Former Nebraska player and assistant coach Barney Cotton underwent a successful heart transplant Tuesday night, UNLV head football coach Tony Sanchez told the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Wednesday.

OMAHA — Nebraska’s tight ends have been somewhat quiet this season, with only two touchdowns between Cethan Carter and Sam Cotton, but tight ends coach Barney Cotton said the group has made a bigger ...

Evidence exists in volumes that the transition from one set of coaches to another can be a trying period for most any football program. Barney Cotton clearly understands why. The general order of ...

AMES, Iowa - Former Iowa State assistant coach Barney Cotton made a triumphant return to Jack Trice Stadium Saturday when Nebraska defeated Iowa State, 35-7. Cotton is in his second stint with the ...

More comments from associate head coach Barney Cotton at the Big Red Breakfast (find Friday’s first report here): >> With senior Andrew Rodriguez, NU’s top right tackle, poised to help at right guard, ...

UNLV Football offensive coordinator and tight ends coach, Barney Cotton, has stepped away from the Rebel Football Program as of July 18, 2019 as he awaits a heart transplant in his home of Omaha, ...

When you play Michigan and your offense faces third down, Barney Cotton says, you never know what you’ll see from the Wolverines. Zone. Man to man. Three-man front. Four-man front. Seven defenders at ...

LINCOLN - Nebraska is doing some mid-spring tinkering with its offensive line, and the surprise Wednesday was that it involves senior center Jacob Hickman.Hickman has slid over to right guard, where D ...

Barney Cotton said he's fortunate to have Ben working under Brown and also to have Jake, a defensive lineman, working under John Papuchis and Carl Pelini at Nebraska. Barney and Ben are far more ...

Nebraska assistant Barney Cotton talks about how the rotation could work this weekend and gives a breakdown on the 2013 offensive line class. OMAHA - Barney Cotton talked offensive line play at the ...

LINCOLN — Throw out the name of Cole Pensick and the average Nebraska football fan might not know it. Mention Mark Pelini and most would assume you were referencing NU head coach Bo Pelini by his ...