Dana Holgorsen will take over as Nebraska’s offensive coordinator for the remainder of the season, with Marcus Satterfield remaining on staff, coach Matt Rhule announced Monday.

Rhule called on the former West Virginia and Houston coach last week to provide analysis of the Cornhuskers’ struggling offense, which has underperformed with five-star freshman quarterback Dylan Raiola since the start of Big Ten play.

The Huskers are 14th in total offense and 15th in scoring in conference play in the 18-team Big Ten, and Satterfield had faced increasing criticism for his playmaking.

“I just think it’s not an area at the level we wanted and I went and found someone I trust,” Rhule said during his weekly news conference.

Satterfield, previously the offensive coordinator at South Carolina, was part of the original staff hired by Rhule two years ago. In Satterfield’s 21 games as point guard, the Huskers averaged 20.4 points per game to rank 124th out of 134 Bowl Subdivision teams and 331 yards per game to rank 115th, according to Sportradar.

Rhule said Satterfield will continue to coach the tight ends and the rest of the offensive assistants will continue in their roles.

“Marcus is as good a man as I know,” Rhule said. “He could have said, ‘Hey, fire me, give me my money, I’m going home.’ But he didn’t do it. I understand it’s a results business, but you always try to teach our guys life lessons. He humbled himself and said, “What shall I do? »

The university did not immediately respond to an Associated Press request for information on contract terms for Holgorsen.

The Huskers (5-4, 2-4) have averaged just 18.3 points and 320 yards per game against Big Ten opponents this season. They will be on a three-game losing streak heading into Saturday’s game against Southern California.

Holgorsen, 53, comes from Mike Leach’s coaching tree. He built a reputation for designing high-production offenses while working for Leach at Texas Tech and Mike Gundy at Oklahoma State.

Holgorsen was 31-28 as Houston’s coach from 2019-23 and 61-41 at West Virginia from 2011-18.

Holgorsen also worked as an offensive consultant at TCU this season.

The Huskers are averaging just 4.69 yards per game in conference play, the worst mark in the Big Ten outside of Northwestern’s 4.49.

Raiola, the Huskers’ highest-ranked recruit in program history, has thrown five touchdown passes and seven interceptions in six Big Ten games. His pass efficiency rating is the lowest in the conference since he completed less than half of his attempts against Rutgers on Oct. 5.

The ground game also struggled, averaging 101 yards per game against conference opponents.

“He can’t come in and change the offense,” Rhule said of Holgorsen. “He can’t set up the Air Raid.” We’re in week 11. He can come in and say, “What are the things we’re doing well?” Who are the guys making plays and let’s see how to do it with these guys.