As suspected, Ralph Friedgen has stepped down from his position as offensive coordinator at Rutgers. Ben McDaniels has been promoted from wide receivers coach to succeed Friedgen as offensive coordinator.
Friedgen coached one year at Rutgers after a brief retirement. After being forced to resign as head coach at Maryland, paving the way for Randy Edsall to take over the program, Friedgen accepted a two-year contract offer from Rutgers to guide the offense into the Big Ten in 2014. But Friedgen lasted just one year on the new job despite having a positive effect on the Rutgers offense.
McDaniels, the younger brother of New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, joined the Rutgers coaching staff last year as well. Before arriving at Rutgers, McDaniels had served as an offensive assistant in the NFL with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. His last offensive coordinator job was in 2012 with Columbia in the Ivy League. McDaniels also has some experience coaching in the Big Ten. He had previously coached as a graduate assistant at Minnesota, where he worked with wide receivers and defensive backs.