One of the sticking points over Greg Schiano’s contract demands during the negotiations over his return to Rutgers University as head football coach was a commitment to build a new multi-million-dollar football complex as part of his deal.

It’s a dream Schiano will now be tasked to help realize, by raising the money to help pay for it.

The university’s Board of Governors is scheduled to meet on Tuesday to vote on a contract that would bring Schiano back to Rutgers to take over its faltering football program.

The full terms of his contract have yet to be disclosed and a university spokeswoman said it will not be released before the board meeting. But according to language described by a source with knowledge of the negotiations, a compromise was worked out between the university and Schiano over his call for major upgrades in the school’s football facilities that nearly killed the deal to hire him.

In that agreement, the Rutgers said at least half of the cost of the expected $150 million project would have to be raised from private sources before Rutgers commits to building it. And Schiano will be expected to bring in a large chunk of that money, along with Rutgers Athletic Director Pat Hobbs, according to the language of the proposed terms that led to the agreement.

The university acknowledged that to successfully compete in the Big Ten football conference, “a new football operations center and adjoining multi-sport indoor practice facility would be both necessary and desirable.” However, the university in the language indicated it would not write a blank check.

“As Head Coach, you will aid and assist the Director in efforts to obtain private funding commitments to cover the final projected cost of said facilities,” according to the language.

If the project reaches a private funding commitment level of at least fifty percent of the total projected cost, Rutgers agreed the university would then launch the Board of Governors Finance and Facilities Committee approvals’ process required to actually start construction. Included in that would be the athletics department’s proposed strategy to “fund the debt service on any remaining cost applicable to the aforementioned project.”

Those terms did not set a specific time frame, which Schiano had called for in his earlier demands. He had wanted a clause that would allow him to walk away without penalty from a proposed eight-year, $4-million-a-year contract if the planned football complex and dedicated indoor practice facility was not completed before June 30, 2023.

Instead, according to the new language, the university said only that “upon successful completion of the approvals’ process, which also shall include subsequent approval by the Board of Governors, construction of such facilities shall commence within a reasonable time frame.”

Schiano had made expansion of the university’s football stadium a priority when he was coach more than a decade ago, seeking a larger showcase for the team. Documents show that Schiano in 2008 had also sought an escape clause to walk away from his contract without penalty if the stadium expansion was not completed. Officials later disclosed that the buyout clause was discussed, but never signed by Schiano.

Rutgers, meanwhile, already has begun planning for the new athletics project that has long been on the table.

In October, the university issued a request for proposals to complete a comprehensive Athletic Facilities Master Plan, that would focus on the development and renovation of a number of athletic facilities, including a new football‐specific complex that would include dining, strength & conditioning, recruiting operations, team meeting space, and overall football operations, as well as a dedicated indoor practice facility and redevelopments to SHI Stadium.

According to the RFP, there are numerous planned athletic facilities, including the construction of a field house and redevelopment of an outdoor focal point known as Athlete’s Glen.

The plan also calls for a deeper look into the university’s two largest venues, the Rutgers Athletic Center and SHI Stadium, including exploring the option of adding premium areas and seating, expanded concourse and concession facilities, and hosting outside events, and converting the existing media center in the RAC to a club experience “such as developing a bunker bar.”

Additionally, security enhancements are to be studied.

Inside the new RWJBarnabas Health Athletic Performance Center, which opened in September.Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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