Andrew Aurich is in his fourth season back at Rutgers, sixth overall and first as the tight ends coach in 2023. Aurich served on prior staffs with head coach Greg Schiano at Rutgers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and has coached offensive line (2020-21) and running backs (2022) the past three seasons.
• Aurich moved to tight ends coach in 2023.
• Coached running backs in 2022, helping the team put together a 96-yard drive all on the ground to come back and defeat Boston College. Saw Kyle Monangai post 162 rushing yards at Michigan State, the most by a Scarlet Knight in a Big Ten game. Samuel Brown V developed into one of the top-10 true freshman running backs nationally by rushing yards.
• Served as offensive line coach in 2020 and 2021.
• Rutgers ranked fifth in the Big Ten in 2021 with only 1.69 sacks allowed per game.
• 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.
• 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).
• Molded an offensive line that entered 2020 with only one returning starter, and of the six other lineman who made starts, three had never started an FBS game, two had less than two starts and another had only four. Helped left tackle Raiqwon O’Neal (media) and right tackle Reggie Sutton (coaches) both earn All-Big Ten honorable mention.
• Aurich was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2019, after spending the previous three seasons (2016-18) as offensive line coach at Princeton.
• In his first season leading the offense, Aurich guided the Tigers to a second-ranked rushing offense with 164.7 yards per game and ranked third in scoring offense, total offense and passing offense. Seven players on the Tigers' offense earned All-Ivy League accolades, including first-team selection Alex Deters.
• In 2018, Princeton boasted the top rushing offense in the conference with 295.5 yards per game and the second-best passing offense at 241.3 passing yards. The offensive line tied for second in the Ivy for the fewest sacks allowed that season. During a perfect 10-0 season, the Tigers led the FCS in scoring offense with 47.0 points per game and finished second in total offense and sixth in rushing offense. The offense broke its previous 2013 record to become the highest scoring offense in league history. Three linemen earned all-league recognition, including first-team honors for both George Attea and Reily Radosevich.
• Helped 12 linemen to All-Ivy League honors, including Mitchell Sweigart, who became the first Tiger since 2001 to receive back-to-back First Team All-Ivy League selection in 2017.
• During a two-year span from 2017-18, Princeton ranked in the top 15 in the country in fewest sacks allowed and the Tigers were in the top five in the country with the fewest tackles-for-loss allowed.
• In 2017, elevated to associate head coach and continued to serve as the program's recruiting coordinator.
• Princeton captured three Ivy League Championships during his tenure with the Tigers and was part of an offensive staff that averaged 36.9 points per game, the program's highest offensive output over a six-year stretch.
• Took over the offensive line prior to the 2016 season, and he helped guide Princeton to an unprecedented three-year run. In 2016, he helped Princeton win the Ivy League title and produce the league's leading scoring (34.6), total (415.5), and rushing (183.2) units.
• Prior to taking over the offensive line, spent three seasons coaching the tight ends from 2013-15. In that time, he also served as the special teams coordinator for two years from 2014-15. Aurich was hired as the running back coach for the Tigers in 2011, where he mentored Chuck Dibilio, the first true freshman in the Ivy League to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a season.
• Aurich spent a season in the National Football League on Schiano's 2012 Tampa Bay Buccaneers staff. It was his third season with Schiano, having spent the 2009 and 2010 seasons on the Rutgers staff. Aurich served in a player development role in his first year (2009) before becoming a defensive assistant in 2010.
• Coaching career began at his alma mater Concordia Academy, where he was an assistant coach for the 2006 season. He moved to Albright College, where he coached tight ends and served as assistant recruiting coordinator for two years.
• A native of St. Paul, Minnesota, Aurich is a graduate of Princeton, where he helped to turn the program around during his playing days. After going 2-8 season his sophomore year, the offensive lineman moved into the starting lineup and led the Tigers to a 5-5 record in 2004 and a 7-3 record in 2005. The seven wins during his senior year marked the most at Princeton in more than a decade.
Hometown: St. Paul, Minn.
Alma Mater: Princeton, 2006
Wife: Michelle
Children: Daughter, Aria; Sons, Axel and Ace
2023-present: Rutgers (tight ends)
2022: Rutgers (running backs)
2020-21: Rutgers (offensive line)
2019: Princeton (associate head coach/offensive coordinator/offensive line)
2016-18: Princeton (associate head coach/offensive line/recruiting coordinator)
2013-15: Princeton (special teams coordinator/tight ends)
2012: Tampa Bay Buccaneers (defensive assistant)
2011: Princeton (running backs)
2010: Rutgers (defensive assistant)
2009: Rutgers (player development)
2007-08: Albright College (tight ends/assistant recruiting coordinator)
2006: Concordia Academy (assistant varsity coach)
