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DeMoine Adams is originally from Pine Bluff, Arkansas and is a former University of Nebraska standout football player. DeMoine played an instrumental role in helping the Huskers win a Big 12 Conference Championship in 1999 and helped lead the Huskers to the National Championship Rose Bowl in January 2002. He also spent time in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers, Tennessee Titans, and San Francisco 49ners. As a first-generation student, DeMoine received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska in Political Science with minors in English, History, Communications, Ethnic Studies, and African Studies. He went on to receive his master’s degree in educational psychology and is currently pursuing his doctorate degree at the University of Nebraska.

 

DeMoine is currently serving as the CEO for TeamMates Mentoring which was started by co-founders Tom and Nancy Osborne in 1991. Prior to this position, he was the Post-Secondary Education Coordinator for TeamMates from 2012 – 2017 and served as the Program Director for TeamMates from 2017 – 2020. DeMoine currently resides in Lincoln, Nebraska and his motto is, “Once you see where you’re going, then everything you do must correspond with where you’re going.”