Tom Osborne at NPCC: Former U.S. Rep. and legendary Nebraska Cornhusker head coach and athletic director Tom Osborne brought his TeamMates mentoring message to North Platte Community College on Wednesday. Tom and Nancy Osborne founded the TeamMates Mentoring Program in 1991 in an effort to provide support and encouragement to school aged youth. The program currently provides a mentor for over 6,500 youth across Nebraska and Iowa. Their vision is to serve 10,000 youth and be nationally recognized as the leading school-based mentoring program by 2015.