NEW BRUNSWICK — Rutgers University has hired a high-profile search firm to help find its next football coach, school officials said.
Eastman & Beaudine, an executive search firm based in Texas, has started the search for candidates to replace Kyle Flood, who was fired Sunday.
The firm previously found head football or basketball coaches for the University of Missouri, Arizona State, Clemson, the University of Mississippi, Texas Tech and other top college sports programs, according to the firm's website.
During his first press conference Monday, newly-hired Rutgers athletic director Patrick Hobbs said he was working with a search firm to screen candidates for the vacant football coach post.