Ted Gilmore enters his fifth season on the Nebraska coaching staff in 2009. He has served as the receivers coach for each of his first four years, while also handling the role of recruiting coordinator the past three years. The 42-year-old Gilmore added the role of assistant head coach on Bo Pelini's staff.

Husker receivers have posted record-setting numbers under Gilmore's direction, helping the NU passing game rank among the nation's top 15 in passing and total offense each of the past two seasons. In 2008, senior Nate Swift broke 1972 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers' school record for career receptions. Swift finished his career with 166 catches for 2,476 yards and 22 touchdowns. Swift also set the season record for catches by wide receivers with 63 in 2008 and he finished second at Nebraska in season and career receiving yards.

Todd Peterson also excelled under Gilmore, ranking among the NU top five in career receptions and receiving yards. His 62 catches in 2008 rank third in Husker history. Peterson also became one of the most decorated student-athletes in recent years, picking up second-team Academic All-America honors in 2008.

Gilmore is considered a rising star in the profession. In 2007, he was selected to participate in the Expert Coaches Academy in Miami, and his receivers have seen success at all of his coaching stops.

In 2007, the NU receivers were the catalyst behind an offense that ranked seventh nationally in passing and ninth in total offense, while producing the top three passing days in school history.

Seniors Terrence Nunn and Maurice Purify finished their eligibility as the No. 2 and No. 5 career receivers at Nebraska. Nunn finished with 136 career catches, just seven shy of Johnny Rodgers' then-school-record total, and also finished third in career receiving yardage. Purify caught 57 passes as a senior, the second-best total in school history, and finished his two-year NU career with 16 touchdowns to rank No. 3 on that career list. Purify earned honorable-mention All-Big 12 honors for his efforts in 2007.

Gilmore came to Nebraska after spending two seasons on the coaching staff at the University of Colorado, where he also served as receivers coach and worked on the same staff as NU offensive coordinator Shawn Watson. Gilmore guided D.J. Hackett and Derek McCoy, who combined for 141 receptions, 1,896 yards and 18 touchdowns in 2003. Hackett set the school record with 78 receptions as a senior and was a first-team All-Big 12 selection before being taken in the 2004 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks. In 2004, Gilmore helped five Colorado wideouts catch 20 or more passes.

Before his stint in Boulder, Gilmore spent two years as the wide receivers coach for Joe Tiller at Purdue. Gilmore coached the top receiving tandem in the Big Ten in 2002, when Taylor Stubblefield and John Standeford combined for 152 receptions and 2,096 yards.

Stubblefield became the NCAA career leader with 316 receptions after catching at least one pass in all 47 collegiate games. He was a Biletnikoff Award finalist and consensus All-American in 2004, after scoring a school-record 14 touchdowns. Standeford finished his career as the all-time Big Ten leader with 266 receptions and 3,788 yards, and he was a semifinalist for the 2003 Biletnikoff Award, while also earning two first-team CoSIDA Academic All-America certificates.

Gilmore also had assistant coaching stints at Houston (2000), Kansas (1999) and his alma mater Wyoming (1997-98). He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant on Tiller's Wyoming staff from 1994 to 1996, working with the tight ends and wide receivers, including two-time All-American and Biletnikoff Award winner Marcus Harris. One of two All-WAC selections under Gilmore, along with Wendell Montgomery, Harris was the first receiver in NCAA history to record at least 1,400 receiving yards in three consecutive seasons. He won the Biletnikoff Award as the nation's top receiver in 1996 after setting the NCAA record with 4,518 receiving yards.

Gilmore played his final two college seasons at Wyoming, lettering as a receiver in 1988 and 1989, after transferring from Butler County (Kan.) Community College. He caught 40 passes for a team-leading 594 yards and three touchdowns as a junior, and had 32 receptions for 445 yards and two touchdowns as a senior. He earned second-team All-Western Athletic Conference honors as a senior. Gilmore earned his bachelor's degree in sociology from Wyoming in 1991.

A native of Wichita, Kan., Gilmore graduated from Wichita South High School, where he lettered in football, basketball and track. He and his wife, Jennifer, have a daughter, Taylor, and a son, T.J.

The Gilmore File

Date and Place of Birth: Born on March 21, 1967, in Wichita, Kan.

Family: Wife, Jennifer; Daughter, Taylor (9); and son, T.J. (6)

Education: University of Wyoming, bachelors in sociology, 1991

Playing Experience: 1986-87, Butler County (Kan.) Community College; 1988-89, Wyoming

Coaching Experience: 1994-96, Wyoming (graduate assistant/receivers/tight ends); 1997-98, Wyoming (assistant coach/wide receivers); 1999, Kansas (assistant coach/tight ends); 2000, Houston (assistant coach/wide receivers); 2001-02, Purdue (assistant coach/wide receivers); 2003-04, Colorado (assistant coach/wide receivers); 2005-06, Nebraska (assistant coach/wide receivers); 2007, Nebraska (assistant coach/wide receivers, recruiting coordinator); 2008-present, Nebraska (assistant head coach/wide receivers, recruiting coordinator)