Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule today announced the addition of three coaches to the Husker defensive staff. Terry Bradden has been hired as Nebraska’s defensive line coach and Phil Snow will serve as associate head coach Addison Williams will be Nebraska’s defensive line coach.

“Terry Bradden, Phil Snow and Addison Williams are excellent additions to our coaching staff,” Rhule said. “Each of them is an ideal fit for their role on our defensive team. They are all elite teachers who have been part of successful programs and organizations. The experience they bring to our defensive team will be invaluable as we defend a variety of offenses in the Big Ten Conference.”

Bradden comes to Nebraska from the Kansas City Chiefs, where he serves as an assistant defensive line coach. The 2024 season will be Bradden’s eighth in Kansas City and his fourth in his current role with the team after serving as defensive quality control coach (2018-20) and defensive assistant (2017).

During Bradden’s time with the organization, the Chiefs have won three Super Bowl titles, including back-to-back titles in the last two seasons. This season, the Chiefs rank third in the NFL against the run and are sixth in total defense.

In 2023, Bradden helped a defensive line that recorded 57.0 sacks finish second in the NFL. Defensive tackle Chris Jones and defensive end George Karlaftis each recorded 10.5 sacks. The defensive line also paved the way for the Chiefs to record 55.0 sacks in 2022, which also ranks second in the league.

In addition to his work on the defensive line, Bradden also spent time in the Chiefs’ defensive backfield in 2019. Before joining the Chiefs, Bradden served as an assistant quarterback at Bethune-Cookman University in 2016. He was named to the AFCA’s inaugural Top 30 Under-30 class that year. Bradden spent 2014 at FAU as a special teams quality control coach and then served as head coach and athletic director at his alma mater, Inlet Grove High School, in 2015.

The Florida native played three seasons at Howard University (2009-11) in Washington, D.C. before transferring to Tuskegee University (2011-13), where he also played quarterback.

An experienced defensive coach with a track record of success, Snow will work with Rhule again after serving as defensive coordinator on Rhule’s staff at Temple, Baylor and the Carolina Panthers.

A veteran of 37 years of college coaching experience, Snow served as defensive coordinator at seven previous schools, including UCLA, Washington, Arizona State, Boise State, Eastern Michigan, Temple and Baylor. He also has eight years of NFL experience with the Detroit Lions, Carolina Panthers and Chicago Bears.

Snow served as a consultant for the Huskers this season and spent the 2023 season as a senior defensive analyst with the Chicago Bears. Snow previously served on Rhule’s coaching staff for ten consecutive seasons from 2013 to 2022.

Snow was the Panthers’ defensive coordinator from 2020 to 2022, highlighted by the 2021 season when the Panthers finished second in the National Football League in total defense.

The play of Snow’s defenses at Baylor and Temple helped both programs achieve dramatic turnarounds. In 2019, Baylor reached the Big 12 Championship Game with the Bear defense ranking second nationally in takeaways (30), third in interceptions (17), eighth in sacks per game (3.31) and the took fifth place in sales margin (1.08). During Snow’s senior year in Waco, Baylor defensive tackle James Lynch ranked fifth nationally in sacks (13.5) and was named the Big 12’s Defensive Player of the Year.

Prior to Baylor, Snow spent four seasons at Temple under Rhule, where his team led the AAC in defense in both 2015 and 2016. The 2016 defense ranked third nationally in total defense (282.5 ypg) and 11th in scoring (18.4 ypg). led the Owls to an AAC championship and a 10-4 record. Snow coached All-AAC linebacker and eventual first-round draft pick Haason Reddick, who was selected 13th overall by the Arizona Cardinals in 2017.

Rhule and Snow first met at UCLA in 2001, where Snow was the defensive coordinator and Rhule was the assistant defensive line coach. In 2001, the Bruins led the Pac-10 in total defense.

Originally from Winters, California, Snow attended Cal-State Hayward and began his college coaching career at Laney College in 1979. He completed coaching stints at Boise State, Cal, Arizona State, UCLA and Washington before his first stint in the NFL with the Lions.

Williams joins the Husker coaching staff after spending the past four seasons at UCF, including as the Knights’ defensive coordinator in 2023 and 2024.

Williams is an Atlanta native and has a total of 15 years of collegiate coaching experience. In 2023, Williams led a Knight defense that led the Big 12 Conference in fewest passing yards allowed at 196.7 per game. UCF also ranked third in the league in defending team pass efficiency at 120.32. The Knights allowed just 12 opposing touchdown passes, the fewest the program has allowed since 2001.

Upon arriving at UCF, Williams made an immediate impact with the Knights’ pass defense. In 2021, UCF ranked seventh nationally in pass efficiency defense (an improvement of 97 spots in the NCAA’s statistical rankings). The Knights finished the year with six wins in their last seven appearances, finishing 9-4. UCF’s cornerbacks played a crucial role as the Knights improved 86 spots in Passing Yards Allowed to 35^Th in 2021, allowing 89.1 fewer yards per game than in 2020.

Williams spent the 2020 season as the safeties coach at Coastal Carolina, helping the Chanticleers to an undefeated and record-setting 2020 regular season, an 11-1 overall record and a final ranking of 14th^Th in both the AP and Coaches polls. Williams helped Coastal Carolina finish third nationally in 2020 with 16 interceptions (plus second overall with 25) and 16 interceptions^Th in team pass efficiency defense.

Williams also served as an analyst at Auburn in 2019 after coaching at Furman for two seasons, helping the team to the 2018 Southern Conference title. Williams also served as defensive coordinator and secondary coach at Tusculum from 2013 to 2016.

Williams played three seasons as a cornerback at South Carolina for coach Steve Spurrier from 2007 to 2009, appearing in 26 games. He began his coaching career as a student assistant with the Gamecocks in 2010 and served as a defensive assistant for South Carolina in 2011 and 2012, helping USC to a 22-4 record in those two seasons.