Bob Fraser enters his third season as linebackers coach and will serve as co-defensive coordinator for his first season in 2009. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the program with more than two decades on the sidelines.
In 2008, Fraser helped mentor linebacker Ryan D’Imperio to a second team All-BIG EAST selection as he was one of the conference leaders with 93 tackles. He also watched as former Scarlet Knights Kevin Malast and Brandon Renkart earned free agent contracts in the NFL, Malast with the Chicago Bears (2009) and Renkart with the New York Jets (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). He also tutored three linebackers in Malast, Renkart and Damaso Munoz, who remained ranked among the conference’s top linebackers in 2007.
Prior to joining the Scarlet Knight 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 and nine All-Patriot League selections. Under Fraser's tutelage, two players earned All-America honors, highlighted by Jared Nepa, who was named the Linebacker of the Year in the Northeast in 2005.
Before taking his post at Colgate, Fraser served as the inside and outside linebackers coach at Allegheny College during the 1997 season. Fraser also enjoyed a four-year stint at the College of the Holy Cross in 1992 where he coached the defensive line, before one year as offensive tackles and tight ends coach at Northeastern University.
Fraser started his coaching career as a graduate assistant coach at Allegheny College for the 1985 and 1986 seasons. He 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.
He returned to Allegheny for the 1989 season in his first full-time position, serving three seasons as linebackers coach. The Gators were undefeated for two seasons and in 1990 won the NCAA Division III National Championship.
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 graduated from Allegheny with a degree in computer science, lives with his wife Cheryl, and their three children, sons Justin and Jason, and daughter Jessica.
