At Rutgers that is worthy of a statue and the stadium named after you. Maybe even the whole university named after you.
They’ve only been to 10 bowl games in program history, he was the coach for 6 of those teams. 3 of the other 4 were the 3 years immediately after he initially left.
But also remember how he compiled that record. They routinely played five non-conference games a year against teams that would have had a hard time beating IUP. I posted them all before and won't bother again, but they didn't play one good non-conference opponent in almost every season he was there.
Beat five soup cans in your non-conference games, go 4-3 in the crappy Big East and at the end of the season you are sitting there at 9-3. And you aren't actually all that good. But hey, 9-3.
As an example, see 2009. 5-0 in the non-conference with wins against Howard, Florida International, Maryland (2-10 that season), Texas Southern and Army. Not even a mediocre team in the bunch. Go 3-4 in the Big East in a year that the Big East ended up with three ranked teams (and Rutgers lost to all three). Win a crappy pre-Christmas bowl game. And viola, 9-4!
And hey, most coaches at Rutgers would have found a way to lose to that two win Maryland team or to Florida International. Or both. He should certainly get credit for that. But going 9-4 against a schedule like that isn't anything all that special.