According to a report from the Philadelphia Inquirer, Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano has put his hat into the ring for the open head coaching position at Temple.
Temple is currently in need of a new head coach having just lost Geoff Collins, who left to take over at Georgia Tech following the retirement of long-time head coach Paul Johnson.
Schiano is not alone in his interest in the Temple job, according to the report, as former Tennessee head coach and current Alabama staffer Butch Jones and Alabama co-offensive coordinator Josh Gattis have also expressed interest. Temple interim head coach Ed Foley will be interviewing for the job as well.
Schiano is familiar with this area of the country, having grown up in New Jersey, played his college football at Bucknell, and quite famously spent 11 years as the Rutgers head coach. At Rutgers, he turned a dead-end job into a Big Ten program, which may be difficult for Temple to ignore.
Schiano is finishing up his third season as Urban Meyer’s defensive coordinator. The two are close friends and Schiano has wanted to get back to being a head coach. With Meyer’s retirement after the Rose Bowl, now would seem to be a good time for Schiano to look seriously for a head coaching job.
Last year, Schiano had agreed to become the new head coach at the University of Tennessee, but that deal fell through because Volunteer fans felt they could do better.
According to the report, Temple would like to have a coach in place before the early signing period, which begins December 19.
Ohio State did not have any comment on the report.