I wrote this for today's Trentonian, but it didn't make it online, so here it is: 

Rutgers added two assistant coaches yesterday, filling out Greg Schiano’s staff after the Scarlet Knights lost two assistants at the end of the 2007 season.

 Ed Pinkham will be a defensive assistant and Chris Rippon will serve as special teams coordinator, filling two spots that were vacated when former associate head coach and special teams coordinator Darren Rizzi left to become the head coach at Rhode Island and running backs coach Craig Ver Steeg left to become an assistant with the Baltimore Ravens

“I enjoyed my years of coaching with Darren and Craig and wish them the best in their future endeavors,” Schiano said in a statement. “At the same time, I am excited for Ed and Chris to join our staff. I have known both men for many years and they are a perfect fit for our program.”

Pinkham, from Clark, spent the last 12 seasons as the defensive coordinator at Division I-AA Colgate and the last two as associate head coach.

 “I enjoyed the success we had during my time at Colgate, but I am excited about the challenge of coaching in one of the top conferences in the nation in the Big East and at Rutgers,” Pinkham said.

Rippon, from Lincoln Park, spent the last three seasons as the special teams coordinator at Mississippi after serving as the defensive coordinator at Syracuse from 1999-2003.

  “When you look back at Greg’s tenure, and see what he has accomplished, the excitement and enthusiasm that surrounds the program, it’s great to be a part of that,” Rippon said.