Scott Scherer was hired as the Director of Basketball Administration in August of 2022. Scherer is entering his fourth season at his current position and tenth with the program. Scherer spent two years as a graduate assistant and four years as a student manager with the men’s basketball program, serving as the head manager for his last two years.
In his role, Scherer works with the coaching and support staff in all aspects of the program. Among his duties are to assist with film breakdown, opponent scouting, practice execution and other administrative tasks. Scherer also helps oversee all of the content and social media for all of the Rutgers men’s basketball platforms daily.
Scherer has worked behind the scenes, playing an integral role in helping the Scarlet Knights for the past ten seasons. The Scarlet Knights returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2022, marking the first time RU has made the big dance in consecutive seasons since 1975-1976.
The ‘20-21 Rutgers team will go down in the record books as the first team since ‘90-91 to clinch an NCAA tournament berth, the first team since 82-83' to reach the Round of 32 after defeating Clemson.
Scherer earned his undergraduate degree from Rutgers University in 2020, majoring in Finance. He finished with a GPA of 3.57 to earn Dean’s List recognition. His graduate degree was a Master of Education - MEd, Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching. Scherer gained experience working as an NCAA camp manager, working the NCAA camp held at UConn in 2019. He also worked as the head runner of Team Tournaments for Hoop Group and as a coach at the Super Soph Camp.
A native of Manalapan, N.J., Scherer played varsity basketball and was a member of the National Honor Society at Manalapan High School.
