A new era is officially underway for Nebraska volleyball, who introduced Dani Busboom Kelly as the fourth head coach in program history on Thursday afternoon in Lincoln. The Nebraska native and former Husker takes the torch from four-time NCAA Champion John Cook after he announced his retirement after 25 seasons at

Busboom Kelly, 39, was a four-sport standout at Adams Freeman High School in rural Nebraska about 30 miles south of Lincoln. She committed to the Huskers as a sophomore and won a national championship as a setter-turned-libero under Cook in 2006. She was on his bench as an assistant coach for Nebraska’s title run in 2015.