 Following the 2002 College World Series, Nebraska's second consecutive CWS appearance, Van Horn left to coach his alma mater Arkansas, where he remains as of the 2019 season.1998–00

Dave Van Horn was hired just 35 days before the 1998 season and led the Huskers to a 24–20 record and a seventh-place finish in the Big 12.In 1999, the Cornhuskers won the Big 12 Tournament championship, the school's first conference title of any kind since 1950, and reached their first NCAA tournament since 1985.