Chris Ault
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| Ault in September 2009 | ||
| Title | Head Coach | |
| College | Nevada | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Team record | 200–94–1 | |
| Born | November 8, 1946 | |
| Place of birth | San Bernardino, California | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 200–94–1 | |
| Bowls | 1–5 | |
| Coaching stats | ||
| College Football DataWarehouse | ||
| Awards | ||
| 1991 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year 6 Times Conference Coach of the Year |
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| Playing career | ||
| 1965–1968 | Nevada | |
| Position | Quarterback | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1976–1992 1994–1995 2004–Present |
Nevada Nevada Nevada |
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| College Football Hall of Fame, 2002 (Bio) | ||
Chris Ault (born November 8, 1946 in San Bernardino, California), is the current college football head coach of the University of Nevada Wolf Pack. Ault, along with Joe Paterno, and John Gagliardi, is one of three active coaches who have also been inducted in to the College Football Hall of Fame.
Ault won his 200th game October 9, 2009 when his Wolf Pack beat Louisiana Tech, 37–14.
The most successful coach in Wolf Pack history, Ault is one of five active Football Bowl Subdivision coaches to reach 200 wins, which include Penn State’s Joe Paterno, Virginia Tech’s Frank Beamer, Ohio State’s Jim Tressel and Texas’ Mack Brown.[1] He engineered the greatest comeback in NCAA Division I-AA history, when he erased a 35 point deficit to defeat Weber State in 1991. He has a reputation for making effective half-time adjustments, as he has engineered 25 second-half comeback victories.
Ault also served as the athletic director for the Wolf Pack but relinquished those duties upon re-assuming the head coaching job for his third stint in that position in the spring of 2004. The first was 1976–92 and the second was 1994–95. Ault, as the athletic director, was the one responsible for the termination of head coach Chris Tormey, and then named himself as the replacement three days later.[2][3] A member of the university's faculty senate expressed concern at the perceived conflict of interest, especially since the salary of the head football coach exceeds that of athletic director.[4]
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[edit] Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| Nevada Wolf Pack (Independent - Div. II) (1976–1977) | |||||||||
| 1976 | Nevada | 8–3 | |||||||
| 1977 | Nevada | 8–3 | |||||||
| Nevada Wolf Pack (Independent - Div. I-AA) (1978–1978) | |||||||||
| 1978 | Nevada | 11–1 | 0-1 Div I-AA semifinals | T-3rd | |||||
| Independent: | 27–7 | 0–0 | |||||||
| Nevada Wolf Pack (Big Sky Conference) (1979–1991) | |||||||||
| 1979 | Nevada | 8–4 | 5–2 | 2nd | 0-1 Div I-AA semifinals | T-3rd | |||
| 1980 | Nevada | 6–4–1 | 4–3 | ||||||
| 1981 | Nevada | 7–4 | 4–3 | ||||||
| 1982 | Nevada | 6–5 | 3–4 | ||||||
| 1983 | Nevada | 9–5 | 6–1 | 1st | 2-1 Div I-AA semifinals | T-3rd | |||
| 1984 | Nevada | 7–4 | 5–2 | ||||||
| 1985 | Nevada | 11–2 | 6–1 | 2nd | 1-1 Div I-AA semifinals | T-3rd | |||
| 1986 | Nevada | 13–1 | 7–0 | 1st | 2-1 Div I-AA semifinals | T-3rd | |||
| 1987 | Nevada | 5–6 | 4–4 | ||||||
| 1988 | Nevada | 7–4 | 4–4 | ||||||
| 1989 | Nevada | 7–4 | 5–3 | ||||||
| 1990 | Nevada | 13–2 | 7–1 | 1st | 3-1 Div I-AA finals | 2nd | |||
| 1991 | Nevada | 12–1 | 8–0 | 1st | 1-1 Div I-AA quarterfinals | T-5th | |||
| Big Sky: | 111–46–1 | 68–28 | |||||||
| Nevada Wolf Pack (Big West Conference) (1992–1992) | |||||||||
| 1992 | Nevada | 7–5 | 5–1 | 1st | L Las Vegas | ||||
| Nevada Wolf Pack (Big West Conference) (1994–1995) | |||||||||
| 1994 | Nevada | 9–2 | 6–1 | T-1st | |||||
| 1995 | Nevada | 9–3 | 7–0 | 1st | L Las Vegas | ||||
| Big West: | 25–10 | 18–2 | |||||||
| Nevada Wolf Pack (Western Athletic Conference) (2004–present) | |||||||||
| 2004 | Nevada | 5–7 | 3–5 | T-6th | |||||
| 2005 | Nevada | 9–3 | 7–1 | T-1st | W Hawaii | ||||
| 2006 | Nevada | 8–5 | 5–3 | T-3rd | L Humanitarian | ||||
| 2007 | Nevada | 6–7 | 4–4 | T-4th | L New Mexico | ||||
| 2008 | Nevada | 7–6 | 5–3 | T-2nd | L Humanitarian | ||||
| 2009 | Nevada | 8–5 | 7–1 | 2nd | L Hawaii | ||||
| WAC: | 43–33 | 31–17 | |||||||
| Nevada: | 206–96–1 | 117–47 | |||||||
| Total: | 206–96–1 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll. | |||||||||
[edit] Personal
Ault graduated from Nevada with a bachelor's degree in Education in 1968 and went on to complete an MBA in 1971. He is married to Kathy Ault, and has three children: Lisa, Chris Jr., and Amy.
[edit] References
- ^ Nevada's Ault wins 200th game, NCAA News Online, October 14, 2009
- ^ Nevada AD Ault succeeds Tormey, The Seattle Times, December 4, 2003.
- ^ Ault deserves credit for coaching accomplishments, The Nevada Sagebrush, September 25, 2007.
- ^ 2003-04 Faculty Senate minutes, University of Nevada, Reno, December 10, 2003.
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