Vincent Johnson joined the Nebraska track and field program as a horizontal jumps coach in September of 2022. 

Since joining the program, Johnson has coached three conference champions and six All-American jumpers. 

Johnson coached five athletes to All-America honors during his second season, while guiding Rhianna Phipps and Micaylon Moore to Big Ten titles in the triple jump. At the NCAA Outdoor Championships, Velecia Williams became the first Husker to earn First-Team All-America honors in the women's outdoor long jump since 2014. Ashley McElmurry and Rhianna Phipps added a 10th-place finish and a 14th-place finish in the triple jump. Terrol Wilson and Moore were honored as Second-Team All-Americans in the outdoor triple jump, placing ninth and 10th. At the NCAA Indoor Championships, Phipps claimed fifth in the women's triple jump, Moore placed seventh in the men's triple jump to earn First-Team All-America honors and Terrol Wilson grabbed 13th in the men's triple jump. The jumps consistently bolstered NU's team score at the Big Ten Championships in 2024, with eight top-eight finishes on the men's side at the indoor meet, led by Moore taking the triple jump title and placing fourth in the long jump. At the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, Moore pitched in a runner-up long jump finish and Wilson took the silver in the triple jump. On the women's side, Phipps secured the triple jump title and Lishanna Ilves grabbed third in the long jump.

In 2023, Lotavia Brown took the outdoor triple jump crown at Big Tens, posting a 43-9. Jumpers Williams (long jump) and Phipps (triple jump) earned Second-Team All-America honors at the 2023 Outdoor NCAA Championships. At indoor NCAAs, Lishanna Ilves received the honor in the long jump. 

Johnson joined the Huskers after serving as the sprints and jumps coach and recruiting coordinator at Kansas State for 11 seasons. In his time at K-State, Johnson helped the horizontal jumps and sprints reach new heights. The K-State jumpers and sprinters totaled two NCAA titles, eight Big 12 titles, three first-team All-American honors, and the women's 4x100m relay squad placed eighth overall at the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships.

In 2019, K-State had its first women's NCAA triple jump champion, as Shardia Lawrence took the triple jump crown with a final jump of 45-10 3/4 (13.99m), while breaking the K-State school record three times in the competition. With the jump, Lawrence went down as the indoor and outdoor triple jump school record holder, while becoming the first woman to win the event in K-State history. Lawrence also swept the Big 12 indoor/outdoor triple jump titles during the season.

Along with Lawrence, Johnson coached Jullane Walker to his first NCAA Championship in the long jump, while coaching eight individuals to the NCAA West Preliminary, including four between the men's and women's triple and long jump. Johnson also coached Taishia Pryce (long jump) and Lawrence (triple jump) to Big 12 outdoor championships, while Konstantina Romaiou (triple jump) and Walker (200 meters) finished as the runner-up.

As the recruiting coordinator, Johnson helped the Wildcats land a pair of top-10 recruiting classes. Johnson’s first year with K-State was highlighted by his part in helping the Wildcats land the No. 6 women’s recruiting class in the nation as ranked by Track & Field News. Johnson would help the Wildcats to several more appearances on the top recruiting classes in the nation.
  Before joining K-State for the 2011-12 season, Johnson spent four years at Lancaster High School in Lancaster, Texas. He served as an assistant coach and jumps coordinator and helped lead the team to four straight Texas Class 4A State Championships. While coaching in Lancaster, Johnson also founded and organized a jump specific club called the Texas ‘FACES’ Track Club.
 
Prior to his time in Lancaster, Johnson spent one year at North Panola High School in Mississippi as the head coach to lay the foundation for a new track and field program at the school. Johnson also spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Nacogdoches High School in Texas where he worked specifically with the sprinters and jumpers.
 
Johnson’s athletes saw tremendous individual success in addition to the state titles his teams won. In particular, 2011 was an especially notable year as Johnson’s athletes’ accolades included international gold medals, a USA Junior Champion and athlete of the year awards. On the international level, Johnson coached sprinter Jennifer Madu to a gold medal in the 100 meters at the 2011 IAAF World Youth Championships in France and Field to a gold medal in the long jump at the 2011 Pan American Junior Championships. Field’s most recent effort internationally saw him finish second in the long jump at the North America, Central America, and Caribbean Under-23 Championships. 
 
