Nebraska's Barry Collier has been negotiating with his alma mater this weekend about being Butler's athletic director, but he hasn't resigned his current post as head men's basketball coach as of Sunday night, a source close to the situation told ESPN.com.

Collier was scheduled to meet with Butler's president Bobby Fong on Sunday before he was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in Indianapolis.

Nebraska expects Collier to take the job, and a source close to the upper administration of the school said it hoped to hear from its coach Monday morning regarding his decision.

Collier was the last of three candidates to interview for the Butler position vacated by the retiring John Parry. The other two were Ralph Reiff, director of Indianapolis' St. Vincent Sports Medicine, and Mike Watson, an assistant athletic director at Miami of Ohio.

According to an Associated Press report Sunday night, Butler sports information director Jim McGrath said the school's search committee, of which he is a member, forwarded two candidates Saturday to Fong. The other candidate was Watson.

Collier, who played at Butler and led the Bulldogs to three NCAA tournaments in 11 seasons, has two years remaining on his Nebraska contract. He interviewed in Indianapolis Friday, flew back to speak at his basketball camp in Lincoln Saturday morning before returning to Indianapolis for the Sunday meeting and Hall of Fame ceremonies.

Collier is 89-91 in six seasons at Nebraska. The administration didn't offer Collier an extension last season after the Huskers played in the NIT, essentially making him a lame duck even with two years remaining on his contract. Collier met with his staff during the season and let them know that they should pursue other openings if they had the opportunity. Assistant Scott Spinelli took a similar position at Wichita State.

Collier was first contacted by Butler in early May. But he continued to recruit in June and July with the intent on returning to Nebraska to coach next season's team. He even had plans to watch center Aleks Maric of Australia in the World Championships in Japan next month. But Butler moved on Collier within the last week, and the assumption at Nebraska has been that he is the leading candidate for the athletic director's job.

Collier, 52, contributes financially to Butler and holds the school in high esteem. He is still the school's winingest coach at 196-132. He would be taking a likely $400,000-plus salary cut if he leaves for Butler.

Meanwhile, a source close to the situation said Collier will find it difficult to go back to Lincoln if he were to turn the job down. They have already started to discuss potential replacements.

Even though it is late July, Nebraska is confident that they can land a quality head coach, according to a source. The most obvious candidate isn't likely to move in. Dana Altman of rival Creighton is at a basketball-crazed school, and he makes comparable money (reported by the Omaha World-Herald as being between $700,000 and $800,000).

High on Nebraska's list are Nevada's Mark Fox, a former Kansas State assistant, and Kent State's Jim Christian.

Fox, though, returns four of five starters to the Wolf Pack, including potential WAC MVP Nick Fazekas who withdrew from the NBA draft in June. Fox signed a five-year deal with a buyout of $250,000 prior to last season. His wife, Cindy, is an assistant athletic director at the school. Nevada is likely going to be picked as the favorite to win the WAC and get back to the NCAAs. The Wolf Pack will be without forward Demarshay Johnson for the first semester after he was ruled academically ineligible. A source close to Fox said he hasn't been contacted.

Christian, who was an assistant at Pitt in the late '90s when current Nebraska athletic director Steve Pederson and assistant AD Marc Boehm were at Pitt, may be more likely to make the jump at this stage. A source close to Christian said he would leave if Nebraska offered the job. Christian signed a seven-year contract following the Golden Flashes' 25-9 season and NCAA Tournament berth after winning the MAC tournament title game. Christian has a buyout of $250,000, as well.

The Huskers may also look at Rice coach Willis Wilson. But the focus, according to sources, could be Fox and Christian with the Huskers likely to move quickly once Collier tells them that he is out.