It looks like Greg Schiano or bust for Rutgers now.

Former Tennessee, Cincinnati and Central Michigan coach Butch Jones has removed his name from consideration for the Scarlet Knights’ head coaching vacancy, three individuals with knowledge of the decision told NJ Advance Media. They were granted anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the matter.

The news was first reported on NJ.com’s Rutgers Sports Insider.

Jones, who currently serves as an offensive analyst at Alabama, is the only other candidate known to have met with Rutgers officials besides Schiano. Jones interviewed in Chicago on Nov. 1. Several individuals with knowledge of both camps said the interview went very well, but Schiano has clearly emerged as Rutgers’ top candidate, and Jones’ exit from the process could be a sign he and the university are barreling toward a reunion.

The question now is whether Rutgers is prepared to meet the demands its former coach laid out in his Tuesday meeting in Columbus, Ohio, with athletics director Pat Hobbs and Greg Brown, the Board of Governors’ athletics committee chairman. And if Rutgers doesn’t, it’s unknown where the search could go next.

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Jones, 51, is a Michigan native who served as a graduate assistant at Rutgers from 1990-92. He has since spent the bulk of his college coaching career in the Midwest and Southeast. Jones has a 84-54 record as a head coach and has won four conference titles - two in the MAC at Central Michigan and two in the Big East at Cincinnati. He inherited both programs from now-Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly.

Jones did not have as much success at Tennessee, where he was fired with two games to go in the 2017 season at 4-6 after back-to-back disappointing second-place finishes in the SEC East. He was 34-27 during his time with the Volunteers. Jones has been an analyst at Alabama for the last two seasons.

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