Hardie Buck is in his third season at Nebraska in 2017, and his second season as a graduate assistant coach. Buck primarily assists wide receivers coach Keith Williams while working with the Husker wideouts.
Buck served as an offensive graduate manager in 2015. In his first season with the Huskers, Buck assisted Williams, who coached a Nebraska receiving corps that was a strength of an offense that ranked in the top three in the Big Ten in scoring, passing and total offense.
Before joining the Huskers, Buck served as the special teams coordinator at Jacksonville State University during the 2014 season. He spent the 2012 and 2013 seasons assisting special teams coach Bruce Read at Oregon State.
Buck played collegiately at Alabama. A wide receiver, he developed into a special teams standout for the Crimson Tide, playing every game over his final two seasons and totaling 17 tackles. He was a member of Alabama's 2009 and 2011 national championship teams. Buck earned his degree in marketing from Alabama in 2011.
Hardie is married to Rachel Shugart Buck.