Former Nebraska football player and coach Frank Solich will return to Memorial Stadium to be honored as a National Football Foundation Hall of Fame electee during the Colorado game Saturday.
After staying away from Memorial Stadium for the better part of two decades, former Nebraska football player and coach Frank Solich will be making a second trip in as many years to his old stomping grounds.
During the NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salutes, electees return to their respective school to accept a Hall of Fame plaque that will stay on permanent display at the institution. The events take place on the field during a home game, and many Hall of Famers cite the experience as the ultimate capstone to their careers, providing them one more chance to take the field and be recognized in front of their home crowd.
Oct 10, 2015; Athens, OH, USA; Ohio Bobcats head coach Frank Solich looks on from the sidelines in the second half against the Miami Redhawks at Peden Stadium. The Bobcats won 34-3. / Aaron Doster-Imagn Images Solich was also a three-year letterman at Nebraska , playing fullback and serving as team captain for the 1965 season. He played on three Big Eight Championship teams , and he was inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame inductee as a player in 1992 and as a coach in 2012. He began his coaching career as a high school head coach in Nebraska for more than a decade.
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