The carefully crafted staff that new Rutgers coach Kyle Flood was able to finalize last week has already begun to unravel.

Special teams coordinator Phil Galiano is leaving for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, re-uniting with former Rutgers coach Greg Schiano, and newly hired running backs coach Ben Sirmans has accepted the same position with the St. Louis Rams, according to footballscoop.com.

A school official confirmed the report.

In addition, graduate assistant Andrew Janocko, who was set to begin his second season helping with Rutgers' offense, will become the Bucs' offensive quality control coach, the website reported.

Galiano had been one of two holdovers — new defensive coordinator Robb Smith is the other — from Schiano's staff at Rutgers. Sirmans was recently hired by Flood from Boston College.

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Galiano will become the assistant special teams coach with the Buccaneers, the latest piece in a mass exodus from Piscataway to Tampa after Schiano was hired to coach the NFL team. Former Rutgers assistants P.J. Fleck, Brian Angelichio, Jeff Hafley and Bob Fraser previously joined Schiano with the Bucs.

Galiano and Janocko will become the fifth and sixth assistants to follow suit. Schiano also hired away longtime Rutgers associate athletic director Kevin MacConnell as his director of operations.

Tom Luicci: tluicci@starledger.com