Since joining the Big Ten in 2014, the Rutgers softball team has struggled to a tune of a 28-61 (.315) mark in conference play and an 86-121 (.415) record overall.
Five days after completing a 19-31 campaign that included a 4-16 Big Ten record, Rutgers athletics director Pat Hobbs on Thursday announced a change in leadership in the softball program.
Hobbs opted not to renew the contract of Jay Nelson, the fourth-longest tenured Rutgers coach after taking over the softball program in 2006.
"Jay Nelson has served Rutgers and its student-athletes well during his tenure as head coach,'' Hobbs said in a statement.