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Caldwell head football coach Ken Trimmer was one of eight New Jersey high school coaches who met with former Rutgers Athletic Director Bob Mulcahy 11 years ago to urge him to hire Greg Schiano as the Scarlet Knights head coach. (Dominick Paoli Photography) |
Essex-Union Coaches Appreciate Schiano
As Rutgers Coach Leaves For Tampa Bay
By Steve Tober
and JR Parachini
For sidelinechatter.com
Caldwell coach Ken Trimmer recalls the meeting with then Rutgers Athletic Director Bob Mulcahy, which helped inspire the Scarlet Knights to hire Greg Schiano as their new head football coach 11 years ago.
“It was during the Teacher’s Convention (In November) and there were eight of us in the room with Bob Mulcahy, including myself Frank Bottone (of New Providence) and Pierce Frauenheim (of Immaculata), and our message was that we all felt the need of Rutgers hiring a football coach with a New Jersey background,” recalled the veteran Caldwell head football mentor. “That meeting was after I had spoken to Ed Stinson (of Hoboken) and Mike Miello (of Ramapo) about the same subject.
“At the time, I thought they should interview George DeLeone of Syracuse, who had such a strong presence every year in Jersey, but Mike Miello had said, ‘What about Greg Schiano?’”
Schiano, a former player under Miello at Ramapo, and a top recruiter for the University of Miami, was indeed the man who would be tabbed by Rutgers to resurrect the Scarlet Knight football fortunes.
“I have to give Bob Mulcahy a ton of credit because he was very open to our ideas and suggestions, and he pulled the trigger on bringing Greg to Rutgers.
“And, Greg, in turn elevated Rutgers fooball to where it is now. The stadium, facilities at the Hale Center and everything to do with the program is all first class thanks to what happened during the Schiano coaching reign.”
In speaking to Essex County coaches Trimmer and John Finnegan of Seton Hall Prep along with two Union County coaches with strong Rutgers ties – Union’s Brian Sheridan and Roselle’s Lou Grasso, Jr. – (see their comments on Page 2), it’s obvious that there is great respect for Schiano and an understanding for what he’s done in announcing on Thursday that he was accepting the head coaching job with the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers.”
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