Rutgers Football Set to Hire Former NFL Coach Mike Sullivan as Senior Offensive Asssistant

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Rutgers football is set to hire former NFL assistant coach Mike Sullivan as a senior offensive assistant, according to Pete Thamel of ESPN. Sullivan spent time with several different NFL teams before coming to Rutgers, including the Giants, Steelers, Jaguars, Broncos, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, where he worked as an OC under current Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano. He also has two seasons of offensive coordinator experience with the Giants.

He took one year off from coaching in 2025, but was on the Steelers coaching staff in 2024 as a senior offensive assistant.

Sullivan also has some experience at the college level, working with various position groups on the Army’s defense in the 90s before rejoining the team’s staff as their director of recruiting in 2020. In total, he has spent 32 years as an assistant coach in both college and the NFL.

Most of his time in the NFL was spent working for the Giants in various roles. He spent 2004-2009 as the team’s wide receivers coach, had two stints at the team’s quarterbacks coach in 2009-2010 and 2015, before becoming the team’s offensive coordinator in 2016-2017. He’s credited with helping to develop players like Plaxico Burress, Hakeem Nicks, Steve Smith, Mario Manningham, and Victor Cruz. He is a two-time Super Bowl winner with the franchise.

During his time as an offensive coordinator with the Buccaneers under Schiano, their passing offense set franchise records, as quarterback Josh Freeman threw for 4,065 passing yards in 2012 while wide receiver Vincent Jackson totaled 1,385 receiving yards, both of which were franchise records at the time

With this addition, Rutgers now has another voice in the locker room with an extensive resume of NFL experience and success.

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