Born in Lincoln long before he became an Iowa State legend, Hoiberg will be the 28th coach in NU’s history and perhaps the closest thing to a home run hire the Huskers have ever had for their men's basketball program.

Hoiberg replaces Tim Miles, who was fired after Nebraska's loss to TCU last Sunday ended NU's season at 19-17. Miles compiled a 116-114 record in seven seasons at NU before being relieved of his duties Tuesday.

Hoiberg had almost that many wins in five seasons as Iowa State's coach from 2010-15. He took what had become a listless program to four consecutive NCAA Tournaments while winning 23 or more games each of his final four seasons in Ames, and finished 115-56 overall with a 49-39 mark in Big 12 play.

In his final four years at Iowa State, Hoiberg was 99-40 (.712) overall and 46-26 (.638) in league play, with four consecutive winning Big 12 seasons and four consecutive top-four conference finishes.

You need to add up the past 21 seasons of Nebraska basketball over four head coaches to equal those final two statistics.