“I had no idea until this past week how many people have been touched and moved by Nebraska Volleyball. I want to thank everyone who reached out. It means a lot to me,” John Cook wrote, just three weeks after stepping down as Nebraska’s head coach. The overwhelming love from the fans surprised him. Yet, it’s what he wrote next that built on the anticipation.
The head coach of Nebraska for 25 years ensured the Huskers would have someone to lead them in his absence. “Let’s get ready for DBK and this 2025 team to unleash hell,” Cook wrote about his former pupil-turned-successor Dani Busboom Kelly. Now, a few months later, the Big Ten Conference’s preseason roundup just proved that the fans are indeed ready for the DBK era.
With the Big Ten Volleyball Media Days just around the corner (July 28-29), the conference just released its preseason honors and preseason poll on Thursday. Of the 18 colleges in the Big Ten Conference, Nebraska Volleyball came out on top. This happened despite losing two matches on the way to last year’s Big Ten title, having to share that title with Penn State, and Cook’s departure.
.@B1GVolleyball released its coaches Preseason Poll where @HuskerVB comes in at #1 followed by @PennStateVBALL, @BadgerVB then @GopherVBall.
Notably, @UCLAWomensVB comes in top 5 after bringing in a few key transfers. #NCAAWVB pic.twitter.com/0oc20HRZTI
— Emily Ehman (@emilyehman) July 24, 2025
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