Anyone Heard the Name Bob Wager? Just Met Him at Isles - Texas High School Coach - Seemingly Potential New Husker Coach?

[11husker23]

Haha, wasn’t out searching for nugs at all…..but considering we live in Las Vegas and are just back for the holidays early because of scheduling makes it extremely unlikely.

Oh….and I’d also go WAY juicer if I was going to lie, FWIW.

But did you get the leaning tower...

 

[That SOB Van Owen]

Sounds like an analyst.

Or TEs coach. Satterfield to coach QBs, then Nixon or the other dude who’s name I’m blanking on for WRs.

 

[Bootleg11]

He's the AC/HC at Arlington Martin that has to pay $120k+

Nebraska gonna pay an analyst $150k?

 

[Fargo Husker]

He's the AC/HC at Arlington Martin that has to pay $120k+

Nebraska gonna pay an analyst $150k?

Potentially, but not likely.

Then again, if it's your goal to break into P5 coaching is it worth taking a bit of a pay cut to get your foot in the door?

 

[Freebird]

Potentially, but not likely.

Then again, if it's your goal to break into P5 coaching is it worth taking a bit of a pay cut to get your foot in the door?

I agree with this but don’t you think he’s had previous opportunities to jump into P5 before us? He’s been a high school head coach for 23 years. You’d think someone would’ve offered him some sort of analyst job before us.

Why wait until you’re 52 to jump into a P5 gig?

 

[Bootleg11]

Potentially, but not likely.

Then again, if it's your goal to break into P5 coaching is it worth taking a bit of a pay cut to get your foot in the door?

No, not from where he is currently at. I suppose if he's going to retire and pull from TRS..maybe.

 

[Lonny Boysen]

But did you get the leaning tower...

Duh

 

[HuskerDocCo]

I agree with this but don’t you think he’s had previous opportunities to jump into P5 before us? He’s been a high school head coach for 23 years. You’d think someone would’ve offered him some sort of analyst job before us.

Why wait until you’re 52 to jump into a P5 gig?

its called a midlife crisis you ding bat. I had one in my 60’s, Went and bought yellow corvette and wanted to snowbird to AZ. well, 2 penicillin shots later here i am back in nebraska farmin

 

[Herbie]

I doubt he leaves high school ball in his 50 to be an analyst

 

[LoudHogRider]

I agree with this but don’t you think he’s had previous opportunities to jump into P5 before us? He’s been a high school head coach for 23 years. You’d think someone would’ve offered him some sort of analyst job before us.

Why wait until you’re 52 to jump into a P5 gig?

Really valid question. The ONLY thing I can think of that possibly makes sense here is ... he trusts Matt Rhule and knows this won't be a one-year-n-done opportunity. He can get his kids through school up here before the inevitable volatility of the assistance coaching world catches up to you at the collegiate level. And after so many years of doing the same thing at Arlington, perhaps his simply ready for a new challenge.

I've never heard of the man until yesterday, but after watching that video of him, it seems like he's the kind of man you'd want on your staff at any level. Energetic, positive, knowledgable, experienced and dedicated AF to his craft.

 

[Boondock_St_Sker]

Cost of living in Arlington v Lincoln?? gotta be cheaper to live in Lincoln..take the pay cut to get a few years of blue-blood P5 program on your resume then bounce for a better gig at G5 level.

I agree at 52 it's a lot to consider but from the video it sounds like the family is all in on his football dream.

Nice find @Lonny Boysen

 

[Lonny Boysen]

Cost of living in Arlington v Lincoln?? gotta be cheaper to live in Lincoln..take the pay cut to get a few years of blue-blood P5 program on your resume then bounce for a better gig at G5 level.

I agree at 52 it's a lot to consider but from the video it sounds like the family is all in on his football dream.

Nice find @Lonny Boysen

Haha, thanks man…..it literally just fell in my lap (errrrr, the empty chair at our table), but I wanted to bring it to tPB first.

I did share it on Rivals shortly after, but I can’t wait for Dean to steal my scoop.

