Rutgers Hires Drake's Joe Evans as Assistant DL Coach

Rutgers has added former Drake assistant Joe Evans to its defensive coaching staff, joining rush ends coach Joe Woodley and safeties coach Adam Cox as former Drake coaches now with the Knights. Evans, who had a standout college career at Iowa, helped develop several defensive linemen at Drake, including Jacob Auen, Nolan Korzeniowski, and Gene Blalock.

During his playing days at Iowa, Evans recorded 135 total tackles, 35.0 tackles for loss, and 28.0 sacks. He famously had four sacks against Rutgers in a 2022 matchup. Evans will now work under Rutgers' new defensive line coach, Dennis Dottin-Carter, after serving on Drake's staff for just one season.