Greg has one of the lowest win percentages of any active coach

[Anon1754923206]

Wake up!!

Schiano 2.0 is 30-39 regular season. Of the 39 losses, 13 losses were to teams with 10 or more wins.

Here’s the list with each team’s regular-season-only win total:

Season	Opponent	Full Record	Regular Season
2021	Michigan	12-2	11-1
2021	Ohio State	11-2	10-2
2021	Michigan State	11-2	11-1
2021	Wake Forest	11-3	10-2
2022	Ohio State	11-2	11-1
2022	Michigan	13-1	12-0
2022	Penn State	11-2	10-2
2023	Michigan	15-0	12-0
2023	Ohio State	11-2	11-1
2023	Iowa	10-4	10-2
2023	Penn State	10-3	10-2
2024	Illinois	10-3	9-3
2025	Oregon	13-2	11-1
2025	Ohio State	12-2	12-0

Hobbs, Barchi and company starved the NIL program and then fed us to the wolves. Schiano is a great coach!!!

A great coach!

 

[RUTGERS95]

Not bragging about this , but he did get to 3 minor bowls .
Though the one in 2021 I consider undeserved and given because no one else deserved that spot either.
2023 and 2024 were winning seasons, but again nothing to jump for joy over.
G-2 doesn't have terrible teams, just runs a program that won't thrill its fans and Schiano only managed that once
in both tenures as the RU FB HC .
I believe it's time for a change, but no need to hate someone that brought RU FB out of the darkness ( twice) just because he seems incapable of putting RU in bright lights.
Just thanks for what you've done to make the program better , but now you must leave because of what you failed to do as HC

more than half the teams go to bowls so that isn't really an accomplishment, not even average really.

the question stands; what has he accomplished?

it's not hate, he's paid very well to produce and he hasn't so it's fair to ask

 

[scarletbergen]

more than half the teams go to bowls so that isn't really an accomplishment, not even average really.

the question stands; what has he accomplished?

it's not hate, he's paid very well to produce and he hasn't so it's fair to ask

It is fair to question, and to hope for better results.

Negatoids just complain for the sake of complaint! It’s their schtick!!

Schiano has made a silk purse from a sow’s ear. Hopefully, the new admin has and will give him the resources. If they do, Schiano will win a lot more games!!! And, in direct proportion to the money spent.

Sorry Negatoids, the problem ain’t Schiano, it’s you!

 

[e5fdny]

It is fair to question, and to hope for better results.

Negatoids just complain for the sake of complaint! It’s their schtick!!

Schiano has made a silk purse from a sow’s ear. Hopefully, the new admin has and will give him the resources. If they do, Schiano will win a lot more games!!! And, in direct proportion to the money spent.

Sorry Negatoids, the problem ain’t Schiano, it’s you!

I didn’t call the timeout against Illinois.

Actually, nobody in the thread did.

Unless…

 

[MADHAT1]

more than half the teams go to bowls so that isn't really an accomplishment, not even average really.

the question stands; what has he accomplished?

it's not hate, he's paid very well to produce and he hasn't so it's fair to ask

what you might say he accomplished is returning Rutgers to being bowl team (abet a minor one) after 7 years of missing out . No great shakes , but he did accomplish being among the half that made a bowl , when before RU was the other half.
During his G1 term , he gave Rutgers fans expectations of greatness and having them demand winning seasons from only hoping Rutgers might have a winning year next year and if not play well enough not to be trampled most games.
Of course I admit the program never reached the expeditions RU FB fans had gained with him as the HC and by the time he left the fanbase wasn't fully supportive of him.
So maybe the only thing he accomplished was building a program that its fanbase expected too win, instead of not losing its games too badly.

As G2 all he did was take a terrible program ( for the second time) and make it one that most fans feel is good enough to compete with the best, if it had a good gameday coach , in which Greg never shown he was capable of .

