The Greg Schiano reunion tour is off.
According to Yahoo! Sports’ Pete Thamel, the ex-Rutgers head coach will not have a second stint at the school after negotiations broke down in the 11th hour over the weekend.
Source: Greg Schiano and Rutgers could not come to an agreement about him becoming next head coach there.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) November 24, 2019
A second report from Stadium’s Brett McMurphy added that the Scarlet Knights had offered an eight-year, $32 million deal to Schiano but that a gap between the two parties remained in terms of support. The state’s governor even was reported to have gotten involved in the talks but apparently to no end with this latest bit of news.
It’s unknown where Rutgers will go from here in replacing Chris Ash but Alabama analyst and former Tennessee/Cincinnati head coach Butch Jones was often mentioned as a finalist before the program centered on a reunion with Schiano. Mississippi State coach Joe Moorhead, Eastern Michigan’s Chris Creighton and ex-player/current Michigan assistant Anthony Campanile have also been floated as possible candidates.