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Minnesota Football: Rutgers to hire Joe Harasymiak as new defensive coordinator

Minnesota safeties coach and co-defensive coordinator Joe Harasymiak is leaving the Gophers to become the new defensive coordinator at Rutgers under head coach Greg Schiano.

Sources: Rutgers is hiring Minnesota CO-DC Joe Harasymiak as the school’s new defensive coordinator. He’s a New Jersey native and the former head coach at Maine, which he led to the national semi-finals in 2018.

— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) January 7, 2022

Harasymiak was hired as an assistant coach at Minnesota in December 2018, after serving as head coach at Maine for three seasons.