As for his salary , you get what you pay for,
( excuse the source rather than find a link connected to good, this articl is connected to something putrid but has the facts)

13. Greg Schiano, Rutgers (No. 38 nationally)​

• Annual pay: $6,500,000
• Maximum bonus: $2,450,000
• School buyout: $23,735,156
• https://nittanylionswire.usatoday.c...-salaries-from-highest-to-lowest/86562749007/

Ranking Big Ten football coaching salaries from highest to lowest in 2025

What coaches are getting paid the most in the Big Ten in 2025, and which coaches look like bargains?

nittanylionswire.usatoday.com

We can whine all we want about what he makes, but among his Big 10 peers, Schiano looks like he's being paid the way his program preforms :
Finished 14th in conference in 2025 , 9th in 2024 and tied for 9th in conference wins in 2023 ( last year with 2 divisions in which Rutgers placed #5 in the 7 team East )

Greg needs to be replaced ,he did all he could and that has proved less than acceptable , but he did have this fanbase expect more because of him, rather then moan and groan about losing all the time and hope someday we'll be good.
He made it so Rutgers Football fans now demand that and anything less is unacceptable .
That , in itself, might be considered an accomplishment

The only thing I have against Greg's salary is his contract being extended after only 4 years when it had 4 more years to go before it expired .

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

what you might say he accomplished : during his G1 term , he gave Rutgers fans expectations of greatness and having them demand winning seasons from only hoping Rutgers might have a winning year next year and if not play well enough not to be trampled most games.
Of course I admit the program never reached the expeditions RU FB fans had gained with him as the HC and by the time he left the fanbase wasn't fully supportive of him.
So maybe the only thing he accomplished was building a program that its ganbase expected too win, instead of not losing its games too badly.

As G2 all he did was take a terrible program ( for the second time) and make it one that most fans feel is good enough to compete with the best, if it had a good gameday coach , in which Greg never shown he was capable of .

As for his salary , you get what you pay for,
( excuse the source rather than find a link connected to good, this articl is connected to something putrid but has the facts)

13. Greg Schiano, Rutgers (No. 38 nationally)​

• Annual pay: $6,500,000
• Maximum bonus: $2,450,000
• School buyout: $23,735,156
• https://nittanylionswire.usatoday.c...-salaries-from-highest-to-lowest/86562749007/

Ranking Big Ten football coaching salaries from highest to lowest in 2025

What coaches are getting paid the most in the Big Ten in 2025, and which coaches look like bargains?

nittanylionswire.usatoday.com

We can whine all we want about what he makes, but among his Big 10 peers, Schiano looks like he's being paid the way his program preforms :
Finished 14th in conference in 2025 , 9th in 2024 and tied for 9th in conference wins in 2023 ( last year with 2 divisions in which Rutgers placed #5 in the 7 team East )

Good post that pretty much sums up where we are at. A lot of extreme views in both directions, but blended all together we’ve reached a 2026 season defining crossroad in terms of Greg’s future.

Can Kirk sustain the steady progress he’s shown over the past 2 seasons since GW was finally sent packing? Will it be crystal clear that despite the inexplicable delay in hiring a DC, in the end, we landed the right guy / staff to turn the defense around?

At the end of the day, fans can and will point fingers at the many past mistakes Greg’s made in frustration - but the 2 questions above will likely determine his fate for 2027 - not those things. And yeah, sure , if Iowa State’s stud defensive transfer from SD makes national highlights for a collection of explosive sacks (which could easily happen), Greg will deserve every bit of crap he’ll take on the fan boards about “what could’ve been”. Not making a decision earlier meant we were going to lose out on the best portal players in play from the team we hired from (where we no doubt would’ve been frontrunner) but also basically took ourselves out of play with the best of the rest defensive transfers too (who is choosing a program without knowing what D they will run). - nobody good.

This was a huge mistake - BUT, at the end of the day, if Johansen defies the odds and works magic to make the guys we have servicable anyway - it’s highly unlikely we’ll be starting from scratch in 2027 unless the offense significantly falls off. This, to me, is the reality of where we are - right or wrong.

 

[Anon1754923206]

A $23M buyout?

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

A $23M buyout?

It is what it is. There’s really no point harping on it. If the offense comes crashing and burning back to earth or the defense doesn’t show clear signs of life, Zinn is going to have to eat the cost and move on. I don’t care what she’s saying behind closed doors to pacify our higher roller donors who are ready for a change - I doubt Zinn is rooting for this outcome. Her job becomes way easier if we don’t have to absorb that cost and there’s justification to see what the current units can do with another year in 2027. I.e. money that can be spent elsewhere in reshaping the trajectory of athletics. The fact that Greg doesn’t “deserve” for only this to be the bar for him to “keep collecting” doesn’t really matter. If keeping the coaching in tact for 2027 looks more promising that what the coaching carousel of opportunities are in combo with wiping the slate clean - that will mean keeping him another year is best for RU. If not, then he should go. Really that simple.

