When Urban Meyer watched his defense get torched by Michigan, Michigan State and Clemson to end the 2013 season, he knew he had to make some serious changes in order to make a championship a possibility.
With former co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach Everett Withers leaving Columbus to become head coach at James Madison University, Meyer rang Chris Ash and convinced him to take his place.
Ash brought the Cover 4, press quarters system with him to Ohio State, implementing in in the spring of 2014, enduring some bumps and bruises early in the season then thriving down the stretch as the Buckeyes won the national title.