Notre Dame hires Chris Ash as its new defensive coordinator, while a key assistant opts to stay. How this impacts the Irish ...

Multiple sources tell FootballScoop that Notre Dame and coach Marcus Freeman are moving closer to a defensive hire to replace ...

Notre Dame football offensive line coach Joe Rudolph worked with Chris Ash at Wisconsin for two seasons, coaching tight ends.

Co-defensive coordinator with Luke Fickell for Ohio State’s 2014 national champions, Chris Ash helped coach Urban Meyer’s ...

Chris Ash, a former Rutgers head coach who spent the past four years in the NFL, will be Notre Dame's new defensive ...

Chris Ash has accepted the job of defensive coordinator at Notre Dame. It will be his fifth coordinator job at a power ...

Notre Dame made the hiring of defensive coordinator Chris Ash official on Saturday, issuing a press release about the pending move (requires standard Notre Dame hiring protocol). In that release, ...

An incumbent Irish assistant is also expected to take on an elevated role in Marcus Freeman's new-look defense.

Once the Ohio State Buckeyes co-coordinator during its 2014 National Championship run, Ash since led Rutgers as its head coach before moving on to Texas and the NFL’s Jaguars and Raiders.

The rumors turned out to be true, as on Wednesday news broke that Notre Dame football will hire Chris Ash as its new defensive coordinator.

A few things to know about Notre Dame's hiring of Chris Ash and what it might mean for a rising defensive position coach with the Irish.