Brett Maher

Brett Maher is in his first season as the assistant special teams coach with the Nebraska football team in 2025. During the 2024 season, Maher was also on staff and worked with the Husker place-kickers and punters.

Maher joined Matt Rhule's staff after a successful playing career. Maher spent five seasons in the NFL, where he made 80 percent of his career field goals. Maher made 111 career field goals, including 34 from 50 yards or longer. In 2018 with the Dallas Cowboys, Maher tied a franchise record for most field goals 50 yards or longer, a record he would break in 2022. In 2019, Maher made a 63-yard field goal to set the Cowboys' record for longest field goal in a game. In his final season as a Cowboy in 2022, Maher made 29-of-32 kicks during the regular season, including 9-of-11 from 50 yards or longer. He set a Cowboys single-season kicking record with 137 points and led the league with 78 touchbacks.

At the conclusion of his career, Maher held the NFL record for most career 60-yard field goals. Prior to the NFL, Maher spent time in the Canadian Football League.

A Nebraska native, Maher was the starting punter and place-kicker during his Husker career. He was a two-time Big Ten Kicker of the Year and in 2011, Maher was both the Big Ten Kicker and Punter of the Year. As a senior in 2012, Maher made 20 field goals to rank second in school history while setting a Nebraska record with 119 points scored by a kicker. He was the Big Ten co-Kicker of the Year in 2012 and was also a first-team All-Big Ten selection as a kicker and a second-team all-conference pick as a punter. As a junior in 2011, Maher was the Big Ten Kicker and Punter of the Year. He made 19-of-23 field goals and averaged 41.4 yards per punt.

Maher earned his degree in secondary education - mathematics from Nerbaska and was an Academic All-Big 12 selection.