It’s fair to say that the 2019 football season is the most important in Chris Ash’s coaching career. Two decades of moving up the ranks and establishing himself as a successful defensive coordinator earned him the opportunity to run his own program. Entering his fourth year at the helm of Rutgers, Ash is coaching for the right to further that opportunity past this season.
After a 7-29 record through his first three seasons, he is certainly under pressure to produce a season in which “significant improvement” occurs. While a sizeable portion of the Rutgers fan base remains skeptical that this season will be much better, what’s more important are the steps that Ash has taken to be the architect of that positive change.