Rutgers is close to hiring a new football coach, according to multiple reports, and the chosen candidate hails from another Big Ten staff.

Per reports, Ohio State co-defensive coordinator Chris Ash is finalizing details to become head coach of the Scarlet Knights. The news was broken by SI’s Thayer Evans.

Ohio State DC Chris Ash is finalizing details to be Rutgers’ new coach per source. https://t.co/D2g4WjDbEV — Thayer Evans (@ThayerEvansSI) December 5, 2015

If the deal is worked out, it will be the first head coaching assignment of the 41-year-old Ash’s career. Ash, who has also served as the defensive coordinator at Arkansas and Wisconsin, was in the running for the Syracuse job, but pulled his name out of the search earlier this week. The Orange then hired Dino Babers.

Ash would be the second Big Ten East defensive coordinator this week to take a head coaching job within the division. Michigan defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin was named the new coach of Maryland on Wednesday.