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Chris Ash coaching Rutgers football from afar as Ohio State wraps up

Chris Ash may be pulling double duty, but he isn’t acting as a double agent.

The new Rutgers football head coach is still the old Ohio State defensive coordinator for the next two weeks, but Ash made it clear Thursday that he is not blurring any lines while working for two teams in the Big Ten East Division.

“I have to take one hat off and put another one on,” Ash said during a press conference in Columbus, Ohio. “That’s really what you have to do. For me, I’m not going to try to recruit kids who are committed to Ohio State.