Chris Ash
 Ash in 2015 | |
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish | |
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| Position: | Defensive coordinator |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | December 24, 1973 Ottumwa, Iowa, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Ottumwa |
| College: | Drake |
| Career history | |
| As a coach: | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
| Head coaching record | |
| Regular season: | NCAA: 8–33 (.195) |
Christopher Ash (born December 24, 1973) is an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He has previously served as head coach of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights from 2016 to 2019, and defensive coordinator of the Drake Bulldogs, Wisconsin Badgers, Arkansas Razorbacks, Ohio State Buckeyes, and Texas Longhorns. He also previously coached for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL).
Early years
[edit]Ash played college football at Drake University as a defensive back on the football team and earned his bachelor's degree. In 2005, Ash received his master's degree from Iowa State University.[1]
Coaching career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Ash held assistant coaching positions with the Drake Bulldogs, Princeton Tigers, Iowa State Cyclones, and San Diego State Aztecs, before being hired by the Wisconsin Badgers in 2010.[2][3]
Arkansas
[edit]In 2012, Ash joined as the defensive coordinator at the University of Arkansas, following former Badgers head coach Bret Bielema who was hired in the same capacity at Arkansas.[4]
Ohio State
[edit]In January 2014, Ash was hired as the co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes.[5]
Rutgers
[edit]On December 7, 2015, Ash agreed to a 5-year, $11 million-guaranteed contract to become the head coach at Rutgers.[6] He was fired as Rutgers head coach on September 29, 2019 due to poor performance.[7]
Texas
[edit]Ash spent the rest of the 2019 season as an analyst at the University of Texas at Austin.[8]
On December 15, 2019, Ash was hired as the defensive coordinator at Texas[9] there he spent the 2020 season.
Jacksonville Jaguars
[edit]On February 11, 2021, Ash was hired by the Jacksonville Jaguars as their defensive backs and safeties coach under head coach Urban Meyer.[10]
Las Vegas Raiders
[edit]On February 6, 2022, Ash was hired by the Las Vegas Raiders as their defensive backs coach under head coach Josh McDaniels.[11] On January 20, a day after Pierce was given the head coach job, Ash was not retained by new Las Vegas Raiders coach Antonio Pierce.
Head coaching record
[edit]College
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutgers Scarlet Knights (Big Ten Conference) (2016–2019) | |||||||||
| 2016 | Rutgers | 2–10 | 0–9 | 7th (East) | |||||
| 2017 | Rutgers | 4–8 | 3–6 | 5th (East) | |||||
| 2018 | Rutgers | 1–11 | 0–9 | 7th (East) | |||||
| 2019 | Rutgers | 1–3* | 0–2 | (East) | |||||
| Rutgers: | 8–32 | 3–26 | |||||||
| Total: | 8–32 | ||||||||
* Ash was fired mid-season on September 29, 2019.
Personal life
[edit]A native of Ottumwa, Iowa, Ash is married to his wife, Doreen. They have four children: Tanner, Jacey, Brady and Alexis.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Chris Ash Bio - San Diego State Official Athletic Site". Goaztecs.cstv.com. December 24, 1973. Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ^ "Chris Ash Bio - UWBadgers.com - The Official Athletic Site of the Wisconsin Badgers". UWBadgers.com. Archived from the original on June 2, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ^ "Buckeyes hire ex-Arkansas and Wisconsin assistant Ash as co-defensive coordinator/safeties". Fox News. January 23, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ^ Hernandez, Rob (January 15, 2014). "College football: Ex-Badgers defensive coordinator Chris Ash leaving Bret Bielema for Urban Meyer : Sports". Host.madison.com. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ^ Pete Thamel (January 14, 2014). "Ohio State hires Arkansas' Chris Ash, finalizes deal with Penn State's Larry Johnson". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on January 15, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ^ Keith Sargeant (December 7, 2014). "Here are the contract terms for new Rutgers football coach Chris Ash". NJ.com. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
- ^ Sargeant, Keith (September 29, 2019). "Chris Ash fired as Rutgers football coach; Nunzio Campanile will take over". NJ.com. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
- ^ Kratch, James (October 11, 2019). "What Chris Ash's post-firing stint helping Texas means for Rutgers". NJ.com. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
- ^ Nick Bromberg (December 15, 2019). "Report: Texas hires former Rutgers coach Chris Ash as defensive coordinator". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
- ^ Oehser, John (February 11, 2021). "Official: Cullen, defensive staff named". www.jaguars.com. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ Damien, Levi (February 6, 2022). "Report: Raiders to hire Chris Ash as defensive backs coach". Raiderswire.com.
- ^ "Ottumwa native hired to coach at Ohio State » Sports". The Ottumwa Courier. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
External links
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| National | |
- 1973 births
- Living people
- American football safeties
- Arkansas Razorbacks football coaches
- Drake Bulldogs football coaches
- Drake Bulldogs football players
- Iowa State Cyclones football coaches
- Jacksonville Jaguars coaches
- Las Vegas Raiders coaches
- Ohio State Buckeyes football coaches
- Rutgers Scarlet Knights football coaches
- San Diego State Aztecs football coaches
- Texas Longhorns football coaches
- Wisconsin Badgers football coaches
- Iowa State University alumni
- Players of American football from Des Moines, Iowa