| Rob Ash | |
|---|---|
| Sport(s) | Football |
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Montana State |
| Conference | Big Sky |
| Record | 39–20 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 9, 1951 |
| Place of birth | Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1970–1973 | Cornell (IA) |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1976–1979 1980–1988 1989–2006 2007–present |
Cornell (IA) (assistant) Juniata Drake Montana State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 215–119–5 |
| Statistics | |
| College Football Data Warehouse | |
Robert W. "Rob" Ash (born July 9, 1951) is an college football coach, currently the head coach at Montana State University, and the current president of the American Football Coaches Association.
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. He was born in Des Moines, Iowa.
Through the 2011 regular season, Ash's career FCS record is 139–66–1. In 31 years as a head coach, Ash's overall record is 214–118–5. His 214 victories rank in the Top 20 for active college football coaches. His Division III coaching record is 75–51–4.
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Ash was a quarterback at Cornell College of Iowa and earned Little All-America honors and First Team CoSIDA Academic All-America honors as a senior in 1972. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1973, earning an NCAA Top Five Award and an NCAA Post-Graduate scholarship.[1]
After a four-year stint as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Ash was hired as head coach at Division III Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. After posting a 4–5 record in his first season in 1980, Juniata posted winning marks in six of the next eight campaigns. Ash finished with a 51–36–3 record as the Eagles head coach.[1]
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.[1]
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 2007 due to off-the-field incidents that included drug and murder charges involving current and former players.[2]
Ash's Bobcats went 6–5 in his first season as coach.
In 2009 Ash was named second vice president of the American Football Coaches Association.[3] According to AFCA tradition he would move up to first vice president in 2010 and president in 2011.
In 2010, Ash guided the Bobcats to a 9–2 regular season record, including a 7–1 mark in the Big Sky Conference. MSU defeated arch rival Montana 21–16 on the road to win the league championship and an automatic berth to the FCS postseason. Ash was named the 2010 Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year.
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| Juniata Eagles (Middle Atlantic Conference) (1980–1988) | |||||||||
| 1980 | Juniata | 4–5 | |||||||
| 1981 | Juniata | 6–2–1 | T–1st | ||||||
| 1982 | Juniata | 6–4 | |||||||
| 1983 | Juniata | 2–8 | |||||||
| 1984 | Juniata | 3–6–1 | |||||||
| 1985 | Juniata | 8–3 | |||||||
| 1986 | Juniata | 9–2 | |||||||
| 1987 | Juniata | 7–3 | |||||||
| 1988 | Juniata | 6–3–1 | |||||||
| Juniata: | 51–36–3 | ||||||||
| Drake Bulldogs (Independent) (1989–1992) | |||||||||
| 1989 | Drake | 7–3 | |||||||
| 1990 | Drake | 6–4 | |||||||
| 1991 | Drake | 4–6 | |||||||
| 1992 | Drake | 7–2–1 | |||||||
| Drake Bulldogs (Pioneer Football League) (1993–2006) | |||||||||
| 1993 | Drake | 8–2 | 3–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1994 | Drake | 7–3 | 3–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1995 | Drake | 8–2–1 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1996 | Drake | 8–3 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1997 | Drake | 8–3 | 2–3 | 3rd | |||||
| 1998 | Drake | 7–3 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1999 | Drake | 7–4 | 2–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 2000 | Drake | 8–4 | 3–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 2001 | Drake | 5–5 | 1–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 2002 | Drake | 5–6 | 1–3 | 4th | |||||
| 2003 | Drake | 6–6 | 1–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 2004 | Drake | 10–2 | 4–0 | 1st | 24 | 25 | |||
| 2005 | Drake | 6–4 | 2–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 2006 | Drake | 9–3 | 6–1 | 2nd | |||||
| Drake: | 125–63–2 | 41–23 | |||||||
| Montana State Bobcats (Big Sky Conference) (2007–present) | |||||||||
| 2007 | Montana State | 6–5 | 4–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 2008 | Montana State | 7–5 | 5–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2009 | Montana State | 7–4 | 5–3 | 4th | |||||
| 2010 | Montana State | 9–3 | 7–1 | T–1st | L FCS second round | 7 | 11 | ||
| 2011 | Montana State | 10–3 | 7–1 | T–1st | L FCS quarterfinal | 7 | 7 | ||
| Montana State: | 39–20 | 28–12 | |||||||
| Total: | 215–119–5 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll. |
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