Trev Alberts
Encyclopedia
Trev Kendall Alberts is the director of athletics for the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Before assuming this position, he was an American television
and print college football
commentator
, most notably working alongside Mark May
on the ESPN
's College GameDay Scoreboard
show.
, with whom, during his senior season in 1993, he won the Dick Butkus Award
as the top linebacker
in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association
; Alberts also earned consensus All-America
honors in 1993 after recording 15 quarterback sacks, 21 tackles for loss, and 38 quarterback hurries. Despite an injury early in the eleventh game of the season against the Oklahoma Sooners, Alberts returned with a cast on his arm for the national championship game against Florida State in the Orange Bowl. Although the Seminoles won 18-16, Alberts had a dominant performance with three sacks of Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward
(FSU quarterbacks were sacked only five times during the 1993 regular season).
, Alberts began his professional
career with the Indianapolis Colts
of the National Football League
, but due to injuries played portions of just three seasons before retiring before the 1997 season
, tallying just four career quarterback sack
s and one interception. He is considered one of the fifty biggest draft busts of all times by CBS.
network
CNN/SI and concomitantly its Sports Illustrated
magazine
, where he served as a college football contributor. In 2002, Alberts joined the staff of the American cable television network ESPN
, where he worked as an in-studio
analyst for college football, ultimately joining Rece Davis
and Mark May
on the network's College GameDay Scoreboard
and College GameDay Final.
On September 6, 2005, Alberts was terminated
by ESPN for breaching his contract
when he declined to report to work; Alberts later claimed he did not want to "play second fiddle" to the more prominent cast of College GameDay, Chris Fowler
, Kirk Herbstreit
and Lee Corso
.
Alberts thereafter accepted a position as a columnist
for the website
of the college sports cable television network CSTV. He worked as a color commentator for the NFL on Westwood One
Sunday afternoon radio broadcasts in 2006. He also provided color commentary for SEC football games on CBS.
Alberts also served as an analyst for Sprint Exclusive Entertainment, breaking down college football and other sports for viewers.
Alberts cut football and wrestling, the only sport with NCAA championships this decade, in an effort to bring University of Nebraska-Omaha to Division I's Summit League. University regents approved Alberts' controversial decision on March 25, 2011.
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
and print college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
commentator
Sportscaster
In sports broadcasting, a commentator gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast. The comments are normally a voiceover, with the sounds of the action and spectators also heard in the background. In the case of television commentary, the commentator...
, most notably working alongside Mark May
Mark May
Mark Eric May is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League. He is currently a football analyst for ESPN.-Football career:...
on the ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
's College GameDay Scoreboard
College GameDay Scoreboard
College Football Scoreboard is a program on ESPN and ESPN2 that provies up to the minute scores and highlights during the college football season. The official name is College Football Scoreboard presented by Acura. The name of the show was College Gameday Scoreboard up until 2006. It airs four...
show.
Collegiate
Alberts played collegiately for the University of Nebraska CornhuskersNebraska Cornhuskers
The Nebraska Cornhuskers is the name given to several sports teams of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The university is a member of the Big Ten Conference...
, with whom, during his senior season in 1993, he won the Dick Butkus Award
Dick Butkus Award
The Butkus Award, instituted in 1985, is given annually to the top linebackers at the high school, collegiate and professional levels of football...
as the top linebacker
Linebacker
A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...
in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
; Alberts also earned consensus All-America
All-America
An All-America team is an honorary sports team composed of outstanding amateur players—those considered the best players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply...
honors in 1993 after recording 15 quarterback sacks, 21 tackles for loss, and 38 quarterback hurries. Despite an injury early in the eleventh game of the season against the Oklahoma Sooners, Alberts returned with a cast on his arm for the national championship game against Florida State in the Orange Bowl. Although the Seminoles won 18-16, Alberts had a dominant performance with three sacks of Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward
Charlie Ward
Charlie Ward, Jr. is a retired American professional NBA basketball player, college football Heisman Trophy winner, Davey O'Brien Award winner and a Major League Baseball draftee. Ward is considered one of the best all-around athletes in the last quarter century...
(FSU quarterbacks were sacked only five times during the 1993 regular season).
National Football League
Selected fifth overall in the 1994 draft1994 NFL Draft
The 1994 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 24-25, 1994. The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft and...