In national competition, Field won the long jump title at the USA Junior Championships. Field and Madu were also named as both The Dallas Morning News Dallas-Fort Worth area and Texas Gatorade Track and Field Athletes of the Year. 

Along with extensive high school coaching experience, Johnson has collegiate coaching experience working as a graduate assistant and then a full-time assistant coach for his alma mater, Alcorn State. After earning his degree from Alcorn State in recreation studies, Johnson then served as a graduate assistant while earning his masters in health and physical education. During his time at Alcorn State as a coach, Johnson was charged with overseeing the jumpers and supervising the freshman athletes. He helped coach athletes to eight Southwestern Athletic Conference titles.
 
As an athlete for Alcorn State, Johnson was highly successful in the field events as well. He won three SWAC titles, two in the triple jump and one in the long jump and was named SWAC Most Outstanding Performer. He also was a three-time qualifier for NCAA Regionals in the long jump.
 
Johnson has a Level II certification from USATF in jumps and sprints, Hurdles and Relays Specialist through the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Academy. He and his wife, Tonoher, have two children, a daughter, Gili Mi’Joi, and a son, Nisbyc Nehemiah.

Johnson's Coaching Accomplishments
- 3 Big Ten Long Jump/Triple Jump Champion
- 6 Long Jump/Triple Jump All-Americans
- 13 Nebraska Top-10 Long Jump/High Jump Marks

Former Husker high jump Olympian Dusty Jonas was named a full-time assistant coach on the Nebraska track and field staff before the 2018 season after eight years as a volunteer assistant for the Huskers’ men’s and women’s high jump. Jonas continues to oversee the high jump while also coaching the men’s sprints, hurdles and relays.

Jonas has helped turn the Husker high jump into a dominant event at the Big Ten Conference meets. In 2020, Jonas coached Mayson Connor and Madison Yerigan to fourth place finishes at the indoor conference championship meet. During the 2019 season, Jonas coached Mayson Conner to Big Ten Indoor and Outdoor Freshman of the Year honors, after winning both Big Ten Championships in the high jump. Conner’s clearance of 7-3 3/4 (2.23m) indoors is currently tied for the No. 9 mark all-time at Nebraska. Candice Dominguez also captured the women’s high jump title at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships.

In 2018, Landon Bartel won his second Big Ten indoor title, adding to his 2016 title. Reka Czuth won the women’s Big Ten outdoor high jump title in 2016 as well. They followed up on James White’s indoor and outdoor titles in 2015. The Husker men won three straight Big Ten indoor titles from 2014-16, and overall the Husker high jumpers have combined for six Big Ten titles in the last five years. 

Jonas coached former Husker All-America high jumper Marusa Cernjul as she qualified for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Cernjul placed 21st representing Slovenia, clearing 6-3 1/2 (1.92m) in her first appearance at the Olympics. She qualified for the Olympics with a personal-best leap of 6-4 (1.93m) at the Slovenian Championships in 2016. She was a first-team All-American and Big Ten champion in the high jump for the Huskers, and with Jonas as her coach following her career, she improved on her collegiate PR (6-1 1/4), by nearly three inches in one year to reach the Olympics.

In 2018, Jonas made a strong first impression as the Huskers’ new men’s sprints, hurdles and relays coach. Antoine Lloyd had a breakout senior season, winning the Big Ten indoor 60m hurdles, the outdoor 110m hurdles, and finishing second and fifth, respectively, at the NCAA Championships. Lloyd broke the 60m hurdles school record (7.60) and was named the Big Ten Men’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Year. Additionally, sophomore Luke Siedhoff was a first-team All-American in the 110m hurdles, placing seventh.

Since rejoining the Husker program as a volunteer coach in 2010, Jonas has coached 10 Big Ten high jump champions and 10 first-team All-America high jumpers. Fourteen Huskers have cracked all-time top-10 high jump charts in his nine seasons, and NU athletes have set seven top-10 marks in the sprints, hurdles and relays in his time in that role.

An eight-time All-America high jumper for the Huskers from 2005 to 2008, Jonas won the 2008 indoor national title and outdoor conference title in the high jump. He finished his career as the indoor and outdoor school-record holder, as well as the all-time Big 12 record holder with the second-highest jump ever by a collegian (7-8 3/4, 2.36m).

