The Rutgers coaching staff appears to be solidified for 2018.

After losing five members of his nine-man assistant-coaching staff this offseason, Chris Ash is on the verge of hiring a Temple University assistant as his cornerbacks coach.

Cory Robinson, who had a hand in Temple's American Athletic Conference-leading pass defense in 2017, is expected to fill the void left Thursday when cornerbacks coach Henry Baker left for North Carolina.

Robinson's expected hiring was first reported by Rivals.com on Sunday afternoon.

A 2009 graduate of Central Connecticut State, where he played defensive back, Robinson was an assistant coach at a Baltimore-area high school from 2009-13 before joining the Maryland staff as director of player personnel in 2015.

His first on-field coaching position at the college level came at Toledo, where he served as cornerbacks coach in 2016. He was hired by Temple after Geoff Collins took over for the 2017 season.

At Temple, Robinson helped recruit the Maryland/D.C. area in addition to handling some of the Owls' South Jersey recruiting. It's not known which area he'll be assigned to recruit for Rutgers, but South Jersey would make sense considering Ash lost both of his primary South Jersey recruits -- Baker and wide receivers coach Jafar Williams (who joined the Maryland staff) -- in recent weeks.

Robinson will be the third cornerbacks coach in as many seasons for Ash, following Aaron Henry (who left last offseason for North Carolina State) and Baker.

He will work alongside Noah Joseph, a former Indiana assistant who was tapped last week by Ash to serve as defensive backs coach.

He inherits one of the Big Ten's best cornerback duos in Blessuan Austin and Isaiah Wharton.

Austin was a potential early-entry NFL Draft candidate heading into the 2017 season, but missed the final eight games with a knee injury.

Wharton is in line to be a rare four-year starter for Rutgers after starting all 36 games over the last three seasons.

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