PS - dude didn’t seem 52 to me (and 52 simply isn’t as old as it used to be). He was also extremely polite and engaged…..tons of “yes sirs” and “no, ma’am’s,” and he was good at at least feigning true interest during even the most boring of stories from my group haha.

I missed what he said when he asked to sit down (other end of the 8-top), so it was a strange situation to suddenly have this bald-dude playing 20-questions? Lol

He went straight to another table after us, so clearly the man was on a mission to glean as many honest opinions as he could get.

 

[Lonny Boysen]

Another note: The only reason I figured out who he is was because his son was wearing a letterman jacket with (what turned out to be) their last name on the back: WAGER.

Couldn’t find a Wager high in Texas, but this Bob guy kept popping up and I finally looked at one and saw the pic haha.

 

[Bootleg11]

Cost of living in Arlington v Lincoln?? gotta be cheaper to live in Lincoln..take the pay cut to get a few years of blue-blood P5 program on your resume then bounce for a better gig at G5 level.

I agree at 52 it's a lot to consider but from the video it sounds like the family is all in on his football dream.

Nice find @Lonny Boysen

He's the head coach/athletics coordinator at a 6A school in Texas. That's probably a better paying job than an assistant at a G5 school. His salary was $113,500 6 years ago. And that's not including whatever he gets from boosters.

I'm guessing he makes somewhere in the range of $150k+ a year now.

Wager talks about Rhule in this article by the way.

How Texas high school football coaches have become power brokers for colleges in the state

Originally, there were members of the Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA) that weren’t in favor of Baylor’s first head coaching hire after Art Briles. They believed Baylor needed to

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Because of this, Wager can’t even fathom just how many college coaches have come into his office over the years. He does remember the first time Rhule walked into his office, though. McGuire, a newly hired assistant for Rhule, joined him.

“It didn’t take long to figure out Matt Rhule is a genuine guy,” Wager said, “but I do think it goes a long way to have that tie: when you have someone with Texas high school football street credibility as the connecto

 

[Boondock_St_Sker]

Haha, thanks man…..it literally just fell in my lap (errrrr, the empty chair at our table), but I wanted to bring it to tPB first.

I did share it on Rivals shortly after, but I can’t wait for Dean to steal my scoop.

PS - dude didn’t seem 52 to me (and 52 simply isn’t as old as it used to be). He was also extremely polite and engaged…..tons of “yes sirs” and “no, ma’am’s,” and he was good at at least feigning true interest during even the most boring of stories from my group haha.

I missed what he said when he asked to sit down (other end of the 8-top), so it was a strange situation to suddenly have this bald-dude playing 20-questions? Lol

He went straight to another table after us, so clearly the man was on a mission to glean as many honest opinions as he could get.

I don't have an On3 acct anymore...if he says something lettuce know please...

 

[Lonny Boysen]

I don't have an Tater Island acct anymore...if he says something lettuce know please...

I got bant recently for commenting on how bad they did covering the Rhule situation…..we’ll have to rely on someone else.

 

[vailhusker]

Props to @Lonny Boysen



Arlington Martin (Texas) High School head coach Bob Wager is a strong candidate to join Matt Rhule's Nebraska staff, sources told FootballScoop on Tuesday.

Wager's role on the Huskers' staff was not known at press time.


Wager has been the head coach at Martin since 2006. His Warriors teams never missed the playoffs in 17 seasons; Wager's 2022 team went 10-2 with his son, Gage, a senior running back for the Warriors.

Rhule had tremendous success hiring Texas high school coaches to his Baylor staff. Joey McGuire left Cedar Hill to join Rhule's staff and is now the head coach at Texas Tech. Current Baylor quarterbacks coach Shawn Bell (Round Rock Cedar Ridge) and associate AD for football relations David Wetzel (San Antonio Reagan) also left the Texas high school ranks to work for Rhule.

 

[Bootleg11]

Nice job @Lonny Boysen

 

[Boondock_St_Sker]

People following Coach Wager that I know on the Twitts...

 

[cwessel76]

@Lonny Boysen is the