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Rutgers hires away Seton Hall's Phil Cundari as pitching coach with 'instant credibility'

PISCATAWAY -- Joe Litterio knew what he wanted in the next Rutgers baseball pitching coach.

And he knew who he wanted.

The fifth-year head coach just had to figure out how to convince Phil Cundari to leave a job that he held for almost two decades at his alma mater -- and switch sides in an intra-state rivalry.

Apparently, Litterio said the right things because Cundari left as Seton Hall's pitching coach and was hired to the same job at Rutgers.

"Phil was the No.