On January 31, 2012, Flood was hired to replace Schiano, who had been named the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' head coach.
[2] The team went 4–0 in non-conference play with wins over Washington State, Howard, Navy, and Tulane.
Flood led the Scarlet Knights to his first ever bowl victory and the sixth overall for Rutgers over the North Carolina Tar Heels, 40–21 in the inaugural Quick Lane Bowl, giving Rutgers a respectable 8–5 record in its first Big Ten season.
The 2015 football season was marred by alleged misconduct by Flood and the arrests on violent felony criminal charges of several players.
[4][5][6][7] The 15-member Rutgers Board of Governors, one of the school's two governing bodies, met with university president Robert Barchi on September 11 in a closed-door emergency session to discuss ongoing "athletic matters" and the potential for litigation.