According to school officials, Fred Hoiberg has been named the next head coach at Nebraska. Hoiberg will receive a seven-year, $25 million contract, according to ESPN. Hoiberg will be introduced at a news conference on Tuesday. The 46-year old had been fired in December by the Chicago Bulls. Hoiberg takes over for Tim Miles, who was dismissed on Tuesday after seven seasons.

Hoiberg was born in Lincoln and his grandfather, Jerry Bush, was the Cornhuskers’ coach from 1954-63. Hoiberg went 115-155 from 2010-15 with the Bulls. Before that, he had a successful five-year run as Iowa State’s coach with an up-tempo, spread-the-floor offense. He went 115-56 and led the Cyclones to four straight NCAA Tournaments and two Big 12 Tournament titles.

Hoiberg’s charge at Nebraska is to elevate a program whose most recent regular-season conference championship came in 1950. The Huskers remain the only Power Five conference program to have never won an NCAA Tournament game.

As a star player for Iowa State, Hoiberg competed twice a year against the Huskers from 1991-95 — the period when Nebraska enjoyed its most sustained success, with four straight NCAA Tournament appearances. In the 25 years since, the Huskers have gone to the tournament just twice (1998, 2014).

Hoiberg had said shortly after the Bulls fired him that he wanted to coach again, but the speculation was that it would be in the NBA.    St. John’s assistant coach Matt Abdelmassih is expected to join Hoiberg’s staff at Nebraska, according to ESPN. Abdelmassih worked under Hoiberg at Iowa State and handled most of the recruiting for the Cyclones.