Once upon a time at Nebraska, it was significant news during the offseason if an assistant football coach left the program.
That certainly was the case during much of Tom Osborne's tenure as head coach (1973-97).
In recent years, though, many fans grumbled if there were no staff changes.
It's pretty evident new Husker head coach Scott Frost appreciated the stability of past staffs.
"There are going to be big advantages to keeping people together," he said. "One of the secrets to success at Nebraska for a long time was continuity and people who understood the system and the scheme and where they fit and what their role was.
"It's going to be a huge advantage for me to have people surrounding me that already know our offense, defense and how we operate."
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That includes the recruiting element.
"In recruiting, these guys (on the staff) have been working a long time to develop relationships," Frost said. "Listen, we still have a lot of work to do with this recruiting class. But I think the more recruits get around these guys and see what kind of men of character they are, the more they hear about our vision for where we want to take the program — and what we're trying to get it back to — I think we'll continue to have more success."
Frost brought his entire coaching staff from UCF to Nebraska. He said he's watched other head coaches take big jobs and leave assistants behind.
"That's not the right thing to do, in my eyes," he said. "The right thing to do was to give every one of my coaches an opportunity to come. If they're good enough to take an 0-12 program to 12-0 in two years, they're good enough to coach anywhere — because what they've accomplished at UCF was next to impossible."