Greg Schiano has made a big South Jersey splash with his latest expected hire to his Rutgers coaching staff.

Schiano has nabbed Camden native Fran Brown away from Temple, a person with knowledge of the hire told NJ Advance Media. Brown’s hire was first reported by The Knight Report. It is not immediately clear if Brown would join Schiano’s staff before or after the Dec. 18 early signing day.

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Brown’s title at Rutgers will be co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach, according to the report. That leaves the door open for Michigan linebackers coach Anthony Campanile to come as the other co-coordinator. Campanile is one of Schiano’s top targets to add to the staff, according to a person with knowledge of his thinking.

Brown, who turns 38 in February, is a top recruiter. He was a record-setting quarterback at Camden High, then played defensive back at Western Carolina and in the NFL with the Cincinnati Bengals. He worked his way up from a support staff role to an associate head coach under Matt Rhule at Temple, then followed Rhule to Baylor before returning to the Owls as a co-defensive coordinator last offseason.

Brown is extremely popular in the South Jersey high school football community and is the American Athletic Conference’s No. 2-ranked recruiter for the 2020 cycle, according to 247 Sports.

Brown would be the second confirmed member of Schiano’s staff. He also retained former interim head coach Nunzio Campanile, but Campanile’s role has not yet been determined. Kolby Smith, who was hired as running backs coach last offseason by former head coach Chris Ash, has been kept during the transition period by Schiano, but he has not been officially retained as an on-field coach. Schiano has dismissed every other Ash-hired assistant since taking over.

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