Football Greg Schiano set to return in 2027

[RUDiddy777]

HE HAD TWO LOTTERY PICKS. Ace and Harper reportedly received more than $3 million in NIL alone (might be true, might not be). And if you think Rutgers Football is playing on a "level playing field"? I don't know what to tell you, but you don't know what you're talking about. Maybe a level playing field with Maryland or Purdue.

You’re just repeating yourself and I suspect you don’t really follow bball. A legit B1G 5 costs well north of what Ace and Dylan got - and neither maxed out what they could get from NIL since they’ll end up making 10 figures by the time they retire. If you followed the team, the supporting cast was very weak (part of that was absolutely on a strategic failure by Pike, part on the fact that he didn’t have money).

Football got 20+ million this year. Thats middle of the pack. Basketball got 10, that’s middle of the pack. Basketball got less than 3 last year and even less the year before. Hobbs wasn’t raising money.

 

[RUDiddy777]

e.g. schools like Oklahoma State, UCLA went big this year after firing failed head coach...

They have money. We don’t.

 

[AdventureHasAName]

Some on this board are fairly connected and know things, but they do not post information shared in confidence on a public message board. So you are wrong there, and there is no need to act so smart and be so quick to "relentlessly mock" others.

Yes, I know ... how dare I mock the Rutgers Insiders™? They know all* (and are willing to tell you that over and over and over and over again) and are so very influential.

*And are always wrong

 

[RUDiddy777]

Haha. She’s being paid a shitload to figure it out. Listen to her speak. No substance.

These are high paying jobs and we never know when to cut bait and take the loss. You’ll see.

You want to fire our AD after barely year because she hasn’t raised the 30 million of dead money to make a coach go away?

Shes been nothing short of fantastic. Shes gotten football and basketball to a level playing field in NIL in less than a year. Schiano just stinks as a head coach.

 

[RUDiddy777]

I’ll be happy with no price increase. Looks like I have to up the alcohol again at tailgates next year.

for the last decade, the alcohol at the tailgates has pretty much been the only thing to look forward to.

 

[scarletpumpernickl]

How can you fire a coach with 2 undefeated seasons? The Maryland season and the Howard season!

 

[Knight Shift]

Yes, I know ... how dare I mock the Rutgers Insiders™? They know all* (and are willing to tell you that over and over and over and over again) and are so very influential.

*And are always wrong

Seriously have no idea who you are referring to. But go on if it makes you feel better about yourself.

 

[AdventureHasAName]

Seriously have no idea who you are referring to. But go on if it makes you feel better about yourself.

It does. I'm thoroughly enjoying myself.

 

[RU#1fan]

The thing about is, they might have 6 or 7 wins next year which will then be parlayed into another 6 or 7 win season with some stars on the team and then it's "we're only a couple players away, next year is the year" and we start this all over again..

Not happening with Schiano. Mark it down for next season. Ceiling is 5 wins if we get lucky: Akron, LIU, BC ( maybe but O’Brien will Coach circles around Schiano), Maryland, and maybe maybe Michigan State on the road.

 

[RUDiddy777]

Yes, I know ... how dare I mock the Rutgers Insiders™? They know all* (and are willing to tell you that over and over and over and over again) and are so very influential.

*And are always wrong

No doubt she wants him gone. No doubt she tried. No doubt she found short arms and deep pockets. I’m sure she did the math and even the loss in revenue isn’t enough to offset the buyout.

 

[Caliknight]

Some on this board are fairly connected and know things, but they do not post information shared in confidence on a public message board. So you are wrong there, and there is no need to act so smart and be so quick to "relentlessly mock" others.

The funny part is no one ever said something was definitively happening nor when. He got caught lying about that already, in embarrassing fashion. Guess it wasn't embarrassing enough lol

Prior to the bye week when it is traditionally a time someone gets let go, it was apparent there was no decision made. That poster can continue to post lies claiming people said otherwise, but no one ever said he was definitely getting fired nor gave a specific time when that would happen. He loves to lie for some reason.

 

[bigmatt718]

The thing about is, they might have 6 or 7 wins next year which will then be parlayed into another 6 or 7 win season with some stars on the team and then it's "we're only a couple players away, next year is the year" and we start this all over again..

