{"id":2234,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/2234","headline":"Rutgers to keep Greg Schiano as head coach in 2027","dek":"Athletic director Keli Zinn made the announcement despite Schiano's 2-7 start this season.","body":"Rutgers is sticking with Greg Schiano. Athletic director Keli Zinn confirmed on Tuesday that Schiano will return as head coach in 2027, even after a 2-7 start that had plenty of people wondering if the school would move on.\n\nThe decision comes down to math as much as loyalty. Rutgers faces budget challenges and would be on the hook for a steep buyout if it chose to part ways with Schiano now, making continuity the more practical option rather than paying for a coaching search and a departure at the same time.\n\nNext season will mark Schiano's eighth year in his second stint leading the Scarlet Knights, a tenure that has included both rebuilding stretches and rough patches like the current one. Rutgers appears to be betting that staying the course gives it a steadier path forward than blowing things up midstream and starting over in 2027.\n\nNo further details on program changes or coaching staff moves were included in the announcement.","published_at":"2026-11-10T23:19:43.452764+00:00","source_count":4,"written_from":[{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"Greg Schiano returning to Rutgers in 2027: Embattled coach staying put despite 2-7 start","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/greg-schiano-returning-rutgers-2027/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Greg Schiano To Return As Rutgers Football Head Coach In 2027","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/greg-schiano-return-rutgers-football-170209734.html"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Rutgers bringing back Greg Schiano in 2027: Sources","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7656909/2026/11/10/greg-schiano-returning-rutgers-2027/"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Greg Schiano to return as Rutgers football head coach for 2027: sources","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/greg-schiano-return-rutgers-football-160755196.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Rutgers’ Greg Schiano decision is puzzling. The money may explain it","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/rutgers-greg-schiano-decision-puzzling-163012790.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Greg Schiano will return as Rutgers coach in 2027, a decision that AD says serves program's 'best long-term interests'","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/breaking-news/article/greg-schiano-will-return-as-rutgers-coach-in-2027-a-decision-that-ad-says-serves-programs-best-long-term-interests-180736309.html"},{"outlet":"Fox Sports","publisher":"Fox Sports","title":"Greg Schiano Returning To Rutgers For 2027 Despite 2-7 Season, No Bowl Bid","url":"https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/rutgers-scarlet-knights-umass-loss-bowl-game"}],"image":{"url":"https://sportshub.cbsistatic.com/i/2026/11/10/9fe1b0f7-0ec3-45ab-8d3a-ba02e1dfee74/schiano.jpg","credit":"CBS Sports","width":1920},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}