, Alberts began his professional
Professional sports
Professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, are sports in which athletes receive payment for their performance. Professional athleticism has come to the fore through a combination of developments. Mass media and increased leisure have brought larger audiences, so that sports organizations...
career with the Indianapolis Colts
Indianapolis Colts
The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
of the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
, but due to injuries played portions of just three seasons before retiring before the 1997 season
1997 NFL season
The 1997 NFL season was the 78th regular season of the National Football League. The Oilers relocated from Houston, Texas to Nashville, Tennessee...
, tallying just four career quarterback sack
Quarterback sack
In American football and Canadian football, a sack occurs when the quarterback is tackled behind the line of scrimmage before he can throw a forward pass, or when the quarterback is tackled behind the line of scrimmage in the "pocket" and the intent of what he was going to do is unclear...
s and one interception. He is considered one of the fifty biggest draft busts of all times by CBS.
Broadcasting career
Upon retirement from the NFL, Alberts was hired by the American cable televisionCable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
network
Television network
A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay TV providers. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small...
CNN/SI and concomitantly its Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...
magazine
Magazine
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, where he served as a college football contributor. In 2002, Alberts joined the staff of the American cable television network ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
, where he worked as an in-studio
Studio
A studio is an artist's or worker's workroom, or the catchall term for an artist and his or her employees who work within that studio. This can be for the purpose of architecture, painting, pottery , sculpture, scrapbooking, photography, graphic design, filmmaking, animation, radio or television...
analyst for college football, ultimately joining Rece Davis
Rece Davis
Rece Davis is a sports television journalist for ESPN. Davis works as an anchor on SportsCenter, and host of various other programs on the network.-Early life and career:...
and Mark May
Mark May
Mark Eric May is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League. He is currently a football analyst for ESPN.-Football career:...
on the network's College GameDay Scoreboard
College GameDay Scoreboard
College Football Scoreboard is a program on ESPN and ESPN2 that provies up to the minute scores and highlights during the college football season. The official name is College Football Scoreboard presented by Acura. The name of the show was College Gameday Scoreboard up until 2006. It airs four...
and College GameDay Final.
On September 6, 2005, Alberts was terminated
Termination of employment
-Involuntary termination:Involuntary termination is the employee's departure at the hands of the employer. There are two basic types of involuntary termination, known often as being "fired" and "laid off." To be fired, as opposed to being laid off, is generally thought of to be the employee's...
by ESPN for breaching his contract
Breach of contract
Breach of contract is a legal cause of action in which a binding agreement or bargained-for exchange is not honored by one or more of the parties to the contract by non-performance or interference with the other party's performance....
when he declined to report to work; Alberts later claimed he did not want to "play second fiddle" to the more prominent cast of College GameDay, Chris Fowler
Chris Fowler
Chris Fowler is a sports broadcaster for ESPN known best for his work on College GameDay for college football. Since 1989, Fowler has been the primary studio host for college football. Until 2006, he was also the lead studio host for men's college basketball on ESPN...
, Kirk Herbstreit
Kirk Herbstreit
Kirk Herbstreit is an Emmy Award-winning analyst for ESPN's College GameDay, a television program covering college football and a provider of color commentary during college football games on ESPN and ABC. He appears annually as a commentator in EA Sports' NCAA Football. He was a quarterback on...
and Lee Corso
Lee Corso
Leland "Lee" Corso is a sports broadcaster and football analyst for ESPN. He has been featured on ESPN's College GameDay program since its inception and he appeared annually as a commentator in EA Sports' NCAA Football through NCAA Football 11...
.
Alberts thereafter accepted a position as a columnist
Columnist
A columnist is a journalist who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs....
for the website
Website
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of the college sports cable television network CSTV. He worked as a color commentator for the NFL on Westwood One
NFL on Westwood One
The NFL on Westwood One is the brand name given to weekly National Football League games carried on the radio over the Dial Global Radio Network...
Sunday afternoon radio broadcasts in 2006. He also provided color commentary for SEC football games on CBS.
Alberts also served as an analyst for Sprint Exclusive Entertainment, breaking down college football and other sports for viewers.
Athletic Director at the University of Nebraska at Omaha
Alberts was hired in April 2009 to be the director of athletics at the University of Nebraska-Omaha despite having no experience.Alberts cut football and wrestling, the only sport with NCAA championships this decade, in an effort to bring University of Nebraska-Omaha to Division I's Summit League. University regents approved Alberts' controversial decision on March 25, 2011.