I feel like long term extensions are a thing of the past.

 

[AdventureHasAName]

No doubt she wants him gone. No doubt she tried. No doubt she found short arms and deep pockets. I’m sure she did the math and even the loss in revenue isn’t enough to offset the buyout.

Agreed. She wants to fire him and she was told "no" by the people who actually decide who gets hired and fired. No shame in that. There's no shame in that. Pernetti wanted to fire Rice and was told "no," too - it happens all the time. It was obvious to anyone with a heartbeat that we weren't going to have the money to fire him and hire a replacement (this year) that was likely to get a better result. It was even more obvious that there wasn't going to be a firing in-season.

 

[RU#1fan]

Oh well. I guess Greg has an eight year plan which comes to fruition next year. Three immediate courses of action:
1. Remove Greg off the hot seat list and grant him perpetual immunity.
2. Fire half of his staff including all of his family. The waste of money here is beyond absurd.
3. File a class action lawsuit against Hobbs for f*cking Rutgers fans, the athletic department and the gymnastics coach.
This day is a historical marker which will go down as a day of infamy in Rutgers Football lore.

Hobbs is a piece of ****.

 

[SHUSource]

 

[patk89]

Totally upset by how this season has gone. If we had a guy who would cut a $50 million check, GS would be dismissed. But reality is that is not happening. He runs a clean program and kids graduate. I hope that more money will allow us to attract D1 talent to stock the roster next season. We can't be pulling low level guys when our B1G competition is getting P4 talent. But RU is at the lowest level of P4 with low alumni contributions so it is a very difficult job. Some of you guys think it would be easy.

 

[RU#1fan]

Unless you’re sending 30 mil with that email, you’re wasting your time.

No in the end when the cost to keep this clown ( And it’s not $30 mil and not over ONE season) is far exceeded by the million$ lost on ticket renewals, donations, parking,Concessions ,etc.AND all the Revenue lost that would be generated by the new HC and Staff in Years 1-3 THE message will be clear.

 

[Postman_1]

I knew they would be gutless and keep him. Rutgers gonna Rutgers. Another embarrassing move by them

 

[LotusAggressor_rivals]

Rutgers doing Rutgers things.....what a pathetic excuse for a P4 school!

As far as Zinn and Tate, The Who said it best - 'Meet the new boss.....same as the old boss!'

Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
And I get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again.
Or

Waiting for the winds of change to sweep the clouds away.
Waiting for the rainbow's end to cast its gold your way.
Countless ways, you pass the days.
Waiting for someone to come and turn your world around.
Looking for an answer to the questions you have found.
Looking for an open door.
You don't get something for nothing .
You can't have freedom for free.
You won't get wise with sleep still in your eyes
No matter what you're dreams might be .....

 

[RUChet]

No reason to lose confidence in the AD. She got stonewalled by the University and no support from the State of NJ. I posted above what I posted earlier this year. I hiring freeze is in place. Everyone is crying about money and the cost of living. This just was not going to happen.

PFF College Football Analyst Max Chadwick: “My guess is that the buyout is too expensive for Rutgers. $18.5 million buyout right now. Firing him and his staff and hiring a whole new one would cost ≈$40M. Rutgers athletics lost $78M in 2025 and is down $156M since joining Big Ten in 2014.”

If the state and the RU BOG really care about economics they’d end the entire atheltic department. No business can lose this amount of money for a long time and for RU it’s a long time. It’s just downright in bad shape economically .

 

[RU#1fan]

Go big in 2028.

Nope in 2030
Probably will have a new AD as Greg will have run her out of town.

 

[RU#1fan]

What good is a recruiting class if the coach, can't coach

Yes, that poster you responded to is clueless. Yes we have to keep that 60th ranked 2027 Class together. LMAO
https://247sports.com/season/2027-football/compositeteamrankings/

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

I'd bet those are some of the changes. Given this is obviously a financial decision, she's going to put screws to the bloat.

Sucks, but it is what it is. Rutgers doesn't have the boosters to pay that big of a buy out and obviously the ones it does have want him to return. Hobbs really set RU athletics back in many ways.

At least we won't have to read hit piece after hit piece from the SL about buying out Schiano. At least not yet.

