Overview
- Hartung’s death was announced by Nebraska Athletics, which said he died Saturday night; no cause was released.
- Hartung served as a Nebraska assistant coach for 19 seasons, with colleagues noting he was in the gym coaching the day before his death.
- As a collegiate star from 1979 to 1982, he helped Nebraska win four consecutive NCAA team titles and earned 22 All-America honors and seven individual NCAA crowns, including two all-around titles.
- He was a two-time U.S. Olympian and part of the 1984 Los Angeles squad that won the nation’s only men’s team gold in gymnastics.
- The university said memorial details will follow, and Hartung is survived by his four children: Jim, Nick, Jake and Hannah.