Rutgers football coach Chris Ash signed a five-year contract stretching through the 2022 season, NJ Advance Media has exclusively learned.
Shortly before kickoff of Saturday's season finale, Rutgers reaffirmed its commitment to Ash after improvements in his second year by essentially restarting the clock on his tenure and replacing the original five-year, $11 million agreement signed in December 2015.
The two additional years on top of the three he had remaining are worth $5.1 million total, according to athletics director Pat Hobbs. Ash's starting salary was $2 million per year with annual raises of $100,000 and those terms remained unchanged: He will make $2.