Posts Tagged ‘Greg Schiano’
The Year in Review: Rutgers (9-4, 4-3)
By Paul Myerberg // Feb 4, 2012
It’s only one test, but Kyle Flood’s off to a good start. Rutgers missed on quarterback Devin Fuller, a local product who opted for U.C.L.A., not the Scarlet Knights, at his announcement ceremony on the Sunday before national signing day. But Fuller’s decision came during the program’s interregnum between Greg Schiano’s departure and Flood’s promotion from within the staff; the Scarlet Knights had no head coach from Friday morning through Tuesday afternoon, though Flood was temporarily installed on an interim basis. Flood’s job, once the interim tag was removed from his title — which came after Mario Cristobal’s deal fell through — was to wrap up on the strongest recruiting classes in school history. So far, so good.
Tags: Darius Hamilton, Duron Harmon, Greg Schiano, Khaseem Greene, Kyle Flood, Leonte Carroo, Mohamed Sanu, Quanzell Lambert, Rutgers, Steve Beauharnais
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Kyle Flood Lands a Promotion at Rutgers
By Paul Myerberg // Jan 31, 2012
Kyle Flood’s coaching career can be summed up in three words: Gardi, Keeler and Schiano. Those are names, actually, with Gardi the former coach at Hofstra, Keeler the current coach at Delaware and Schiano, of course, the head coach at Rutgers from 2001 through last Friday. His connection with each coach spans back to 1997, when he joined Gardi as Hofstra’s offensive line coach, but Flood’s coaching career spans back to 1993, when months after graduating from Iona he took a position coaching both lines at St. Francis Prep in Lafayette, N.J. — Flood’s alma mater, as well as a school famous for producing Vince Lombardi, among other notables.
Tags: Greg Schiano, K.C. Keeler, Kyle Flood, Mario Cristobal, Rutgers
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Unexpectedly, Cristobal Isn’t Rutgers-Bound
By Paul Myerberg // Jan 30, 2012
How is it possible that two sides so clearly destined for each other couldn’t hold hands and cross the threshold? It wasn’t about the relationship: Rutgers knew Mario Cristobal and Cristobal knew Rutgers, thanks to his three-year stint as a Greg Schiano assistant. It wasn’t about ability: Cristobal can coach, as he proved over five years at Florida International, and replacing Schiano at Rutgers would clearly mark a step up the coaching ladder. It wasn’t about a better option on the horizon — for Rutgers, at least: If not Cristobal, the Scarlet Knights would turn their sights inward toward interim head coach Kyle Flood. No, it wasn’t about relationships, it wasn’t about ability and it wasn’t about a better option. So what prevented Rutgers and Cristobal from walking down the aisle?
Tags: Florida International, Greg Schiano, Kyle Flood, Mario Cristobal, Rutgers
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The Official End of an Era in the Big East
By Paul Myerberg // Jan 26, 2012
Miami (Fla.) and Virginia Tech left for the A.C.C. in 2004, followed a year later by Boston College. Rutgers broke through in 2006, bolting out of the gate with nine straight wins and rising as high as No. 7 in The Associated Press poll before splitting its last four games to finish 11-2. Coincidence? Not quite. Perhaps no program – and no coach, Greg Schiano – benefitted more from that trio’s bolt to greener pastures, one that created a power vacuum atop the Big East. Rutgers, along with West Virginia and Cincinnati, helped fill that gap. But the Scarlet Knights never got over the hump, instead making brief bursts towards B.C.S. play before ceding Big East supremacy to other more solidly-built conference rivals.
Tags: Big East, Greg Schiano, Mario Cristobal, Rutgers
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Eight Under-the-Radar Coaching Jobs
By Paul Myerberg // Jan 20, 2012
Yesterday’s post on Louisville placed an emphasis on the coaching job Charlie Strong did last fall, if not over his first two seasons with the program altogether. Sometimes, as I noted, seven wins means more than just seven wins: Louisville matched its 2010 mark for victories, but doing so when given the team’s sour start and overwhelming youth makes another bowl trip quite the impressive feat for Strong and his staff. Praising Strong’s work in 2011 underscores the idea that the best coaching job in the country is often not done by the coach who wins a national title, or the coach who wins the SEC; often enough, the best coaching job is done by one who takes the youngest team in the country, one that started 2-4, and wins seven games.
Tags: Bill Snyder, Charlie Strong, Gary Pinkel, Greg Schiano, James Franklin, Les Miles, Mike MacIntyre, Pete Lembo, Ron English, Willie Taggart
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Forecasting the Big East in 2011
By Paul Myerberg // Aug 15, 2011
It’s an old refrain, but it continues to carry weight: Big East teams won’t impress in conference play, so it’s vital that the conference heavyweights make noise in September. And once again, teams like West Virginia, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati will have the opportunity to do so against opponents like L.S.U., Utah and Tennessee, respectively. Yeah, it’s an old, tired refrain, yet one that continues to carry weight. Can you blame the Big East for feeling maligned by the rest of the country? I’d be tired of being discounted, belittled, misjudged and overlooked, but the conference as a whole can’t really look in the mirror and like what it sees.
Tags: Big East, Brandon Lindsay, Butch Jones, Charlie Strong, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Dana Holgorsen, Geno Smith, Greg Schiano, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Skip Holtz, South Florida, Syracuse, West Virginia, Zach Collaros
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No. 90: Rutgers
By Paul Myerberg // Jun 1, 2011
Rutgers was able to scale the mountaintop, but the program spent precious little time near its summit. I count mere weeks at the forefront of college football: that the Scarlet Knights got there at all is a testament to the jaw-dropping rebuilding job done by Greg Schiano, but it made last year’s slide – and an unimpressive nine-win 2009, if there is such a thing – painful for a fan base dreaming of planting their flag alongside the nation’s elite. That Rutgers has been lapped by several Big East foes – Connecticut went to the B.C.S. before the Scarlet Knights – stings worse, and even raises a once-unthinkable question: Is Greg Schiano just a builder, or can he get Rutgers to the next level?
Tags: Big East, Chas Dodd, Desmond Stapleton, Frank Cignetti, Greg Schiano, Manny Abreu, Mark Harrison, Mohamed Sanu, Rutgers, Tom Savage
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Random Spring Thoughts: Rutgers
By Paul Myerberg // Mar 31, 2011
Using a combination of various computer programs and the Internet — a task nearly beyond my limited computing skills — I selected 25 F.B.S. teams at random. Teams lucky enough to have been randomly selected will be reviewed with several random thoughts as we enter the heart of spring practice. Up next: Rutgers, a team taking everything in perspective.
Rutgers remains happy for the little things, like the wonderful news that Eric LeGrand, injured making a tackle against Army on Oct. 16, has been discharged from a rehabilitation center in New Jersey and can now undergo outpatient treatment for his spinal cord injury. That’s the type of good news not even a national title can replace, as those who first witnessed LeGrand’s injury, his painful battle through therapy and, earlier this month, the happiness he took in being able to attend Rutgers’ annual pro day can attest.
Tags: Chas Dodd, Eric LeGrand, Frank Cignetti, Greg Schiano, Pittsburgh, Rutgers
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