Rutgers head football coach Greg Schiano is “sad” that university president Jonathan Holloway is stepping down, but he has “blind” trust that the school’s Board of Governors — led by chairwoman Amy Towers — “will do the search and get us a great president.

Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway will step down from his position after his contract expires at the end of the 2024-25 school year. Holloway, 57, said Tuesday he has been exhausted by a toxic political environment and ever-present demands of a major university president.

Holloway is departing after several turbulent years that started during the pandemic and included a faculty strike, a vote of no confidence and controversy over a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus.