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Tom and Nancy Osborne Athletic Complex
Courtesy: NU Media Relations
          Release: 07/21/2008
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The Tom and Nancy Osborne Athletic Complex was completed in 2006. It houses the Nebraska football offices, football locker room, Charles and Romona Myers Performance Center, Strength Complex, Athletic Medicine Center and Nebraska's administrative offices on the north end of Memorial Stadium.

Tom and Nancy Osborne Athletic Complex

The football offices and meeting areas on the second floor of the Tom and Nancy Osborne Complex are the most advanced and complete in the nation. The main lobby to the floor overlooks the building's atrium and 40-foot waterfall, providing a spectacular entrance to the finest facility in the country. Football Entrance

The Tom and Nancy Osborne Athletic Complex is the home of Nebraska Football at the north end of Memorial Stadium. In addition to housing the Huskers' football locker room, Strength Complex and Athletic Medicine areas, the building houses the football coaches offices and Nebraska's athletic administrative areas.

Tom and Nancy Osborne Athletic Complex Exterior
Nebraska's meeting space more than doubled with the completion of the Tom and Nancy Osborne Athletic Complex. The large team room provides space for about 160 people and allows coaches to utilize the most advanced technology as it is equipped with theatre-quality sound and video systems.
The team meeting room is one of several on the football floor, as each position coach has a meeting room directly across the hall from his office. Players and coaches each have more space to view game or practice video, giving them a greater edge in preparing for competition.
The Osborne Athletic Complex provides Husker student-athletes with a tremendous advantage as everything they need to prepare for competition is all in one area. Athletes have easy access to the football offices, including position and video rooms, which are one floor above the strength complex, athletic medicine area and locker room. View from Coach Blake's Office

Husker coaches have a tremendous view of Nebraska's new weight room, which is 40 percent bigger than the one that set the standard around the nation in the 1980s and 1990s. Each coaches' office overlooks the strength complex, giving them a birds-eye-view of the work being done every day during the season. 

Nebraska has captured five national titles in football since 1970 and is the winningest program in the nation during that period. The Huskers' five national titles, including three Sears Trophies from 1994, 1995 and 1997 - are prominently displayed in the main corridor of the football area.

National Championship Trophies
A magnificent statue of Tom Osborne with a Nebraska football player greets fans near the main entrance of the Osborne Complex. The statue was placed in the Championship Plaza on Aug. 29, 2006, as a highlight of Memorial Stadium's new facilities. Osborne Statue Closeup

The entrance to the Osborne Athletic Complex features an inspirational call to action from famed Nebraska orator William Jennings Bryan.

"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice."

Tom and Nancy Osborne Athletic Complex
A plaque explaining the atmosphere around William Jennings Bryan's famous speech has been placed near the entrance to the Osborne Athletic Complex. Chris W. Eskridge, Ph.D., a professor of criminal justice at Nebraska, researched and selected the quote for use above the building's entrance.  Quote
The walkway on the North side of the Osborne Athletic Complex forms the Championship Plaza, which leads to the Hawks Championship Center and the Nebraska Soccer Field/Ed Weir Stadium. Plaza walkway<="" P="">
Once inside the main doors on the Northwest corner of the Osborne Athletic Complex, visitors will be greeted by a stunning 40-foot waterfall emblazoned with a white "N" on a red background, an impressive and sophisticated donor wall. The donor wall honors every Nebraska fan who contributed $100 or more to the Husker Nation Championship Drive and the construction of the Osborne Athletic Complex and Hawks Championship Center. Donor Wall
The atrium and the entrance to the Charles and Romona Myers Performance Center provide a spectacular first impression and a welcoming atmosphere to visitors and prospective student-athletes from around the world. Tom and Nancy Osborne Complex Atrium
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