Chris Ash
Defensive Coordinator at Notre Dame since 2025.
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- Seasons coached
- 30
- First season
- 1997
- Teams
- 11
Career
18 stints
1990s
2000s
- 2000–2001Iowa StateHead Coach
- 2002–2006Iowa StateDefensive BacksRecruiting Coordinator
- 2007–2008San Diego StateDefensive BacksRecruiting Coordinator
- 2009Iowa StateDefensive BacksRecruiting Coordinator
2010s
- 2010WisconsinDefensive Backs
- 2011–2012WisconsinDefensive CoordinatorDefensive Backs
- 2013ArkansasDefensive Coordinator
- 2014Ohio StateAssistant Coach
- 2015Ohio StateCo-Defensive CoordinatorSafeties
- 2016–2019RutgersHead Coach
- 2019TexasAnalyst
2020s
- 2020TexasdcSafeties
- 2021Jacksonville JaguarsSafeties
- 2022–2023Las Vegas RaidersDefensive Backs
- 2024Jacksonville JaguarsAssistant Coach
- 2025–presentNotre DameDefensive Coordinator
Coaching tree
10 mentors, 51 protégés, 9 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
MentorsProtégés
Everyone shown became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
64
- 2025–2026Marcus FreemanCoached under · Notre Dame
- 2023Antonio PierceCoached under · Las Vegas Raiders
- 2022–2023Josh McDanielsCoached under · Las Vegas Raiders
- 2021Urban MeyerCoached under · Jacksonville Jaguars
- 2019Andrew DiRienzoMentored · Rutgers
- 2019Andy BuhMentored · Rutgers
- 2019Jay ValaiMentored · Rutgers
- 2019Kolby SmithMentored · Rutgers
- 2019Myles NashMentored · Rutgers
- 2019Peter RossomandoMentored · Rutgers
- 2019–2020Tom HermanCoached under · Texas
- 2018Charles WatkinsMentored · Rutgers
- 2018–2019Corey BrownMentored · Rutgers
- 2018Cory RobinsonMentored · Rutgers
- 2018Jay NiemannMentored · Rutgers
49 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
49
- 2025Al GoldenSucceeded · Notre Dame
- 2021Pete KwiatkowskiSucceeded by · Texas
- 2020Dave HuxtableSucceeded by · Texas
- 2020Everett WithersSucceeded by · Texas
- 2020Greg SchianoSucceeded by · Rutgers
- 2019Larry FedoraSucceeded · Texas
- 2019Larry FedoraSucceeded by · Texas
- 2019Nunzio CampanileSucceeded by · Rutgers
- 2016Greg SchianoSucceeded by · Ohio State
- 2016Kyle FloodSucceeded · Rutgers
- 2016Norries WilsonSucceeded · Rutgers
- 2015Corey DennisSucceeded by · Ohio State
- 2015Luke FickellSucceeded by · Ohio State
- 2015Mike HartlineSucceeded by · Ohio State
- 2014Adrian MayesSucceeded by · Ohio State
34 more, most recent shown first.
Tenure
30 seasons
- Iowa StatePosition coach · 2002–20096
- RutgersHead coach · 2016–20194
- Notre DameCoordinator · 2025–2026 · current2
- Jacksonville JaguarsPosition coach · 2021–20242
- Las Vegas RaidersPosition coach · 2022–20232
- WisconsinCoordinator · 2011–20122
- San Diego StatePosition coach · 2007–20082
- Iowa StateHead coach · 2000–20012
- DrakeCoordinator · 1998–19992
- TexasCoordinator · 20201
- TexasAnalyst · 20191
- Ohio StateCoordinator · 20151
- Ohio StatePosition coach · 20141
- ArkansasCoordinator · 20131
- WisconsinPosition coach · 20101
- DrakeHead coach · 19971
Pipeline
3 of 15 coordinators
- 4 seasonsJerry Killunder at Rutgers 2017 · head coach at TCU2021
- 14 seasonsDave Doerenunder at Drake 1997 · head coach at Northern Illinois2011
- 6 seasonsSteve Loneyunder at Iowa State 2000 · head coach at Drake2007
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Chris Ash. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.