He has won at Saginaw Valley State and Emporia State, at Southern Illinois and Northern Illinois, and most relevant to his new gig, at a Big Ten program that faces many of the same challenges as this one.
Jerry Kill won at Minnesota -- which, as this conference goes, is pretty much Rutgers with a higher wind chill. He went 3-9 in his first season after taking over that program in 2011, and four seasons later, had the Golden Gophers at 8-5 with victories over Michigan and Iowa and Nebraska.
In short: He did what Chris Ash has to do now.