Rob Ash

College coach infobox
Name = Rob Ash


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DateOfBirth = birth date and age|1951|7|9
Birthplace = flagicon|Iowa Des Moines, Iowa
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Sport = College football
College = Montana State University
Title = Head Coach
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Player = Trigger
Years = 1970-1973
Team = Cornell College
Position = Quarterback
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1989-2006
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1976-1979
CoachTeams = Montana State
Drake
Juniata College
Cornell College (asst.)
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Robert W. (Rob) Ash (born July 9, 1951 in Des Moines, Iowa) is the head football coach at Montana State University. Ash was hired at Montana State on June 11, 2007, replacing former coach Mike Kramer. Ash previously spent 18 seasons as the head football coach of the Drake University Bulldogs.

Ash's career Football Championship Subdivision record is 107-53-1. His Division III coaching record is 75-51-4. In 28 years as a head coach, Ash's overall record is 182-104-5. His 182 victories rank in the Top 20 for active college football coaches.

Montana State

Ash was hired in the wake of a scandal at Montana State that resulted in the firing of Kramer, who coached the Bobcats the previous seven seasons. Kramer's contract was terminated by MSU administrators in May of 2007 due to off-the-field incidents that included drug and murder charges involving current and former players. [ [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/george_dohrmann/08/07/trouble.in.paradise0813/ SI.com - Writers - George Dohrmann: Montana State is coping with a crime wave - Tuesday August 7, 2007 3:29PM ] ]

Ash's Bobcats went 6-5 in his first season as coach.

In 2008 Ash was named third vice president of the American Football Coaches Association. [ [http://www.afca.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9300&ATCLID=1365913 Lou Tepper and Frank Solich Named to AFCA Board of Trustees - afca.com - January 9, 2008] ] According to AFCA tradition he would move up to second vice president in 2009, first vice president in 2010 and president in 2011.

Drake

Ash recorded a 125-63-2 record in 18 seasons at Drake, including four Pioneer Football League championships. He was named the Pioneer Football League's Coach of the Year in 2004, 1998 and 1995. Ash ended his tenure at Drake with five consecutive winning seasons.

Ash led the Bulldogs to 7-3 and 6-4 records in his first two seasons. After posting a 4-6 mark in 1991, Ash's Drake squads stood 30-8-2 over the next four years. His 125 wins stands as the most in school history. [ [http://www.robashfootball.com/index.cfm?page=10 Iowa Football Camps at Drake by Drake Football Camp Coach Rob Ash ] ]

Early coaching career

After a four-year stint as an assistant coach at Cornell College -- his alma mater -- Ash was hired as head coach at Division III Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, in 1980. After posting a 4-5 record in his first season there, Juniata posted winning marks in six of the next eight campaigns. Ash finished with a 51-36-3 record as the Eagles head coach. [ [http://www.robashfootball.com/index.cfm?page=10 Iowa Football Camps at Drake by Drake Football Camp Coach Rob Ash ] ]

Playing career

Ash graduated from Cornell in 1973, capping a career in which he earned Little All-America honors and First Team CoSIDA Academic All-America honors as a senior quarterback. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa, earning an NCAA Top Five Award and an NCAA Post-Graduate scholarship. [ [http://www.robashfootball.com/index.cfm?page=10 Iowa Football Camps at Drake by Drake Football Camp Coach Rob Ash ] ]

Head coaching record

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