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Chris Ault

Chris Ault held Nevada at National Program III for 12 seasons.

95–56
1992–2012 · 1 stint
Nevada
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Career arc

His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.

Stature score reached, by season of his head-coaching careerNEVADANational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelNevada, 1992: 7-5, Regional Program II1992Nevada, 1994: 9-2, Regional Program I1994Nevada, 1995: 9-3, Regional Program I1995Nevada, 2004: 5-7, Regional Program IV2004Nevada, 2005: 9-3, Regional Program IV2005Nevada, 2006: 8-5, Regional Program III2006Nevada, 2007: 6-7, Regional Program III2007Nevada, 2008: 7-6, Regional Program III2008Nevada, 2009: 8-5, Regional Program II2009Nevada, 2010: 13-1, National Program III2010Nevada, 2011: 7-6, National Program III2011Nevada, 2012: 7-6, National Program III2012+0.0One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached National Program in his 10th career season — faster than 3% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #643 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).

Nevada, 12 seasons
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Regional Program II → National Program III.

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

10–2 against his rivals. Just 1–4 against June Jones.

Rivalry record
10–2
83.3% · 1 rival
One-score games
25–25
50.0% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–2
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
UNLV10–283%
The toughest matchupNemesis
vs. June Jones1–4
5 meetings, 2004–2009
’04 L’05 W’06 L’07 L’09 L
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
0–2 0.0%
Power Program
3–11 21.4%
National Program
8–20 28.6%
Regional Program
66–21 75.9%

Coaching career

1992–2012
Nevadacaretaker
National Program III
Chris Ault held Nevada at National Program III for 12 seasons.

4th-best Nevada tenure of 11 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Brian Polian (2013–2016).

Where the roster comes from, by position
Grows Edge from high school
100%
#191 of 208 stints
Grows Interior line from high school
100%
#198 of 224 stints

20 NFL Draft picks: Forey Duckett (1993), Brock Marion (1993), DeShone Myles (1998), John Dutton (1998), James Cannida (1998), Nate Burleson (2003), Jorge Cordova (2004), Maurice Mann (2004) + 12 more

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