU_Tigers_football" title="LSU Tigers football">LSU</a> (S)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">2021</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;">Nebraska (def. analyst)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">2022</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;">Nebraska (ST)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">2022</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;">Nebraska (interim DC/ST)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Accomplishments and honors</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left;">Championships</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/College_Football_Playoff_National_Championship" title="College Football Playoff National Championship">CFP National Champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/2020_College_Football_Playoff_National_Championship" title="2020 College Football Playoff National Championship">2020</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Busch</b> (born April 27, 1965) is an American <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> coach. He was the interim <a href="/wiki/Defensive_coordinator" title="Defensive coordinator">defensive coordinator</a> and special teams coordinator for the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Nebraska%E2%80%93Lincoln" title="University of Nebraska–Lincoln">University of Nebraska–Lincoln</a> in 2022. He also coached for <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Wesleyan_Prairie_Wolves_football" title="Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves football">Nebraska Wesleyan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Badgers_football" title="Wisconsin Badgers football">Wisconsin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Arizona_Lumberjacks_football" title="Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football">Northern Arizona</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_State_Aggies_football" title="New Mexico State Aggies football">New Mexico State</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah_Utes_football" title="Utah Utes football">Utah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah_State_Aggies_football" title="Utah State Aggies football">Utah State</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football" title="Ohio State Buckeyes football">Ohio State</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football" title="Rutgers Scarlet Knights football">Rutgers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/LSU_Tigers_football" title="LSU Tigers football">LSU</a>. He played college football for Nebraska Wesleyan as a <a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">wide receiver</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Busch&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Busch was born on April 27, 1965, in <a href="/wiki/Pender,_Nebraska" title="Pender, Nebraska">Pender, Nebraska</a>. He played <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> for <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Wesleyan_University" title="Nebraska Wesleyan University">Nebraska Wesleyan University</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">wide receiver</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After graduating from Nebraska Wesleyan in 1988 he attended <a href="/wiki/University_of_Nebraska_at_Kearney" title="University of Nebraska at Kearney">Kearney State College</a>—now the University of Nebraska at Kearney—where he earned his <a href="/wiki/Master%27s_degree" title="Master's degree">Master's degree</a> in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_career">Coaching career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Busch&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Coaching career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Busch's first six seasons of coaching he served as a <a href="/wiki/Graduate_assistant" title="Graduate assistant">graduate assistant</a> at his alma mater, Nebraska Wesleyan University, for a year in 1989; the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Nebraska%E2%80%93Lincoln" title="University of Nebraska–Lincoln">University of Nebraska–Lincoln</a> for four years from 1990 to 1993;<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and for the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison" title="University of Wisconsin–Madison">University of Wisconsin–Madison</a> in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following Busch's stint with Wisconsin, he joined <a href="/wiki/Northern_Arizona_University" title="Northern Arizona University">Northern Arizona University</a> as the team's <a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">defensive backs</a> coach in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the following year he was promoted to co-<a href="/wiki/Defensive_coordinator" title="Defensive coordinator">defensive coordinator</a> while maintaining his post as defensive backs coach.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1997, Busch was hired by <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_State_University" title="New Mexico State University">New Mexico State University</a> to serve as defensive backs coach under head football coach <a href="/wiki/Tony_Samuel" title="Tony Samuel">Tony Samuel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2001, after four seasons with the <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_State_Aggies_football" title="New Mexico State Aggies football">New Mexico State Aggies</a>, he joined the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Utah" title="University of Utah">University of Utah</a> in the same position.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2004, Busch started his second stint with <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football" title="Nebraska Cornhuskers football">Nebraska</a> as the team's special teams coordinator and <a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">outside linebackers</a> coach before becoming the special teams coordinator and <a href="/wiki/Safety_(gridiron_football_position)" title="Safety (gridiron football position)">safeties</a> coach in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After not coaching in 2008, Busch was hired by <a href="/wiki/Gary_Andersen" title="Gary Andersen">Gary Andersen</a> at <a href="/wiki/Utah_State_Aggies_football" title="Utah State Aggies football">Utah State</a>. He spent four seasons there, serving as defensive coordinator for the first two before reverting to safeties coach and special teams coordinator for the latter two. <sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, Busch began his second stint with <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Badgers_football" title="Wisconsin Badgers football">Wisconsin</a> as the team's special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, Busch was hired by <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_University" title="Ohio State University">Ohio State University</a> as a defensive quality control coach.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, Busch was hired by <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_University" title="Rutgers University">Rutgers University</a> as the defensive backs coach.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, he was promoted to co-defensive coordinator alongside being the defensive backs coach.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, Busch was hired by <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_University" title="Louisiana State University">Louisiana State University</a> as the safeties coach. In 2019, under head football coach <a href="/wiki/Ed_Orgeron" title="Ed Orgeron">Ed Orgeron</a>, he was a part of the <a href="/wiki/2019_College_Football_Playoff_National_Championship" title="2019 College Football Playoff National Championship">2019 College Football Playoff National Championship</a> <a href="/wiki/2019_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2019 LSU Tigers football team">LSU</a> team.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was not retained following the 2020 season.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, Busch began his third stint with Nebraska as a defensive analyst.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, he was promoted to special teams coordinator. With eight weeks remaining in the 2022 season, he was promoted to interim defensive coordinator.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was not retained following the hiring of <a href="/wiki/Matt_Rhule" title="Matt Rhule">Matt Rhule</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Busch&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2023, Busch became a co-host for 93.7 "The Ticket" (Early Break with Sip & Jake).<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span 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