Steve Pikiell says building Rutgers into NCAA Tournament team starts with Pat Hobbs: ‘Very thankful he’s by my side’
Updated Mar 17, 2021;
Posted Mar 17, 2021
Rutgers head coach Steve Pikiell (left) is congratulated by athletic director Pat Hobbs after the Scarlet Knights beat Sacred Heart, 86-63, to open the 2020 men s basketball season on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020, in Piscataway, N.J. Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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The suite at Indianapolis Motor Speedway was still buzzing minutes after Rutgers players and coaches saw the school’s logo pop up on the selection-show broadcast Sunday evening.
Rutgers athletics director Pat Hobbs fielded a call from Gov. Phil Murphy, who offered congratulations to the team when Hobbs put his phone on speaker. Hobbs has New Jersey’s top elected official in his rolodex, sure.
Rutgers spent record $114M to fund athletics in 2019-20 school year
Updated Jan 22, 2021;
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Rutgers spent a record $114.2 million to fund its athletics program during the most recent academic year, an analysis of the university’s financial records reveals.
NJ Advance Media obtained the Fiscal Year 2020 ledger that Rutgers submits annually to the NCAA through an Open Public Records Act request. FY2020 spans July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020, which essentially covers the 2019-20 academic year.
One year after spending a record $103.2 million, Rutgers smashed that total as a result of expenditures that included $20.8 million in coaching salaries, $21.9 million in administrative-staff salaries, $15.3 million in scholarship aid, $11.4 million in athletics-facilities debt, and $3.2 million in severance payments.