Following the collegiate season, Jonas signed a professional contract with Nike and competed for Team USA at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Jonas won the bronze medal in the high jump at the World Indoor Championships and also competed in the World Outdoor Championships in 2011. Jonas was the 2013 USA Indoor high jump champion and earned runner-up honors at the 2013 Outdoor and 2010 Indoor Championships. He also won gold at the 2005 USA Junior Championships.

Jonas competed for Team USA a total of eight times in his career, including six times for the senior team and twice for the junior team.

Jonas returned to Nebraska in 2009 to complete his degree in horticulture.

Jonas' Coaching Accomplishments
- 16 Big Ten Champions
- 13 First-Team All-Americans
- 14 Nebraska Top-10 Marks (14 high jump, seven men's sprints, hurdles, relays)
- 1 Olympian (Marusa Cernjul, 2016)

Jonas' Athletic Accomplishments
College - High Jump
Indoor School Record (7-7, 2.31m)
Outdoor School Record (7-8 3/4, 2.36m)
Big 12 Meet Outdoor Record (7-8 3/4, 2.36m)
Big 12 Conference Outdoor Record (7-8 3/4, 2.36m)
No. 2 high jump all-time by a collegian (7-8 3/4, 2.36m)
NCAA Champion (2008 Indoor)
USA Junior Champion (2005)
Pan American Junior Champion (2005)
NACAC U23 Team USA, 4th place (2006)
Collegiate Long Jump PR - 25-5 1/2 (7.76m)

Pro - High Jump
2008 U.S. Olympic Team
2010 USA Indoor Championships Silver Medal
2010 World Indoor Championships Bronze Medal
2010 Continental Cup Team USA member, 5th place
2010 - Ranked No. 9 in the world
2011 USA Outdoor Championships Silver Medal
2011 World Outdoor Championships Team
2013 USA Indoor Championships Gold Medal
2013 USA Outdoor Championships Silver Medal
2014 World Indoor Championships Team

Maddy Nilles was promoted to a full-time assistant coach for throws in September of 2022 after serving the 2021-22 season as a volunteer assistant coach with the Husker throwers.

In 2024, Husker throwers continued to excel on the conference and national level, earning five First-Team All-America honors, crowning three Big Ten Champions, breaking three school records and hitting 23 all-time marks. Rhema Otabor highlighted the season, winning her second-straight NCAA title in the javelin with a mark that is the collegiate record, NCAA meet record and Bahamian record. Axelina Johansson took third in the outdoor shot put, Eniko Sara finished fifth in the javelin, Kevin Shubert placed eighth in the outdoor shot put and Henry Zimmerman finished seventh in the weight throw at the NCAA Championship meets.

In 2023, Nilles helped coach a historic season for Nebraska throwers, with Johansson (shot put) and Otabor (javelin) capturing NCAA outdoor titles. Husker throwers accomplished five school records, 25 total top-ten marks, eight conference titles and 13 All-America honors throughout the season.

In her first season as a volunteer assistant, Nilles helped coached a throws group that combined for seven All-America honors, four school records and 13 top-10 marks in program history in 2022. 

Before coming to Nebraska, Nilles was a thrower under Nebraska interim head coach Justin St. Clair while at North Dakota State. With the Bison, Nilles was a four-time All-American in the hammer and weight throw and a two-time Summit League champion. Named the 2018 Summit League Outdoor Championships Field MVP, she placed fifth at the USA Indoor Championships and was an Olympic Trials participant.

"It is an honor to be able to work for such a prestigious program," said Nilles. "I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with a motivated coaching staff to take the track and field program to new heights. Coach St. Clair has been my coach and mentor for the last eight years and having the chance to work directly with him is a dream come true.

"I hope to assist in developing the throws program and bring lots of energy to the team. Having been through coach St. Clair's program as an athlete, I understand what is expected and when and how things should be done. Transitioning to the coaching side, I hope to be a valuable tool not only for coach and the throws group, but also the athletes and coaching staff of the entire track and field program."

Matt Wackerly currently serves as an assistant coach for the cross country and track and field teams, moving into that role ahead of the 2023 season.

