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Rutgers will keep Greg Schiano as football coach for 2027
Rutgers will keep Greg Schiano as head coach in 2027, despite the team’s 2-7 record this season.
The Scarlet Knights have had back-to-back losing seasons, and their latest loss ruled them out of a bowl game.
Schiano is the school’s winningest coach, with 101 wins across two stints, and Rutgers gave him an extension after consecutive 7-6 seasons in 2023 and 2024.
Athletic director Keli Zinn said the results are not acceptable, but believes an offseason roster rebuild can improve the team.
Rutgers hopes to be more active in the transfer portal, where players can change schools, and to have a full defensive coaching staff in place earlier.
The decision also avoids the large cost of dismissing Schiano and his staff, which ESPN reported would have been close to $28 million.
Schiano will need to show tangible improvement in 2027, as Rutgers seeks to become more competitive.
Rutgers will bring back Greg Schiano as its football coach in 2027 despite the team’s 2-7 record this season.
The decision gives Schiano a chance to improve the roster and make the program more competitive.
Athletic director Keli Zinn said the team’s results were not acceptable but keeping Schiano served Rutgers’ long-term interests.
Rutgers also faces financial challenges, and the reported cost of dismissing Schiano differs between the articles.
- Who
- Rutgers and head coach Greg Schiano.
- What
- Rutgers will keep Schiano as coach for 2027.
- When
- Announced Tuesday, November 10, 2026.
- Where
- Rutgers University in New Jersey.
- Why
- Keli Zinn said she believes Schiano can strengthen the roster and that keeping him serves the university’s long-term interests. The articles also cite financial challenges.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Rutgers recorded back-to-back 7-6 seasons under Schiano.
Rutgers reached a 2-7 record, and its seventh loss ruled the team out of bowl play.
Rutgers announced that Schiano would return as coach in 2027.
- 2027
- Schiano will return as Rutgers head coach.
- 2026 record
- Rutgers was 2-7 when the decision was announced.
- Coaching tenure
- Schiano’s 19th season in charge of Rutgers will be in 2027, across two stints.
- Firing cost
- CBS Sports reported a buyout of $17,296,875 after the season; ESPN reported $18.6 million owed if Schiano were fired that year.
- Staff cost
- ESPN said dismissing the entire staff would have cost close to $28 million.
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What people are saying
Our results are not acceptable for the expectations we have for our football program and for the athletics program we are building.
I do believe he has an opportunity in the off-season to really strengthen the roster and make changes to position us to a higher level of competitiveness for next season.
What I hope to see is that we are more aggressive in the portal to assemble a roster that brings a level of talent here in order to compete at a higher level.