Schiano Knight in shining armor?

Rutgers reportedly wants Greg Schiano to save its football program again, but it will take a lot of maneuvering from the woebegone program to get the New Jersey native back on the sidelines.

Schiano met with athletic director Patrick Hobbs and Greg Brown, a significant booster and member of the Board of Governors, for several hours Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio, according to NJ Advance Media.

Schiano reportedly is demanding the school build a new indoor facility and upgrade other facilities as part of the conditions for taking the job he held for 11 seasons from 20012011, one of the richest periods in school history, which included an 11-2 mark in 2006 and the program’s first bowl win.

It’s been downhill for Rutgers ever since Schiano left to become head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2012, with the school having fired two head coaches since.

Most recently Chris Ash was fired after a 1-3 start to this season, and finished with an 8-32 record overall, including a 3-26 mark in the Big Ten, which the school joined before the 2014 season.

Tight ends coach Nunzio Campanile has been serving as the team’s head coach on an interim basis and is 1-4 since taking over for Ash.

But Schiano, 53, also hasn’t fared all that well since leaving Rutgers, and was fired after going 11-21 in two playoff-less seasons with the Bucs. He found success as a defensive coordinator with Ohio State for two seasons, and was close to being named head coach at Tennessee before fans rioted due to his alleged connection to the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal at Penn State.

Schiano was a graduate assistant and then defensive backs coach for Penn State from 1990-1995.

If Schiano and Rutgers can’t reach an agreement, the school is expected to pursue former Cincinnati and Tennessee coach Butch Jones, who is 84-54 as a head coach. Rutgers officials met with Jones, the current offensive analyst for No. 2 Alabama, in Chicago last week.

Schiano was set to join the Patriots staff this season as defensive coordinator, but abruptly resigned, saying in a statement he wanted to spend more time with his family.

Schiano was 68-67 with Rutgers.