Former Rutgers football assistant coach Ralph Friedgen was inducted into the DC Sports Hall of Fame on Sunday.
Friedgen was one-staff at Rutgers for two years. In 2014 he was the offensive coordinator for the Scarlet Knights in their first season in the Big Ten. Rutgers won the Quick Lane Bowl over North Carolina that year.
Fridgen’s offense was led by quarterback Gary Nova, who would sign with the New York Giants.
The Scarlet Knights have not had a winning season since 2014. In 2015, Friedgen was a special assistant to then head coach Kyle Flood.
Friedgen is best known for his 10 seasons at Maryland where he compiled an impressive 75-50 record. He made seven bowl games during that time, winning five times.
The D.C. Sports Hall of Fame is inducting the Class of 2023 on Sunday at Nats Park.
Former University of Maryland head football coach Ralph Friedgen is one of the headliners of the class.
See the other inductees here:https://t.co/gLPxCzwXF6
— 7News DC (@7NewsDC) July 7, 2023
He beat 12 teams ranked in the top 25. One of those teams was Rutgers in 2007, when Friedgen’s Maryland team beat what was then the tenth-ranked team in the nation.
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Also inducted on Sunday into the DC Sports Hall of FamewereJen Adams, Lew Luce, Ken Niumatalolo and Marty West. The Team of Distinction was the 1977-78 Washington Bullets
The hall of fame is located at National Park, the home of the Washington Nationals.
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