Frank Verducci

Veteran coach Frank Verducci is in his seventh season on the Nebraska staff in 2024. Verducci brings extensive experience and knowledge to his role, having coached in five decades, including stints as a Big Ten assistant, an offensive coordinator and NFL assistant coach.

Verducci is in his second season serving in a recruiting and personnel analyst role after having worked with Nebraska’s offensive line from 2018 to 2021, including serving as offensive line coach during the conclusion of the 2021 season. Cam Jurgens received All-Big Ten Conference honors and was selected with the 51st pick in the 2022 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles, becoming the 22nd player drafted under Verducci’s tutelage and the third Husker offensive lineman drafted during his tenure in Lincoln. (Matt Farniok, Dallas Cowboys and Brendan Jaimes, Los Angeles Chargers). 

Before serving as an analyst, Verducci’s on field experience included 17 years with current Big Ten squads. The 2024 season marks his 24th year in the conference. Verducci spent 12 years at Iowa, three seasons at Maryland and two seasons at Northwestern. 

Verducci was the offensive coordinator at UConn in 2015 and 2016 after serving as run game coordinator at Notre Dame, Iowa and Florida. His NFL experience includes serving as the offensive line coach with the Dallas Cowboys, Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals along with serving as an assistant with the Cleveland Browns and in  pro personnel for the Rams.

Developing offensive linemen has been the cornerstone of Verducci’s coaching tenure. As a college coach, he has developed first round draft picks at Iowa (Ross Verba, 1997 - Green Bay Packers), Notre Dame (Zach Martin, 2014 - Dallas Cowboys) and Florida (DJ Humphries, 2016 – Arizona Cardinals). Forty-one of Verducci’s former players have made NFL rosters over the course of his career. Single game, single season, bowl and career rushing records were all broken during Verducci’s tenure at Iowa. 

In the NFL, Verducci oversaw the development of rookie offensive linemen Joe Thomas (Cleveland Browns) and Jason Peters (Buffalo Bills), both earning All-Pro accolades during their careers. As the Dallas Cowboys offensive line coach, Verducci tutored NFL Hall of Famer Larry Allen in 2002. Cincinnati Bengals running back Corey Dillon set the NFL single-game rushing record during Verducci’s time with the Bengals and Emmitt Smith became the NFL’s all-time leading rusher during Verducci’s time in Dallas.

Verducci earned his bachelor’s degree from Seton Hall in 1980. He and his wife, Noel, have two children. Frank’s father, Tony, was a legendary high school football coach in New Jersey who coached former Husker Tom Coccia (1976), while Frank's brother, Tom, is the senior baseball writer for Sports Illustrated and a baseball analyst for FOX and the MLB Network.