Chris Ash

Chris Ash

Ash in 2015
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Position:	Defensive coordinator
Personal information
Born:	(1973-12-24) December 24, 1973 (age 51) Ottumwa, Iowa, U.S.
Career information
High school:	Ottumwa
College:	Drake
Career history
As a coach:
Drake (1997) Graduate assistant Drake (1998–1999) Defensive coordinator Iowa State (2000–2001) Graduate assistant Iowa State (2002–2005) Defensive backs coach Iowa State (2006) Defensive backs coach & recruiting coordinator San Diego State (2007–2008) Defensive backs coach & recruiting coordinator Iowa State (2009) Defensive backs coach & recruiting coordinator Wisconsin (2010) Defensive backs coach Wisconsin (2011–2012) Defensive coordinator & defensive backs coach Arkansas (2013) Defensive coordinator & defensive backs coach Ohio State (2014–2015) Co-Defensive coordinator & safeties coach Rutgers (2016–2019) Head coach Texas (2019) Defensive analyst Texas (2020) Defensive coordinator & safeties coach Jacksonville Jaguars (2021) Safeties coach Las Vegas Raiders (2022–2023) Defensive backs coach Jacksonville Jaguars (2024) Scout Notre Dame (2025–present) Defensive coordinator
Career highlights and awards
CFP national champion (2014)
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 served as the head coach of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights from 2016 to 2019, and defensive coordinator of the Wisconsin Badgers, Arkansas Razorbacks, Ohio State Buckeyes, and Texas Longhorns. He has also previously coached for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL).