This is not the first time Rutgers has targeted a heralded head coach from a North Jersey parochial power to join its staff and bolster in-state recruiting efforts.
While head coach Chris Ash’s decision to hire Bergen Catholic’s Nunzio Campanile as his new running backs coach will lead to a rehash of former coach Kyle Flood’s aborted plan to hire controversial former Paramus Catholic coach Chris Partridge three years ago, the reaction to Campanile’s arrival indicates this is not a repeat.
“Nunz is coming from a different place than Partridge,” Montclair coach John Fiore said.