 

[Anon1754923206]

It is what it is. There’s really no point harping on it. If the offense comes crashing and burning back to earth or the defense doesn’t show clear signs of life, Zinn is going to have to eat the cost and move on. I don’t care what she’s saying behind closed doors to pacify our higher roller donors who are ready for a change - I doubt Zinn is rooting for this outcome. Her job becomes way easier if we don’t have to absorb that cost and there’s justification to see what the current units can do with another year in 2027. I.e. money that can be spent elsewhere in reshaping the trajectory of athletics. The fact that Greg doesn’t “deserve” for only this to be the bar for him to “keep collecting” doesn’t really matter. If keeping the coaching in tact for 2027 looks more promising that what the coaching carousel of opportunities are in combo with wiping the slate clean - that will mean keeping him another year is best for RU. If not, then he should go. Really that simple.

I had no idea it was that high…not something I remotely follow until it’s a news item…dang…

 

[Rutgers Chris]

A $23M buyout?

The contract extension was criminal, absolutely no need for it at the time

 

[scarletbergen]

I didn’t call the timeout against Illinois.

Actually, nobody in the thread did.

Unless…

Oh my god, really! This is just too dumb!

 

[kupuna133]

Oh my god, really! This is just too dumb!

Agreed. Was one of the dumbest coaching decisions I have ever seen. Too dumb!!!

 

[scarletbergen]

Agreed. Was one of the dumbest coaching decisions I have ever seen. Too dumb!!!

Schiano is a great coach and a few dumb, loud mouthed Negatoids don’t change that reality. They just hurt the team and lessen the fun.

 

[RUTGERS95]

Schiano is a great coach and a few dumb, loud mouthed Negatoids don’t change that reality. They just hurt the team and lessen the fun.

Joe, his record says otherwise. You'd be smart to find another coach to learn from

 

[RUTGERS95]

what you might say he accomplished is returning Rutgers to being bowl team (abet a minor one) after 7 years of missing out . No great shakes , but he did accomplish being among the half that made a bowl , when before RU was the other half.
During his G1 term , he gave Rutgers fans expectations of greatness and having them demand winning seasons from only hoping Rutgers might have a winning year next year and if not play well enough not to be trampled most games.
Of course I admit the program never reached the expeditions RU FB fans had gained with him as the HC and by the time he left the fanbase wasn't fully supportive of him.
So maybe the only thing he accomplished was building a program that its fanbase expected too win, instead of not losing its games too badly.

As G2 all he did was take a terrible program ( for the second time) and make it one that most fans feel is good enough to compete with the best, if it had a good gameday coach , in which Greg never shown he was capable of .

As for his salary , you get what you pay for,
( excuse the source rather than find a link connected to good, this articl is connected to something putrid but has the facts)

13. Greg Schiano, Rutgers (No. 38 nationally)​

• Annual pay: $6,500,000
• Maximum bonus: $2,450,000
• School buyout: $23,735,156
• https://nittanylionswire.usatoday.c...-salaries-from-highest-to-lowest/86562749007/

Ranking Big Ten football coaching salaries from highest to lowest in 2025

What coaches are getting paid the most in the Big Ten in 2025, and which coaches look like bargains?

nittanylionswire.usatoday.com

We can whine all we want about what he makes, but among his Big 10 peers, Schiano looks like he's being paid the way his program preforms :
Finished 14th in conference in 2025 , 9th in 2024 and tied for 9th in conference wins in 2023 ( last year with 2 divisions in which Rutgers placed #5 in the 7 team East )

Greg needs to be replaced ,he did all he could and that has proved less than acceptable , but he did have this fanbase expect more because of him, rather then moan and groan about losing all the time and hope someday we'll be good.
He made it so Rutgers Football fans now demand that and anything less is unacceptable .
That , in itself, might be considered an accomplishment

The only thing I have against Greg's salary is his contract being extended after only 4 years when it had 4 more years to go before it expired .

lol ok

 

[kupuna133]

Schiano is a great coach and a few dumb, loud mouthed Negatoids don’t change that reality. They just hurt the team and lessen the fun.

What I find funny is the people calling others names and shouting down (being loudmouths) are the ones not backing up their position with data. Little less emotion and more logic could help your argument.

