What to know about new Rutgers coach Chris Ash

The first item only took one season for Chris Ash to scratch off the to-do list.

And it put him in line one year later to check off the second big one -- to lead his own program -- as Ash was named Rutgers' new head coach on Monday, replacing Kyle Flood.

Ash was hired by Ohio State two years ago to lead a dramatic overhaul of the defense and help Urban Meyer win a championship. He did it in short order with a stunning turnaround paving the way to victory in the College Football Playoff. Ash had jumped at the chance to join the Buckeyes in order to learn from Meyer and position himself to run his own team, and that move paid off almost as quickly.

Chris Ash's work on the Ohio State defense…