 Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive coordinator Doug Graber took over the Rutgers football program starting in 1990.Under Graber's tutelage, the Scarlet Knights achieved winning seasons in 1991 and 1992, but struggled to maintain consistency and, following a 4–7 campaign in 1995, Graber was fired with two years remaining on his original seven-year contract.Rutgers joined the Big East Conference in all sports in 1991.