Tampa Bay Buccaneers: All You Need to Know About Greg Schiano
When I first saw the breaking news about Greg Schiano being hired as the Bucs head coach, I had many questions that needed answers. It seemed that all the posts about him were either completely supporting him or bashing him. As someone who doesn't have much time to read up on Schiano, I was a little lost.
This is an article for the people like me. The ones who don't know a lot about him and need a solid and comprehensive background about Schiano. Below, you will read all about Schiano and his past ventures.
Schiano started his college football coaching career as a defensive backfield coach at Penn State from 1991 to 1995, when they enjoyed considerable success.
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After that, he went to the Chicago Bears as a defensive assistant (later a defensive backfield coach once again) from 1996 to 1998.
Miami was Schiano's next destination from 1999 to 2000, but he made the most of his short time there. He was named defensive coordinator, and both years he finished in the top 20 in points allowed. In 2000, he was able to strengthen the defense to fifth in the nation in regards to points allowed.
Schiano would then go and accept the head coaching job at Rutgers on December 1, 2000.
Now here is where his main story starts.
Before Schiano came to Rutgers, the struggling football program had only reached one bowl game in 135 years. In the five seasons prior to his hiring, the Scarlet Knights went 11-44, which included seasons of 0-11 and 1-10. Needless to say, Rutgers wasn't a perennial contender in the Big East.
The first four seasons of Schiano's career at Rutgers didn't start out too hot. They went like this: 2-9, 1-11, 5-7, 4-7. The Rutgers faithful began to grow weary of Schiano.
There was something people were forgetting about, though. Schiano was bringing in great recruiting classes. He started to compete with Penn State in northeastern recruiting and began to recruit nationally. Some of the recruits he had while at Rutgers are players you might recognize: Ray Rice, Kenny Britt, Gary Brackett and the Bucs' own Jeremy Zuttah.
2005 was a breakout year for the Scarlet Knights, as they compiled a record of 7-4 and gained bowl eligibility. While they would lose to Arizona State in that bowl game, it was a landmark achievement by Rutgers standards.
Success finally found its way to Rutgers, who would compile a record of 49-28 throughout the next six seasons. Rutgers would also go to an unprecedented six bowl games, winning five of them.
While at Rutgers, Schiano would also bring the Scarlet Knights up to No. 1 in the NCAA academic progress rate in 2010 and No. 2 in 2011. This was something the Glazers surely looked at when looking for a head coach for such a young team in regards to discipline.
The big question mark is how Schiano's coaching will transfer to the NFL. It is still untested as to whether or not he can lead the Bucs to success.
Hopefully, this article cleared some points up and gave some background to Schiano. It is time to sit back and see if he can be the one to turn the Bucs around. Tampa Bay surely hopes so.
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