Wackerly was previously Nebraska's head cross country coach, as well as distance and middle distance coach for the track and field program. Wackerly had served as the Huskers' on campus recruiting coordinator since 2016 and took over the cross country program following the retirement of David Harris in 2021. 

He helped coach Berlyn Schutz to the mile school record as a freshman during the 2024 track and field season, along with six other all-time marks. In the 5,000m, Brynna McQuillen moved to No. 2 (16:13.75) on the all-time list, while pitching in the sixth-best 3,000m time (9:26.46) in school history. Ali Bainbridge ran the sixth-best 10,000m time (34:27.09) and the eighth-best 5,000m time (16:29.35). Taya Skelton claimed bronze in the 3,0000m steeplechase at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships with a 10:23.11 and Schutz ran to a third-place finish in the mile at the Big Ten Indoor Championships.

In 2023, the women's cross country team won three team titles and claimed their best finish at the Big Ten Championship and NCAA Midwest Regional since 2011, placing seventh at both meets. NU was led by a freshman in each meet of 2023. A year prior, the women won the Joe Piane Invitational and placed 10th at the Big Ten Championship and 11th at the NCAA Midwest Regional.

Wackerly helped coach three distance athletes that climbed Nebraska's all-time list in 2023. Bailey Timmons closed the season with the sixth-best indoor 3000m time (8:09.01) and the fourth-best outdoor 5000m (14:03.40) in school history. Brynna McQuillen ran the No. 8 indoor 3000m time (9:34.58), while Taya Skelton clocked a 10:18.86 in the 3000m steeplechase to post the No. 6 time.

In his first year as the Huskers' cross country coach in 2021, Wackerly coached senior Erika Freyhof to a 86th-place finish at the NCAA Championships. Freyhof was also an All-Big Ten runner for the second year in a row after finishing sixth at the conference meet. The Husker women won the team title at the Bradley Pink Classic. 

In his first track season as the Husker distance coach, Wackerly coached Dais Malebana to become the second Husker ever to run a sub-4:00 mile on a standard 200-meter track (3:59.88). Additionally, eight Husker distance runners cracked the all-time top-10 charts at NU in 2022. Freyhof highlighted the performances with the No. 2 10,000 meters time of 33:50.38. 

Before coming to Nebraska, Wackerly was the head cross country coach at NCAA Division III Ohio Wesleyan. He coached eight All-Americans and two NCAA Division III all-time top-10 performers, in addition to the first men's and women's NCAA qualifying teams at Ohio Wesleyan in 25 years. Wackerly coached his athletes to 29 school records and 12 conference records in cross country and distance events. 

Over the last seven seasons at Nebraska, Wackerly has led recruiting efforts and he played an instrumental role in signing one of the best men's recruiting classes in Nebraska history in 2018 and 2020. 

Before Ohio Wesleyan, Wackerly was at Stonehill College, where he was an assistant coach for the men's and women's cross country and track and field teams. During his three years at Stonehill, he helped the Skyhawks win a pair of conference championships, the school's first ever in men's cross country. He coached five NCAA Division II All-Americans and three NCAA qualifiers in cross country.

Wackerly is a 1998 graduate of Ashland University. During his undergraduate career, he was a three-time national qualifier in cross country and a three-time conference champion in track for the Eagles. He majored in English and earned a master's degree in sports management from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2003.

Wackerly is a native of Lexington, Ohio. He is married to Angela Palmer-Wackerly, who is an assistant professor of communications at Nebraska. They have one son, Luke.

Nebraska track and field head coach Justin St. Clair announced the addition of Mike Bartolina to the coaching staff on Aug. 23, 2023.

In his first season with the Huskers, Bartolina coached Jessica Gardner and Kylie Clark to NCAA West Preliminary Round qualifications. Gardner placed sixth at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships with a 13-4 1/4 (4.07m).

Bartolina comes from Illinois State, where he served as an assistant coach over pole vault and the horizontal jumps for two seasons.

Through 24 years of coaching experience at the Division I level, Bartolina has coached 13 athletes to All-America honors and over 50 qualifiers to the NCAA Preliminary Championships.

“Mike is a well-established coach and mentor with a long history of success,” St. Clair said. “We are excited to have him join our program and look forward to welcoming him and his family to Lincoln.”