Yeah this. I don’t know why anyone is surprised. I don’t care how much everyone wants him gone, it’s only a smart decision to pull the plug if were sure that we a) have the money to afford even a halfway decent replacement immediately and b) can actually convince whoever it is we want to come here at that price point because as others have mentioned - the window of time to line someone up before the portal isn’t big.

In the long run, we will in fact be better off waiting since it’ll be that many more millions we’ll save this year to apply to the new hire and his staff. And no, it’s not going to cost us more in lost revenue. Richie confirmed the math on that from 2019. All in we are talking about over 10M in net savings at least just by waiting a year.

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

He’s gone after next season - maybe the stars will align and we’ll finish 6-6 with a bowl before he gets canned. It is what it is. Right now Greg is Hobbs’s mistake. If she fires him and get a coach on the cheap with no money for players, that’s her mistake.

Exactly right. Firing him without the money to hire someone decent is not the right long term decision no matter how much some fans want it to be.

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

Bring the whole staff back. Dont throw anymore money at this pile of crap. We’ve lived through plenty of trash seasons, we can suck it up for one more if it means a real coach and a real roster in 28. Unless he has a winning record, he’s a mid season firing with ample time for the new guy to recruit.

This - a lot of coach contracts roll off next season. We’ll be much better positioned financially to play ball negotiating a contract with someone decent next year. The simple math says so.

 

[RUDivision]

Rutgers University President William F. Tate IV has made establishing a "winning culture" the central pillar of his leadership philosophy, asserting that excellence must be pursued uniformly across academics, research, and athletics. Since taking office as the university's 22nd president in July 2025, Tate has consistently preached a straightforward, results-oriented message: a great university should expect to win in every arena

Tate and Zinn empty suits

 

[RU#1fan]

Why do you pay him any mind? You sound just as ridiculous debating his lunacy.

Funny how you don’t say the same thing to the other 20 people on this Board who continually post about the absurdity of Al’s gibberish.

 

[RUDiddy777]

Nope in 2030
Probably will have a new AD as Greg will have run her out of town.

This is silly. I’m sure everyone, including Greg, doesn’t want him here in 2028. Someone said the buyout drops to 10 after next season - so that’s 20 million to spend on a coach vs. 20 million to pay the guy not to coach. It sucks, but I’d rather wait a year and go big than do what we’ve always done.

if I had 20 million to give to the program, I’d rather wait a year and spend my money on a winning coach rather than just pay a non-winning coach money to not coach.

 

[RUDiddy777]

No in the end when the cost to keep this clown ( And it’s not $30 mil and not over ONE season) is far exceeded by the million$ lost on ticket renewals, donations, parking,Concessions ,etc.AND all the Revenue lost that would be generated by the new HC and Staff in Years 1-3 THE message will be clear.

Im sure they’ve done the math. They have the data. You nor I don’t.

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

No in the end when the cost to keep this clown ( And it’s not $30 mil and not over ONE season) is far exceeded by the million$ lost on ticket renewals, donations, parking,Concessions ,etc.AND all the Revenue lost that would be generated by the new HC and Staff in Years 1-3 THE message will be clear.

Except they have the data. They know what that number will be from 2019 (Ash’s last year). There will be some lost revenue but it won’t move the needle on our financial situation. The only thing other than a massive check that will help us is waiting out the year - we raise the money by doing that. You may not like it but Zinn isn’t wrong. She doesn’t really have a choice without the money.

 

[Knight Shift]

PFF College Football Analyst Max Chadwick: “My guess is that the buyout is too expensive for Rutgers. $18.5 million buyout right now. Firing him and his staff and hiring a whole new one would cost ≈$40M. Rutgers athletics lost $78M in 2025 and is down $156M since joining Big Ten in 2014.”

If the state and the RU BOG really care about economics they’d end the entire atheltic department. No business can lose this amount of money for a long time and for RU it’s a long time. It’s just downright in bad shape economically .

I agree somewhat.
If those numbers are correct, Rutgers doubled its losses at the end of 2024 to the end of 2025 in a single year. And this is after Rutgers receiving nearly a full share (or is it a full share) of their media rights money. Only at Rutgers can such inefficiencies happen (maybe that's hyperbole-but Rutgers is very good at losing and wasting money).

