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New offensive coordinator Ben McDaniels (left), seen here giving instruction to WR Andre Patton in March. (Tim Farrell | For The Star-Ledger)

On a day when Ralph Friedgen announced he is relinquishing his offensive coordinator position while remaining on as special assistant to the head coach, Rutgers coach Kyle Flood promoted wide receivers coach Ben McDaniels to the vacant offensive play-calling position and announced a series of other changes to his coaching staff.

"Tremendous confidence in Ben,'' Flood said Tuesday during a media teleconference. "I had an opportunity to sit in on a lot of the offensive meetings beyond the headset on gameday and listen to him and watch him teach. Watch him go through the game-planning portion with the rest of the offensive coaches. I have complete confidence in him that he will do a great job going forward as our offensive coordinator.''

With one spot open on his nine-man staff, Flood promoted recruiting coordinator Phil Galiano to the special teams coordinator and tight ends coaching positions and moved Anthony Campanile from tight ends coach to wide receivers coach.

"I'm looking forward to Coach Friedgen staying on our staff as special assistant to the head coach,'' Flood said. "He's been very valuable to us over the last year and there's no doubt he'll be valuable to the program going forward. Ben McDaniels is going to transition into the position as offensive coordinator. He'll coach the quarterbacks. Phil Galiano will transition from the recruiting office on to the field (as) our special teams coordinator and our tight ends coach. And Anthony Campanile will transition from tight ends to wide receivers.''

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Galiano's promotion leaves the recruiting coordinator position open, and Flood said he has "some people in mind and hopefully we'll have that position filled as soon as possible.''

While the university's human resources job board lists two vacancies in the Rutgers football recruiting department, one likely candidate for the recruiting coordinator position is E.J. Barthel, who spent this past season assisting the Rutgers football staff in a volunteer capacity.

Flood also announced that former Rutgers defensive lineman Scott Vallone will join the staff as a graduate assistant, filling the position left vacant when Charlie Noonan was named defensive line coach at Holy Cross.

As for the question of why Rutgers didn't have to publicly advertise Friedgen's offensive coordinator position, a Rutgers official told NJ Advance Media that posting waivers were granted for internal promotions based on candidates' experience.

While Friedgen is scheduled to be paid $500,000 annually on a contract that expires Jan. 30, 2016, it's not clear what the 67-year old Friedgen will be paid in his consultant role. A Rutgers official told NJ Advance Media that those financial details haven't been determined and Flood, speaking generally on Friedgen's new role, said "we're still working through the details'' of Friedgen's position.

"I think he's somebody who in every phase of the program has some really good insights for me as the head coach,'' Flood said. "To have that kind of person, whether he's here physically with us in the building or on the other side of a phone call, you can't put a value on that. That type of thing is priceless to a head coach.''

Keith Sargeant may be reached at ksargeant@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @KSargeantNJ. Find NJ.com Rutgers Football on Facebook.