In three decades as a coach who traveled the entire country, John Cook never saw something on a college campus like there is now at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

On Thursday, a statue of Cook was unveiled as a permanent tribute to the school’s legendary volleyball coach and the four national championships Nebraska won with him as coach.

The backdrop for the ceremony was the 8,000-seat arena at the Devaney Sports Center where the team plays and that’s now also named for him.

On another side of that arena, when thousands of people drive to Nebraska football games they’ll drive down Antelope Valley Parkway, look to their left and see a sign that reads, “Bob Devaney Sports Center, John Cook Arena" in big, bright letters.

Maybe it’s really true that there is no place like Nebraska, at

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