Chris Ash is the Defensive Coordinatior / Defensive Backs Coach of the Wisconsin Badgers

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 football team.

Biography

A native of Ottumwa, Iowa

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, Ash is married with two children. He is a graduate of Drake University

Drake University

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 and Iowa State University

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Career

Ash's first coaching experience was as a volunteer assistant and later a graduate assistant with the Drake Bulldogs

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. Eventually he would be named the Defensive Coordinator. From there he would become the Secondary Coach of the Iowa State Cyclones

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 and the San Diego State Aztecs

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. Ash joined the Badgers in 2010.