 Prior to hiring Dye, the Nebraska football program had an all-time winning percentage of less than 62%, and had a lackluster two decades; Dye hired Bob Devaney from Wyoming following the 1961 season as head coach and since their arrival in 1962 (ending 2005), the Husker football winning percentage is just over 81%, which is by far the highest winning percentage in that period in the nation.He hired head basketball coach Joe Cipriano, the scrappy leader from his Final Four team at Washington.Cipriano coached the Huskers for 17 seasons, until his death from cancer in 1980.