Prior to his time at Illinois State, Bartolina spent two years at Louisiana Tech, coaching Denzel Harper to a C-USA Championship and All-America honors in the long jump.

From 2016-2018, Bartolina coached at the University of Alabama, highlighted by Lakan Taylor becoming Alabama’s first NCAA women’s pole vault champion in 2017. On the men’s team, he helped coach them to its first SEC Track and Field Championship in 46 years, while capturing the USTFCCCCA Men’s Program of the Year award.

Bartolina spent 2005-2016 as an assistant coach for Southeastern Louisiana University. The Lions captured a trio of Southland Conference Championships and a 13th-place men’s team finish at the 2016 NCAA Indoor Championships while Bartolina was coaching.

Bartolina took on a head coaching role at Ranger College from 1999-2000. His team collected two runner-up finishes at the 1999 NJCAA indoor and outdoor track and field championships and 16 athletes won NJCAA individual events throughout his head coaching stint.

On the national level, Bartolina has coached three Olympic-qualifying athletes, with multiple U.S. Olympic Trial qualifiers in the pole vault, long jump, javelin and decathlon.

Bartolina earned both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from the University of Central Oklahoma in 1992 and 1996, respectively. He was a pole vaulter on the track and field team from 1987-90.

Mike and his wife, Janna have three children, Ethan, Molly and Max.

Trent Edgerton was named the sprints coach at Nebraska in August of 2024. He spent three seasons as the assistant coach at Texas State where he designed and executed the training program for men’s and women’s sprints, hurdles, relays and mid-distance groups, helping lead his athletes to multiple individual and team awards, records and qualifications. 

Edgerton’s athletes helped Texas State claim the 2024 Women’s Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championship, while individually, he led five Bobcats to conference performers and newcomers of the year awards. Under Edgerton, Texas State athletes shattered 14 school records and earned NCAA Outdoor National Qualifications in the men’s and women’s 4x100m relays and the 100m hurdles. 

Prior to Texas State, Edgerton spent the 2020 and 2021 seasons as an assistant coach at Barton Community College in Great Bend, Kansas. Edgerton’s primary responsibilities included coaching the hurdlers, sprinters, and mid-distance and cross country athletes.

Edgerton helped the Cougar men’s outdoor team to its ninth NJCAA National Championship and school’s 58th NJCAA National title. He helped produce an individual national champion in Denzel Feagin in the 200m and five national runner-ups, including the 4x100m and 4x400m relays. On the women’s side, Edgerton helped guide Lashanna Graham to the Central Region Women’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year while she claimed the Outdoor National Title in the 400m hurdles. 

Edgerton piled up the postseason awards securing his second straight National Men’s Assistant Coach of the Year as well as adding his third straight Region VI Men’s Assistant Coach of the Year (two Indoor, one Outdoor) and Central Region Men’s Outdoor Assistant Coach of the Year to his trophy case. 

Graduating Howard University in 2014, Edgerton was an assistant for the Sports Information Department during his collegiate time before earning a degree in Sports Management with a minor in Economics. 

Megan Elliott joined the Husker track and field/cross country staffs in August of 2024. She was an assistant coach for Arkansas in 2023-24, after serving as the Razorbacks’ director of operations since 2014. She coached the cross country team, as well as the distance runners on the track and field team. Under Elliott’s leadership in 2023-24, Laura Taborda claimed a fifth-place finish in the 3000m steeplechase at the NCAA Championships. 

In her role as the director of operations, Elliott handled behind-the-scenes work, coordinating travel, recruiting, student-athlete eligibility, team equipment and gear. She helped Arkansas women’s track and field to a pair of national championships, while the men were runners-up twice during her tenure. Prior to returning to her alma mater, Elliott was an assistant coach at IU-Indianapolis for a year.  

As an athlete with the Razorbacks, Elliott earned All-America honors in the steeplechase in 2008, while being named to the All-SEC First Team every year of her collegiate career. A two-time team captain for both the track and field and cross country teams, she was also on the Athletic Director’s honor roll all four years and was an Arkansas Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Member.

The Middlebury, Ind., native earned her bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology from Arkansas in 2010 and completed her master’s degree in Kinesiology/Exercise science in 2013, while serving as a graduate assistant with the Razorbacks.

Emma Algarin served as a volunteer sprints coach during the 2023-24 season.

