... know what a coach has to do to be considered "great."

After all, wins are, in a way, relative. For example, if a (football) coach at Indiana or Duke wins eight games a season for five years straight, that coach would have accomplished something momentous.

If a coach did the exact same thing at Ohio State or Florida, that coach would have been fired before he reached his fifth year.

If a coach did the exact same thing at Iowa or Arizona, people would say the coach was "OK," but that a new coach was needed "to bring the team to the next level."

Pat Fitzgerald's overall record as the head coach of Northwestern University is 27-23.

He came into the job unexpectedly, as he was promoted after the Bleacher Report - College Football