Coaching career

After the 2004 season, Ault fired head coach Chris Tormey. He named himself as the replacement three days later, with the approval of school president John Lilley and the Nevada Board of Regents. A member of the university's faculty senate expressed concern at the perceived conflict of interest, especially because the salary of head football coach exceeded that of athletic director.

Ault is credited as the creator of the "Pistol Offense", which he instituted at Nevada in 2005. Since becoming the primary offense for Nevada, the Pistol has been used by other schools across the country. The San Francisco 49ers began employing the pistol offense with the emergence of former Nevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Since installing the Pistol, Nevada has won shares of two WAC titles—in 2005 (with Boise State) and 2010 (with Boise State and Hawaii).

Ault won his 200th college football game October 9, 2009 when his Wolf Pack beat Louisiana Tech, 37-14.

On December 28, 2012, Ault announced his retirement, effective at the end of the year. In an emotional press conference, Ault said the time had come to pass the program to a new coach. He had spent 41 years―all but seven years of his adult life―at Nevada as a player, coach, or administrator.

On September 17, 2015, Rhinos Milano announced Ault as new head coach for the 2016 season.

Education and family

Ault graduated from St. Catherine's Military School in Anaheim, CA, 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.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches#	AP°
Nevada Wolf Pack (NCAA Division II independent)
1976	Nevada	8-3
1977	Nevada	8-3
Nevada Wolf Pack (NCAA Division I-AA independent)
1978	Nevada	11-1			L NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal
Nevada Wolf Pack (Big Sky Conference)
1979	Nevada	8-4	5-2	2nd	L NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal
1980	Nevada	6-4-1	4-3	T-2nd
1981	Nevada	7-4	4-3	T-4th
1982	Nevada	6-5	3-4	T-5th
1983	Nevada	9-5	6-1	1st	L NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal
1984	Nevada	7-4	5-2	2nd
1985	Nevada	11-2	6-1	2nd	L NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal
1986	Nevada	13-1	7-0	1st	L NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal
1987	Nevada	5-6	4-4	T-4th
1988	Nevada	7-4	4-4	T-4th
1989	Nevada	7-4	5-3	T-3rd
1990	Nevada	13-2	7-1	1st	L NCAA Division I-AA Championship
1991	Nevada	12-1	8-0	1st	L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal
Nevada Wolf Pack (Big West Conference)
1992	Nevada	7-5	5-1	1st	L Las Vegas
Nevada Wolf Pack (Big West Conference)
1994	Nevada	9-2	6-1	T-1st
1995	Nevada	9-3	7-0	1st	L Las Vegas
Nevada Wolf Pack (Western Athletic Conference)
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 MPC Computers
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
2010	Nevada	13-1	7-1	T-1st	W Kraft Fight Hunger	13	11
2011	Nevada	7-6	5-2	T-2nd	L Hawaii
Nevada Wolf Pack (Mountain West Conference)
2012	Nevada	7-6	4-4	5th	L New Mexico
Nevada:		233-109-1	133-53
Total:		233-109-1

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