The Big Ten boasts one of the strongest head coaching fraternities of any league in college football. Of the four active head coaches who have won national championships, two reside in the Big Ten. The Hoosiers failed to win more than 10 games under all of their previous head coaches; they were a tie with Northwestern away from a perfect 10-win season in 1945. He consistently won at each of his previous head coaching jobs, but his final two seasons at James Madison were his only prior seasons in the FBS ranks. Lincoln Riley and Kirk Ferentz were the other two current coaches Cignetti passed in his jump to the No.