Beginning her collegiate career at St. Cloud State, Algarin transferred to Nebraska to run her final two seasons. She ran to 15th in the 100m and 17th in the 200m at the 2022 Big Ten Outdoor Championships. At the Big Ten Indoor Championships, Algarin placed 16th in the 60m and 21st in the 200m.

A year prior, Algarin placed 15th in the 100m and 19th in the 200m, while adding a contribution to the eighth-place 4x100m relay at the 2021 Outdoor Big Tens. The indoor season was marked by a 17th-place 60m finish and 11th-place 200m finish at the conference meet.

Algarin holds the eighth-fastest 60m time in school history, with a 7.48 ran in 2022.

Maggie Malone-Hardin joined the Nebraska track and field coaching staff as a volunteer assistant in 2022-23, assisting in coaching the throws.

In 2024, Husker throwers continued to excel on the conference and national level, earning five First-Team All-America honors, crowning three Big Ten Champions, breaking three school records and hitting 23 all-time marks. Rhema Otabor highlighted the season, winning her second-straight NCAA title in the javelin with a mark that is the collegiate record, NCAA meet record and Bahamian record. Axelina Johansson took third in the outdoor shot put, Eniko Sara finished fifth in the javelin, Kevin Shubert placed eighth in the outdoor shot put and Henry Zimmerman finished seventh in the weight throw at the NCAA Championship meets.

During her first season, Malone-Hardin helped coach a historic season for Nebraska throwers, with Axelina Johansson (shot put) and Rhema Otabor (javelin) capturing NCAA outdoor titles. Husker throwers accomplished five school records, 25 total top-ten marks, eight conference titles and 13 All-America honors throughout the season.

Malone-Hardin began her coaching career as a volunteer assistant at Texas A&M, where she spent her final two collegiate seasons. The Nebraska-native began her career with the Huskers in 2013, placing third in the javelin at the Big Ten Championships and 10th at the NCAA Championships. Malone-Hardin improved the next season to win the 2014 Big Ten Championships and place fourth at NCAAs.

Before the 2015 season, she transferred to Texas A&M. The four-time All-American finished fourth at the 2015 SEC Championships and ninth at NCAAs. Malone-Hardin took off during the 2016 season, capturing the SEC title and the NCAA title in a collegiate record mark. She went on to win the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials, becoming the first athlete in American history to win the collegiate and national title in the same year.

As a three-time Olympian, Malone-Hardin placed 25th at the 2016 Olympic Games and was named a finalist in the 2021 Olympics, taking 10th. She earned a spot at the World Championships Qualifier in 2022 and 2023 and currently ranks second all-time for marks thrown in the country.

A native of Geneva, Neb., Malone-Hardin graduated from Texas A&M in 2016 before pursuing a master's degree in marketing.

Cody Brousek joined the Nebraska athletic department in January 2022 and serves as the director of operations for the track and field program.

Brousek joins the Huskers after serving at the director of operations for the cross country and Notre Dame track and field programs since 2017.

As the Irish’s director of operations Brousek was responsible for overseeing the coordination of travel, home meet management, budget, alumni relations, and other day to day operations of the program.

Prior to arriving at Notre Dame, Brousek served in the same role at Wichita State University for the 2016-2017 season.  While at Wichita State, he oversaw eight annual home competitions, served as a board member on the Shocker Track & Field Club and served as an assistant meet director for the Missouri Valley Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

Prior to Wichita State, Brousek served in a volunteer position at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he assisted their Director of Operations while teaching junior high social studies at North American Martyrs in Lincoln.

Brousek has been an active member of Eagle Eye Digital Video since 2013.  In that position he has assisted at the Olympic Trials, multiple USA Championships, and multiple NCAA Indoor & Outdoor Championship events.

Brousek is a USATF certified official and holds a Level One Coaching Certificate.

Brousek, a Wahoo, Neb., native was a multiple time all conference performer while at Dana College and Nebraska Wesleyan University.  While at Nebraska Wesleyan, he competed in the heptathlon and decathlon.  Prior to graduation he served as a volunteer assistant coach where he oversaw the combined events.

A 2013 graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan, Brousek holds a bachelor of science in elementary education and special education.

Brousek resides in Lincoln with his wife, Katie.