Nebraska’s John Cook is the first volleyball coach to have a bobblehead produced by the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum.

Busboom Kelly, 39, was a four-sport standout at Adams Freeman High School in rural Nebraska about 30 miles south of Lincoln. She committed to the Huskers as a sophomore and won a national championship as a setter-turned-libero under Cook in 2006. She was on his bench as an assistant coach for Nebraska’s title run in 2015.

Husker Nation is welcoming new Nebraska volleyball coach Dani Busboom Kelly on Thursday. The Nebraska native replaces John Cook, who retired last week. Busboom Kelly, the fourth head coach in program history, agreed to a six-year contract with NU.

Nebraska volleyball has a staff opening after one of the program greats is moving on. Coach John Cook announced Monday that assistant Jordan Larson is moving on

Nebraska Volleyball Coach Dani Busboom Kelly received a Big Red welcome Thursday during a celebration at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. “This has been a homecoming fit for a queen,” Busboom Kelly said,

Dani Busboom Kelly on why her Nebraska staff will feature plenty of familiar faces, options for the third assistant and moving her family to Nebraska.

"I was her junior volleyball coach, and the very first thing she said to me when she walked into the gym is, 'I'm going to play for the Huskers someday,'"