Rutgers’ new OC Ciarrocca comes from Minnesota

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — For the second straight yr, Rutgers coach Greg Schiano has gone to Minnesota to discover a coordinator.

Kirk Ciarrocca was named the Scarlet Knights’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach on Saturday, which is similar place he held final season with the Golden Gophers.

A yr in the past, Rutgers tapped Joe Harasymiak to be their defensive coordinator after he had spent 4 seasons on the Minnesota employees as co-defensive coordinator.

Ciarrocca is returning to Rutgers to work for head coach Greg Schiano a second time. He was on the employees for 3 seasons from 2008-10, successful two bowl video games.

Ciarrocca has greater than 30 years of teaching expertise, together with 19 as an offensive coordinator. He has been within the Huge Ten 5 of the final six years, most just lately serving to Minnesota to a nine-win season and a victory within the Pinstripe Bowl.

“He’s a confirmed chief of males, a wonderful soccer coach and understands what it takes to achieve success within the Huge Ten,” mentioned Schiano, who fired offensive coordinator Sean Gleeson throughout the 2022 4-8 season.

Throughout his first stint at Rutgers, Ciarrocca took over as offensive coordinator in 2009 and developed quarterback Tom Savage, offensive lineman Anthony Davis (first spherical NFL) and large receiver Mohamed Sanu (third spherical).

Ciarrocca has additionally coached at West Virginia, Penn State, Western Michigan, Richmond, Delaware (the place he labored with Joe Flacco), Temple, Western Connecticut State, Delaware Valley School, Princeton and Penn.

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