Greg Schiano is no longer a candidate for Rutgers’ head football coaching vacancy after he and the university were unable to come to terms, a person with knowledge of the situation told NJ Advance Media, bringing a stunning conclusion to a nearly three-week process that many expected would end with the Scarlet Knights re-hiring the Wyckoff native.

The person said Schiano acquiesced on several key issues in negotiations and did not change any requests following his initial meeting with Rutgers, but in the end the two sides could not come to an agreement. Schiano falling out of contention was first reported by Yahoo Sports’ Pete Thamel.

The news will send shockwaves through the Rutgers and New Jersey football communities. There was mutual interest on both sides. A reunion was considered a foregone conclusion by many insiders and individuals familiar with the coaching search. But whispers of doubt began to be heard in recent days as negotiations began to drag. And now they have collapsed

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NJ Advance Media reported earlier Sunday that Michigan linebackers coach Anthony Campanile and Los Angeles Rams offensive assistant Jedd Fisch have emerged as top alternate candidates in the event the school could not hire Schiano. Schiano was looking for an eight-year deal to assume what is expected to be a large rebuild, but his requests were not outside the mainstream of how other Big Ten programs invest and operate in terms of head coach and assistant salaries, support staff and facilities.

Schiano, 53, built the Rutgers football program into a frequent bowl participant before leaving for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in early 2012 following an 11-year run from 2001-11. He spent three seasons as Ohio State’s defensive coordinator and then had a brief stint in the same role with the New England Patriots earlier this year before electing to take the season off.

Rutgers went 68-67 under Schiano, but that record is deceiving. The Ramapo High product inherited arguably the nation’s worst program when he was hired. The Scarlet Knights had four straight losing seasons to begin his tenure but broke through to appear in the program’s second-ever bowl game in 2005, his fifth year.

Rutgers then had a breakthrough 2006, going 11-2 and finishing the year ranked No. 12 in the nation after an iconic home upset of Louisville during the regular season and the school’s first-ever postseason win in the Texas Bowl.

Schiano took Rutgers to six bowl games in his final seven seasons, winning five of them, with a record of 56-33 during that span.

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