The Rutgers Scarlet Knights officially have a new athletic director. On Wednesday, Rutgers introduced Keli Zinn as the new atletic director. She became the highest-paid AD in program history, earning a base salary of $1.35 million. Many around the university are excited about the hire and that includes Rutgers Football head coach Greg Schiano.

July 31 - Rutgers has named former LSU executive Keli Zinn as its new athletic director. Zinn had been the deputy athletic director and chief operating officer at LSU since 2022. Before that, she worked in the athletic departments at West Virginia and Maryland and for the Big East Conference.