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.

Jonathan Holloway, the embattled president of Rutgers University, announced Tuesday that he will step down next year after a tenure that has included contending with the COVID-19 pandemic, overseeing the university’s first-ever strike and surviving a no-confidence vote by the faculty senate.