{"id":174490,"date":"2026-02-21T17:42:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T17:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/174490\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T17:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T17:42:20","slug":"brett-maher-ex-kicker-named-nebraska-special-teams-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/174490\/","title":{"rendered":"Brett Maher, ex-kicker, named Nebraska special teams coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Dallas Cowboys kicker Brett Maher has been announced as special teams coordinator for the Nebraska Cornhuskers heading into the 2026 college football season.<\/p>\n

Maher has been coaching at Nebraska since 2024 when he joined as an assistant special teams coach.<\/p>\n

Cowboys fans will remember Maher, who was the team\u2019s kicker for three of his five NFL seasons.<\/p>\n

Maher\u2019s Cowboys tenure ended after his best season in 2022, when he made 29 of 32 field goals but came down with a case of the yips<\/a> when set an NFL record by missing his first four extra point attempts<\/a> in the team\u2019s 31-14 playoff victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Jan. 16, 2023.<\/p>\n

Maher ended his career with the NFL record for the most 60-yard field goals<\/a>, a mark that would be surpassed by current Cowboys All-Pro kicker Brandon Aubrey.<\/a><\/p>\n

Maher, a Nebraska native, is no stranger to the Cornhuskers and played his college football in Lincoln, where he was a two-time Big Ten kicker of the year.<\/p>\n

The former pro kicker will try and help Cornhuskers head coach Matt Rhule get the formerly great program back to prominence.<\/p>\n

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