LINCOLN- A University of Nebraska regent was arrested and charged Wednesday with a felony count of witness tampering on allegations that he encouraged a former Nebraska football player to not testify on behalf of a weightlifting coach accused of rape.

Jack Stark, a sports psychologist who was elected to the NU Board of Regents in 2020, made his first appearance before a judge Wednesday and was released on his own recognizance.

Stark, 74, is accused of trying to dissuade Willie Miller, a former fullback at Nebraska, from testifying at the trial of Douglas Anders, who owned a workout facility for bodybuilders. If convicted, Stark would face up to five years probation or two years in prison.

Stark was the team psychologist from 1989 to 2004. Miller was a fullback from 1996 to 2000.

But in the Anders case, the two were on opposite sides. Stark was endorsed as a witness for prosecutors, and was ready to testify on behalf of the victim. Miller was a friend and supporter of Anders and was poised to testify for him as a character witness.

According to an Omaha police report, Miller, 42, told detectives in August 2020 that he received a text message “from a person he knows and this person asked him not to testify in the case.” That text came six months before the case went to trial.

Melissa Lee, a spokeswoman for the University of Nebraska system, issued a statement Wednesday night: “The university is aware of Regent Stark’s case and we are following the developments.”

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