Bob Fraser enters his sixth season on the Rutgers football sideline. Fraser will resume his duties as defensive coordinator for the third season. He will also move to coaching the defensive line for the first time since mentoring the linebackers for the previous three campaigns.
During his time at RU, Fraser has been instrumental in helping orchestrate some of Rutgers' best defensive units. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the program with more than two decades on the sidelines.
In 2009, his first season as co-defensive coordinator, Fraser helped the Rutgers defense reach great heights as the Scarlet Knights ranked in the top-20 in six categories, including leading the nation in tackles for loss and ranking fourth in sacks. RU was 15th in the country in rushing defense, 16th in scoring defense and 18th in total defense.
During his time "On the Banks", three of Fraser's former pupils have gone on to play professionally in the National Football League. All-BIG EAST linebacker Ryan D'Imperio was a seventh round draft pick of the Minnesota Vikings, while Kevin Malast and Brandon Renkart earned free agent contracts in 2008.
In his first season in 2007, he guided a unit that helped Rutgers achieve national rankings in pass defense (fifth), total defense (17th), sacks (12th), tackles for loss (20th) and scoring defense (30th). Fraser became a member of the Rutgers staff in July 2006 as Assistant to the Head Coach.
Prior to joining the RU staff, Fraser served nine seasons as linebackers coach at Colgate University. During his tenure at Colgate, he coached three Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year honorees, nine All-Patriot League selections and two All-Americans.
Fraser started his coaching career as a graduate assistant coach at his alma mater, Allegheny College for the 1985 and 1986 seasons. He later served in the same role at Rutgers for the 1987 and 1988 seasons, where he worked with then graduate assistant coach Greg Schiano for five months leading up to the 1989 season.
Fraser returned to Allegheny for the 1989 season in his first full-time position, spending three seasons as linebackers coach. The Gators were undefeated for two seasons and in 1990 won the NCAA Division III National Championship.
From 1992-95, Fraser coached the defensive line at Holy Cross and in 1996 was the offensive tackles and tight ends coach at Northeastern.
In a third stint at Allegheny, Fraser spent the 1997 coaching the inside and outside linebackers.
Fraser was a four-year letterwinner at Allegheny where he earned All-America honors on the defensive line as a sophomore and served as team captain in his junior and senior seasons. He was inducted into both the Allegheny College and East Allegheny High School Hall of Fames.
Fraser, a 1985 graduate from Allegheny with a degree in computer science, lives with his wife Cheryl, and their three children, sons Justin and Jason, and daughter Jessica.
