Former Maine defensive coordinator Jared Keyte is now an assistant with Rutgers football
Jared Keyte has joined Rutgers football as a defensive line assistant, a move that the coach announced via his social media this week.
Keyte will work with defensive line coach Marquise Watson, who is now in his second year with the Scarlet Knights.
This is a not insignificant move as last season, Keyte was the defensive coordinator at Maine, one of the powerhouse programs in the FCS. At Maine, he was a special teams coordinator who then progressed into different assistant roles coaching safeties, linebackers before eventually becoming defensive coordinator.
He joins the growing Maine connection on the Rutgers staff. Defensive coordinator Joe Harasymiak was a head coach at Maine prior to his move to Minnesota. And Cory Hetherman, the linebackers coach at Rutgers, was an assistant at Maine from 2015-18.
This is Keyte’s second stint with Rutgers. In 2015, he was a quality control coach. From New York, he was a former college quarterback at Utica.
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While at Maine, he was primarily responsible for recruiting south Jersey.
