Nevada coach Chris Ault retires after 28 seasons leading the Wolf Pack
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Nevada coach Chris Ault is retiring after 28 seasons leading the Wolf Pack and changing the way teams play offense.
Ault is the winningest coach in school history with a record of 233-109-1. He raised the program from Division II to I-AA and eventually helped it become a winner I-A.
The 66-year-old Ault won 10 conference championships and took the Wolf Pack to postseason play 16 times, including 10 bowl games in 12 FBS seasons.
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Maybe his most famous contribution came late in his career, when he invented the Pistol offense in 2005, a scheme now employed by hundreds of teams at every level of football.
The Pistol formation has the quarterback in a short shot-gun formation with a running back lined up directly behind him.