Texas A&M to hire Nebraska Director of Athletics Trev Alberts

Texas A&M University is set to hire Trev Alberts as its next Director of Athletics.

The news was originally reported by Brent Zwerneman of the Houston Chronicle on X, formerly Twitter.

TexAgs’ co-owner and executive editor Billy Liucci has confirmed Zwerneman’s report.

An announcement from Texas A&M's athletic department is expected shortly.

Alberts, 53, is currently the Director of Athletics at the University of Nebraska, a position he has held since July of 2021.

An All-American linebacker for the Cornhuskers, Alberts won the 1993 Dick Butkus Award and has his No. 34 jersey retired by his alma mater.

After a brief NFL career with the Indianapolis Colts and a foray into broadcasting, Alberts became the athletic director at the University of Nebraska-Omaha in 2009 before returning to Lincoln in 2021 following Bill Moos' retirement.

In November, Alberts received a new contract to keep him at Nebraska through 2031, which raised his salary from $800,000 to $1.7 million. According to a news release from Nebraska, that salary was supposed to increase further to $2.1 million in 2026. The contract also included a clause that liquidation damages would be paid to the university should Alberts leave for a different job.

During his three-year stint in Lincoln, Alberts is credited with a handful of accomplishments, including hiring football coach Matt Rhule and helping land a 15-year, $300 million multimedia rights agreement with Play Fly Sports. Additionally, "Volleyball Day in Nebraska" drew 92,000 fans to Memorial Stadium — the largest attendance for a women's sporting event in history.

With the hire, Alberts is set to become A&M's fourth athletic director since Bill Byrne's retirement in May of 2012. His addition comes after Ross Bjork was named Ohio State's AD in-waiting in January.

Following Bjork's departure, former A&M football coach R.C. Slocum was named the interim director of athletics, and a search committee was assembled by Texas A&M President Mark A. Welsh III.

The seven-person committee was chaired by David Dunlap and included Slocum along with Joni Taylor, Jim Schlossnagle, Joe Fields, Chris Cooper, Paul Batista and Susan Ballabina.

Their search was aided by Turnkey and ultimately led the university to Alberts.