Added Bounds, “I was pleased that (Moos) was interested. I just can’t express how excited I am that Bill Moos is our athletic director. He is really good.”

Moos takes over a department with a football program in tumult. The Huskers' loss to Ohio State was the most lopsided home defeat since 1949.

Elsewhere, the men’s basketball program has one tournament appearance and one season with a winning record (2014) in Tim Miles’ first five seasons.

“What we will do, and this has proven successful wherever I’ve been, is we will build a blueprint,” Moos said. “Everybody internally will have ownership and we will follow that blueprint. They will be a part of it and they will know and they will have access to me.”

Moos said he hired 11 coaches in his tenure at WSU, and that, “that’s one of the most important decisions I can make, because they’re the ones who are literally in charge on a day to day basis for the student-athletes and their well-being.”

There are also hundreds of employees that now have a new boss in Husker athletics, and Moos said he plans to meet in person with every one of them.