Mike Rice will be the next head coach at Rutgers, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation confirmed to SNY.
A press conference is expected later this week.
Rice, 41, signed a contract extension April 9 at Robert Morris through the 2016-17 season. But that was before the Rutgers job came open when Fred Hill resigned April 19 after unleashing a profanity-filled tirade at a Rutgers baseball game and then defying Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti’s order to avoid future games.
Read the full story at SNY.
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