Report: FAU Ready To Hire Carl Pelini

 BOCA RATON (CBSMiami) -- FAU is reportedly getting ready to announce its new head football coach and its Nebraska defensive coordinator Carl Pelini.

According CBSSports.com, Pelini has been offered the Florida Atlantic job and is expected to accept the position.

ESPN.com is reporting a source told them Pelini has verbally agreed to the position.

The 46-year-old Pelini is the brother of Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini. Carl Pelini will replace Howard Schnellenberger, who announced his retirement before the season. Schnellenberger will coach his final game Saturday against Louisiana-Monroe.

Carl Pelini has been Nebraska's defensive coordinator since 2008. Before that Pelini was defensive line coach at Ohio from 2005 to '07, defensive coordinator at Minnesota State in 2004 and a Nebraska graduate assistant in 2003.

From 1987 to 2002, Pelini was a high school coach in Ohio, except for three seasons (1889-91) as a Kansas State graduate assistant and restricted earnings coach.

This will be Pelini's first head coaching job since 2002 when he was at Austintown's Fitch High School in Ohio.

Florida Atlantic (1-10) concludes its season Saturday at home against Louisiana-Monroe.