The Knights Watchman

Scarletknights.com  has posted an official press release  confirming the hire of six of the rumored coaches. Follow the link for mini bios on the six coaches. On the offensive side: Dave Brock will serve as the Offensive Coordinator and Receivers coach. Darnell Dinkins will serve as tight ends coach Ben Sirmans will coach running backs Rob Spence will coach quarterbacks Damian Wroblewski will coach the offensive line For the defense, Dave Cohen will coach linebackers. In addition three other coaches have been elevated to new positions: Robb Smith will become Defensive Coordinator Phil Galiano is now the Special Teams Coordinator Jeremy Cole has been lifted to strength and conditioning coach, pun intended. Good luck to all of the new coaches and those in new assignments!

Rutgers head coach Kyle Flood is rounding out his staff. This article from The Star-Ledger's Tom Luicci sums up more of the changes. Ben Sirmans, running backs coach at Boston College, appears to be taking the same position at Rutgers. Ron Spence, former offensive coordinator at Bethune-Cookman, will be heading to RU as the quarterbacks coach. Dave Cohen will be coaching linebackers. Current special teams coordinator Robb Smith is likely to be elevated to defensive coordinator. In a bit of an ironic twist, Darnell Dinkins, recently the Tampa Bay Bucs assistant tight ends coach has posted that he is the new Rutgers tight ends coach. And current defensive line coach Phil Galiano will be staying on, but may move to secondary coach. All in all, these appear to be solid hires. I'm especially thrilled that Robb Smith is staying on staff, especially with the success the special teams has had under his guidance.