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Ex-Rutgers assistant is ‘top target’ for head coaching job at former Big East rival Syracuse

C.Kim3 months ago
A former Rutgers football assistant is in position to take over one of its former Big East rivals.

Georgia defensive backs coach Fran Brown, a recruiting guru who served as defensive backs coach for the Scarlet Knights during the first two seasons of head coach Greg Schiano’s second stint in Piscataway, has emerged as the ‘top target’ for the head coaching vacancy at Syracuse, according to The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman .

The Camden native is a prolific recruiter and was one of Schiano’s first hires when he returned in December 2019. He left the program following the 2021 season to head to Georgia, where he won back-to-back national championships as the Bulldogs’ defensive backs coach.

Prior to his stint at Rutgers, Brown spent six seasons as an assistant at Temple under Steve Addazio and Matt Rhule from 2011-16, then spent the 2019 season on Rod Carey’s staff after a two-year stint at Baylor with Rhule in 2017-18. He was a candidate for the head coaching job at Temple during his time at Rutgers.

If Brown is hired, the Orange would go from one former Rutgers assistant to another.

Nunzio Campanile , who served as interim head coach, interim offensive coordinator, tight ends and running backs coach during his five-year stint with the Scarlet Knights, was named the interim coach at Syracuse last week after it fired longtime head coach Dino Babers. The former Bergen Catholic head coach led the Orange to a victory over Wake Forest, sealing a second consecutive bowl bid for the program.

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