Augie Hoffmann is in his third season on the Rutgers football staff and first as offensive line coach in 2022. Hoffmann, who led New Jersey power St. Joseph Regional for six seasons, previously served as running backs coach and played offensive line in the NFL.
• Moved to offensive line coach for spring practice in 2022.
• Running back Isiah Pacheco earned honorable mention All-Big Ten in 2021 and left seventh in program history with 2,442 rushing yards and 11
th with 3,039 all-purpose yards. He was selected in the 2022 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs.
• Rutgers posted a program-best 26.7 points per game in a Big Ten season in 2020. The Scarlet Knights scored at least 20 points in eight games after reaching the mark five times the previous four seasons and 12 times in the first 52 Big Ten games. The 26.7 points per game ranked eighth in the Big Ten, improving from No. 14 the preceding season, as the previous best ranking in Big Ten-only games was 11th.
• Rutgers finished as the fourth-most improved team in the nation by scoring offense (+13.4 points per game). The Scarlet Knights scored 81 more points than in 2019 (playing three fewer games), the sixth-best improvement in the nation in total points scored (the five higher teams all played 12 games). In addition, RU was the most improved in the Big Ten in total touchdowns scored (+12) and offensive touchdowns (+9).
• Hoffmann took over the St. Joseph program in 2014, following the retirement of legendary head coach Tony Karcich.
• In his six seasons as head coach, Hoffmann guided the Green Knights to a 50-19 record, including four state championship game appearances. He captured two state titles during his tenure.
• The Green Knights claimed their first title under Hoffmann, closing out the 2016 season with a 9-2 record and victory over DePaul Catholic in the Non-Public Group 3 championship.
• In 2018, St. Joseph finished the season with a 10-2 record, earning a shutout against Bergen Catholic to win the Non-Public Group 4 state title.
• Hoffmann has coached numerous Division I scholarship athletes during his time leading the Green Knights program, including current Scarlet Knight tight end Matt Alaimo.
• A graduate of St. Joseph Regional, Hoffmann was named the 15th-best offensive lineman in the nation by
SuperPrep and consensus first team all-state selection.
• He went on to a standout career at Boston College where he was a four-year letterwinner and First Team All-Big East guard in 2003. Hoffmann served as team captain as a senior and earned CoSIDA Academic All-District I honors in 2003 and Big East All-Academic Football team accolades.
• Hoffmann was with the New Orleans Saints for three seasons from 2004-06.
Hometown: Park Ridge, N.J.
Alma Mater: Boston College, 2004
Wife: Drew
Children: Sons, Augie and Domenic
2022-present: Rutgers (offensive line)
2020-21: Rutgers (running backs)
2014-19: St. Joseph Regional [Montvale] (head coach)
2010-13: St. Joseph Regional [Montvale] (assistant coach/freshmen head coach)