 

[RU#1fan]

A $23M buyout?

Hobbs… the Gift that keeps on giving….

 

[rutgersal_rivals139582]

What I find funny is the people calling others names and shouting down (being loudmouths) are the ones not backing up their position with data. Little less emotion and more logic could help your argument.

Money has been brought up a million times, but you choose to discount its importance, when it’s the #1 determinant of college football success.

 

[kupuna133]

Money has been brought up a million times, but you choose to discount its importance, when it’s the #1 determinant of college football success.

No I don’t. Money is an issue. It’s just not “the” issue. We discussed this much earlier. It’s an allocation problem not a budgetary or spending problem.

 

[scarletbergen]

No I don’t. Money is an issue. It’s just not “the” issue. We discussed this much earlier. It’s an allocation problem not a budgetary or spending problem.

Oh my, …it is THE issue. We have always been cash (NIL) poor, so we can’t afford to hire 4 & 5 star players. That is why we can’t really compete.

 

[T2Kplus20]

Oh my, …it is THE issue. We have always been cash (NIL) poor, so we can’t afford to hire 4 & 5 star players. That is why we can’t really compete.

The game has passed GS by. Sad to see, but it happens. Big red flags continue to be his awful management and hiring of his staff (and his reputation of being difficult to work for) and his poor gameday coaching. He will always underperform his resources.

 

[RUTGERS95]

Oh my, …it is THE issue. We have always been cash (NIL) poor, so we can’t afford to hire 4 & 5 star players. That is why we can’t really compete.

you missed his point I believe

 

[RU#1fan]

Good post that pretty much sums up where we are at. A lot of extreme views in both directions, but blended all together we’ve reached a 2026 season defining crossroad in terms of Greg’s future.

Can Kirk sustain the steady progress he’s shown over the past 2 seasons since GW was finally sent packing? Will it be crystal clear that despite the inexplicable delay in hiring a DC, in the end, we landed the right guy / staff to turn the defense around?

At the end of the day, fans can and will point fingers at the many past mistakes Greg’s made in frustration - but the 2 questions above will likely determine his fate for 2027 - not those things. And yeah, sure , if Iowa State’s stud defensive transfer from SD makes national highlights for a collection of explosive sacks (which could easily happen), Greg will deserve every bit of crap he’ll take on the fan boards about “what could’ve been”. Not making a decision earlier meant we were going to lose out on the best portal players in play from the team we hired from (where we no doubt would’ve been frontrunner) but also basically took ourselves out of play with the best of the rest defensive transfers too (who is choosing a program without knowing what D they will run). - nobody good.

This was a huge mistake - BUT, at the end of the day, if Johansen defies the odds and works magic to make the guys we have servicable anyway - it’s highly unlikely we’ll be starting from scratch in 2027 unless the offense significantly falls off. This, to me, is the reality of where we are - right or wrong.

Well written. Let’s see if there really is a miss on the SD edge rusher to ISU. He was ranked #79 in all Edge Rushers in the 2026 Transfer Portal Rankings . Our own Jordan Walker was ranked #40 when he left. Perhaps he over performs.

 

[kupuna133]

you missed his point I believe

Continues to be blinded.

 

[RUTGERS95]

Continues to be blinded.

willful ignorance is what he has and that should be punishable by death. Nothing is worse than willful ignorance

 

[RUTGERS95]

Active coaches with worst performance since Greg started in 2.0

1. Stan Drayton (Temple Owls) — WORST

• 6-Year Record: 9–27 (Tenure began in 2022)
• Winning Percentage: 25.0%

2. Sonny Cumbie (Louisiana Tech Bulldogs)

• 6-Year Record: 19–31 (Tenure began in 2022)
• Winning Percentage: 38.0%

3. Clark Lea (Vanderbilt Commodores)

• 6-Year Record: 26–36 (Tenure began in 2021)
• Winning Percentage: 41.0%

4. Greg Schiano (Rutgers Scarlet Knights)

• 6-Year Record: 31–41 (Entire 2020–2025 window)
• Winning Percentage: 43.0%

5. Mike Locksley (Maryland Terrapins) — BEST (of this group)

• 6-Year Record: 35–35 (Entire 2020–2025 window)
• Winning Percentage: 50.0%

 

[Shelby65]

