Salve Regina, a small Division III university of just under 3,000 students, accomplished a feat that had felt unthinkable in the years before Bob Chesney arrived.

Eight consecutive losing seasons. Little hope. Chesney turned the page. Salve Regina finished 2010 with a 6-4 record, and Chesney, then 34, was hunting for a new offensive coordinator.

Kevin Gilmartin, fit in a suit and tie, sat at a meager circular table in the office that’s now his own and stared at Chesney, who was at his first stop creating success where victory seemed unlikely, 15 years before becoming the 20th coach in UCLA football history.

Bike racks were abound with the university’s rent-a-bike program, filling the room of the football coach’s multi-purpose office. Salve Regina players woke up at 4:30 a.m. to pad up a

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