Fighting toxic crosscurrents from all directions, Holloway concluded that he didn’t sign up for needing a constant police detail.

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.

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.