Rutgers’ Schiano named Coach of the Year

-Courtesy of the Walter Camp Football Foundation

NEW HAVEN, CT – Greg Schiano, head coach of the Texas Bowl-bound Rutgers Scarlet Knights, has been selected as the Walter Camp Football Foundation 2006 “Coach of the Year.”.

The Walter Camp Coach of the Year recipient is voted by the nation’s 119 Division I-A coaches and sports information directors. Schiano is the second Rutgers coach to earn this award, joining former Scarlet Knight head coach Frank L. Burns who won the honor in 1976. Schiano is the first Big East coach since 1999 (Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech) to earn Walter Camp Coach of the Year honors

The 2006 season was a historic one for Rutgers. Under Schiano’s guidance, the Scarlet Knights (10-2) reached ten victories for just the second time (1976 was the other) in the 137-year history of the program. The program also earned its first top-10 national ranking in school history and its 28-25 victory over then third-ranked Louisville marked the first win over a top-five opponent.