This story is breaking and more information will be added as it becomes available.  Multiple sources indicate that Joe Harasymiak has been hired as the new head coach of the Massachusetts football team.

UMass is hiring Rutgers defensive coordinator Joe Harasymiak as the new head coach of the Minutemen, ESPN reported Wednesday. Harasymiak, 38, is expected to earn between $1.3 and $1.4 million annually,

As head coach at Maine from 2016-18, he led the Black Bears to a 20-15 record and their first FCS semifinal playoff appearance before leaving for FBS.

The 38-year-old Harasymiak is a New Jersey native who played college football at Springfield in Massachusetts.

UMass is expected to hire Rutgers defensive coordinator Joe Harasymiak as its next head football coach, sources told ESPN.

Greg Schiano wanted to keep the topic on the recruits Rutgers added on the first day of the early signing period, but he addressed the elephant in the room during his press conference Wednesday. The Scarlet Knights head coach said he wishes the best for Joe Harasymiak,

UMass hires Harasymiak, an in-vogue Northeastern name, to lead the program into their new conference frontier.

He was on P.J. Fleck's coaching staff with the Gophers from 2019 to 2021 and he's now reportedly been hired as the new head coach at the University of Massachusetts, according to ESPN's Pete Thamel. Harasymiak heads to UMass after spending the last three seasons as the defensive coordinator at Rutgers.