Overall, Ekeler brings more than two decades of college coaching experience to Rhule’s staff. “Mike Ekeler brings a history of special teams excellence to Nebraska,” Rhule said.

Mike Ekeler is ending his four-year stint with the Tennessee Volunteers to join the Nebraska Cornhuskers. The Cornhuskers reportedly hired Ekeler as their new special teams coordinator on Monday.

Nebraska football hired former Tennessee Volunteer special teams coach Mike Ekeler for the same position on Monday. This was reported by multiple media outlets. Eckler is coming back to Lincoln.

Ekeler aided in some of the best Husker defenses of the 21st century. In 2010, Nebraska was fifth nationally in pass defense (153.6), ninth in scoring defense (17.4) and 11th in total defense (306.8).

Mike Ekeler will be Nebraska’s new special teams coordinator. Ekeler is a David City native who previously coached with the #Huskers from 2008-2010. High energy coach & strong recruiter.

Mike Ekeler thanks his return to Nebraska football on one person - a former Blackshirt and National Football League veteran - Will Compton. Ekeler was hired as an assistant coach to join Matt ...

In the midst of that discussion, they looked a bit more at special teams and Nebraska's new coordinator Mike Ekeler. Below is a lightly edited transcript of their conversation on the podcast.

Ekeler spent the 2020 season as the special teams coordinator at North Texas, but he has plenty of Power Five coaching experience from stints at Nebraska (2008-10), Indiana (2011-12), Southern ...

Tennessee Outside Linebackers/Special Teams Coordinator Mike Ekeler shares his excitement with ESPN's Lee Corso during the NCAA college football game against Florida on Saturday, September 24 ...

Ekeler last made $575,000 at Tennessee, while Ed Foley, Nebraska’s special teams coordinator in 2023 and 2024, made $550,000 per season.