Can only imagine what the losses will look like for 2026.

 

[Knight Shift]

Funny how you don’t say the same thing to the other 20 people on this Board who continually post about the absurdity of Al’s gibberish.

It's meant for them too. Al's a master baiter, and people jump into his little circle jerks like lemmings. He's making fools out of a lot of people, and he is getting his jollies.

You are being far too emotional about all of this. It's a business decision, and we have to embrace the suck for another year. That said, I can understand if some fans want to tap out. Losing and bringing the guy back who is responsible for losing is quite deflating.

 

[jomo2272]

100%

Isn't it more that boosters just don't want to light their $ on fire to cover buyouts?

This. People keep talking about "boosters" not being on board with firing Greg. As if they are some shadowy group calling all the shots from a secret room somwhere. You can count on one, maybe two hands the number of people that are actively involved and are able (not necessarily willing) to stroke a million-dollar plus check at any given time for Rutgers and NONE of them (nor 5 or 6 of them together) are in a position to stroke a $27 million dollar check simply to hand Greg his walking papers. We just don't have that kind of donor base. If your smart enough to earn that kind of coin, your also smart enough not to light it on fire when that number drops down materially next year. We were not pulling a UCLA next year with a new coach. It never ceases to amaze me how good people are at spending other people's money on this board.

 

[mdk02]

Nope in 2030
Probably will have a new AD as Greg will have run her out of town.

Nope. Just as Greg has enough pull to stay so does Keli. Neither is going anywhere unless Keli gets an offer that dwarfs her Rutgers salary.

 

[RU#1fan]

It's meant for them too. Al's a master baiter, and people jump into his little circle jerks like lemmings. He's making fools out of a lot of people, and he is getting his jollies.

You are being far too emotional about all of this. It's a business decision, and we have to embrace the suck for another year. That said, I can understand if some fans want to tap out. Losing and bringing the guy back who is responsible for losing is quite deflating.

Problem is many fear it might be more than one year. If we can’t afford $18 million can we afford $11.7 million buyout after next season?

Greg Schiano buyout: Details of Rutgers head coach's contract

If Rutgers decided to part ways with head coach Greg Schiano following the 2026 season, the Scarlet Knights would owe their head coach roughly $18.5

www.on3.com

 

[mslovick]

With new playoff format power conferences will be looking to replace losing programs (such as Rutgers) with winning ones to improve strength of schedule. So don’t be surprised if in a year or two Big 10 schools vote to show RU the door.

 

[MADHAT1]

I might not like the return of Greg, but I expected Schiano to return

>Money is part of the equation. NJ.com reported Schiano would be owed $18 million if fired after this season, plus another $10 million for his staff. <.

>Schiano’s first run in Piscataway, from 2001 to 2011, is still why he gets this kind of rope. He took over one of the worst programs in major college football, went 68-67 and led Rutgers to six bowl games in seven seasons, going 5-1 in those games.<

https://www.footballscoop.com/2026/11/10/greg-schiano-will-reportedly-return-at-rutgers-next-fall

I interpret this as:
He's only coming back because it's too expensive to fire him right now

>Reports began circulating on Tuesday morning before athletic director Keli Zinn confirmed the news in a statement.

““I also have an obligation to make decisions that serve the best long-term interests of Rutgers University,” Zinn said. “There are several factors that go into decisions regarding the hiring and retention of head coaches in all of our sports, especially football and basketball. After weighing all factors, and consulting with University leadership, Head Coach Greg Schiano will be returning in 2027. Let me be very clear: this decision is not reflective of a lowering of standards or an indication that everything is fine. It is not.”<


https://www.onthebanks.com/rutgers-...return-as-rutgers-football-head-coach-in-2027

 

[Knight Shift]

Problem is many fear it might be more than one year.

Here's the way it should be:

If Greg's team goes 8-4 or better next year, doubt many will have a problem with him coming back. He finally got over the winning record in the B1G hump.

More likely, Greg goes 7-5 or worse next year, and he is gone. The buyout number (total for Greg, coordinators and other coaches) drops by a lot and this is an easier decision.

 

[PessimisticallyHopefulPragmatist]

Having just read Keli's News Release, I'm convinced she's either been snowed or is just another BS'er.

 

[NewHondo77]