Mike Mason began working at <?xml:namespace prefix="st1" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"?>Nebraska in 1988 as a student equipment manager and served as an assistant equipment manager from August 1994 through the summer of 2006.
In 2006, Mason assumed a new role as supervisor of shipping and receiving at the new Tom and Nancy Osborne Athletic Complex.
A 1993 graduate of Nebraska with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science, Mason is responsible for the care and maintenance of equipment for the football and baseball teams and has been a member of the Athletic Equipment Managers Association since 2000.<?xml:namespace prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"?>
He is married to the former Dionne Walentine and has a stepson, Dillon, a daughter, Michaela, and a son, Justin.