Active coaches with worst performance since Greg started in 2.0

1. Stan Drayton (Temple Owls) — WORST

• 6-Year Record: 9–27 (Tenure began in 2022)
• Winning Percentage: 25.0%

2. Sonny Cumbie (Louisiana Tech Bulldogs)

• 6-Year Record: 19–31 (Tenure began in 2022)
• Winning Percentage: 38.0%

3. Clark Lea (Vanderbilt Commodores)

• 6-Year Record: 26–36 (Tenure began in 2021)
• Winning Percentage: 41.0%

4. Greg Schiano (Rutgers Scarlet Knights)

• 6-Year Record: 31–41 (Entire 2020–2025 window)
• Winning Percentage: 43.0%

5. Mike Locksley (Maryland Terrapins) — BEST (of this group)

• 6-Year Record: 35–35 (Entire 2020–2025 window)
• Winning Percentage: 50.0%

Redo with conference winning percentages please.

 

[Anon1754923206]

Active coaches with worst performance since Greg started in 2.0

1. Stan Drayton (Temple Owls) — WORST

• 6-Year Record: 9–27 (Tenure began in 2022)
• Winning Percentage: 25.0%

2. Sonny Cumbie (Louisiana Tech Bulldogs)

• 6-Year Record: 19–31 (Tenure began in 2022)
• Winning Percentage: 38.0%

3. Clark Lea (Vanderbilt Commodores)

• 6-Year Record: 26–36 (Tenure began in 2021)
• Winning Percentage: 41.0%

4. Greg Schiano (Rutgers Scarlet Knights)

• 6-Year Record: 31–41 (Entire 2020–2025 window)
• Winning Percentage: 43.0%

5. Mike Locksley (Maryland Terrapins) — BEST (of this group)

• 6-Year Record: 35–35 (Entire 2020–2025 window)
• Winning Percentage: 50.0%

Lea has a win over #1 Bama 2 wins over Tennessee and a 10 win season. All of it > than anything GS has done, GS 1.0 or 2.0

 

[MADHAT1]

Lea has a win over #1 Bama 2 wins over Tennessee and a 10 win season. All of it > than anything GS has done, GS 1.0 or 2.0

I say :Lea deserves a mulligan for his first 3 years there , just like many RU fans ( including me) give G1 for his first years at Rutgers because of the program he inherited from Shea
Clark Lea walked into a disaster and made it look good in 2025 (10-3) .
Lets see if he builds on that in 2026 or winds up like Schiano did in 2007 after having a 11-2 record in 2006.

Schiano 1 & 2 never came close to fulfilling the expectations Rutgers fans had after the 2006 season, Lets see if Lea can do better before we praise him as the Commodore's savior or condemn him because if the W-L record has has now.

 

[Knight Shift]

I say :Lea deserves a mulligan for his first 3 years there , just like many RU fans ( including me) give G1 for his first years at Rutgers because of the program he inherited from Shea
Clark Lea walked into a disaster and made it look good in 2025 (10-3) .
Lets see if he builds on that in 2026 or winds up like Schiano did in 2007 after having a 11-2 record in 2006.

Schiano 1 & 2 never came close to fulfilling the expectations Rutgers fans had after the 2006 season, Lets see if Lea can do better before we praise him as the Commodore's savior or condemn him because if the W-L record has has now.

Did Lea build the Commodores into a Brick House?


Or will 2026 be an Oh No!



Gotta love the Commodores. They wrote a song about me:

 

[Rutgers Chris]

Lea has a win over #1 Bama 2 wins over Tennessee and a 10 win season. All of it > than anything GS has done, GS 1.0 or 2.0

Sir, enough with your facts. They will not be tolerated around here, we deal in hyperbole only

 

[Kbe4]

Oh my, …it is THE issue. We have always been cash (NIL) poor, so we can’t afford to hire 4 & 5 star players. That is why we can’t really compete.

In their dreams these negatoids think RU is gonna dump Schiano and hire a magician as head coach...one who can get loads of four and five star recruits to ignore the huge bags of money from rich schools with loads of assets and instead give RU a discount and come to Piscataway to play.

 

[Caliknight]

Schiano is a great coach and a few dumb, loud mouthed Negatoids don’t change that reality. They just hurt the team and lessen the fun.

Great coaches have programs bearing their door down. Not one program wanted Greg Schiano. Literally no one.