Top 25
2-15
- Games
- 17
- Win rate
- 11.8%
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Coach Profile
Chris Ault
1992-2012 • Nevada
One defining program at Nevada.
Chris Ault coached 12 seasons, won 62.9%, and posted an average SRS of -2.0. Best season: 2010 Nevada. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 95-56
- Career win rate
- 62.9%
- Average SRS
- -2.0
- Peak SRS
- 13.0
Career Dossier
One glance at the full arc.
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
- Seasons coached
- 12
- Career span
- 21 years
- Best finish
- #11
- Consistency
- 37.5
Primary school anchor
Nevada
Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 68.6.
Career Arc
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Chris Ault
EliteStrongAverageLean
1992Actual season year • SRS range -16.1 to 13.02012
Active comparison point
Chris Ault • 2010
2010 Nevada
Best season13-1 • SRS 13.0 • SP Overall 10.8
Win %
92.9%
YoY SRS
+12.1
SP Off / Def
37.6 / 26.5
Finish
#11
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Ranked opponent record
Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.
Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.
Top 10
1-5
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 16.7%
Top 5
1-1
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 50.0%
View ranked game results17
| 2012 Regular Week 14 | Nevada | Boise State | #25 | L21-27 |
| 2011 Regular Week 5 | Nevada | Boise State | #4 | L10-30 |
| 2011 Regular Week 2 | Nevada | Oregon | #13 | L20-69 |
| 2011 Postseason Week 1 | Nevada | Southern Miss | #20 | L17-24 |
| 2010 Regular Week 13 | Nevada | Boise State | #3 | W34-31 |
| 2009 Regular Week 13 | Nevada | Boise State | #6 | L33-44 |
| 2009 Regular Week 1 | Nevada | Notre Dame | #23 | L0-35 |
| 2008 Regular Week 13 | Nevada | Boise State | #9 | L34-41 |
| 2008 Regular Week 3 | Nevada | Missouri | #6 | L17-69 |
| 2008 Regular Week 2 | Nevada | Texas Tech | #12 | L19-35 |
| 2007 Regular Week 12 | Nevada | Hawai'i | #13 | L26-28 |
| 2007 Regular Week 1 | Nevada | Nebraska | #20 | L10-52 |
| 2006 Regular Week 13 | Nevada | Boise State | #12 | L7-38 |
| 2006 Regular Week 2 | Nevada | Arizona State | #25 | L21-52 |
| 2005 Regular Week 13 | Nevada | Fresno State | #16 | W38-35 |
| 2004 Regular Week 14 | Nevada | Boise State | #10 | L21-58 |
| 1995 Postseason Week 1 | Nevada | Toledo | #24 | L37-40 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Nevada
2004-2012 • 9 seasons
Avg SRS -1.6 • Win % 60.3%
Nevada
1994-1995 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 0.8 • Win % 78.3%
Nevada
1992-1992 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS -10.7 • Win % 58.3%
- Longest tenure
- Nevada • 9 seasons
- Best tenure
- Nevada • 0.8 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Nevada • 78.3%
Style and Strength Profile
Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.
Overall Strength
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Chris Ault sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeChris Ault sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Chris Ault
Mixed
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -1.6
- Percentile
- 51th pct
Mixed
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Impact by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
Nevada
2004-2012 • 70-46
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -1.6Win % 60.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.8 during vs 3.8 baseline
+4.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-1.6 during vs -14.5 baseline
+12.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-2.1 during vs -13.5 baseline
+11.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
11.1% during vs 0.0% baseline
+11.1%
Nevada
1994-1995 • 18-5
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS 0.8Win % 78.3%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Nevada
1992-1992 • 7-5
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -10.7Win % 58.3%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Nevada 2010
13-1 • SRS 13.0
Biggest Improvement
Nevada 1994
9-2 • 13.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Nevada 1995
9-3 • SP Off 46.7
Best Defensive Season
Nevada 2006
8-5 • SP Def 23.8
Setbacks
Worst Season
Nevada 2004
5-7 • SRS -16.1
Biggest Drop
Nevada 2004
5-7 • -14.6 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Nevada | 2012 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | -2.4 | -2.0 | 36.4 | 37.7 | -4.4 | 0.0% |
| Nevada | 2011 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 2.0 | -0.4 | 30.4 | 28.7 | -11.0 | -39.0% |
| Nevada | 2010 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 92.9% | — | #11 | 13.0 | 10.8 | 37.6 | 26.5 | +12.1 | +31.3% |
| Nevada | 2009 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 0.9 | 0.5 | 35.6 | 34.3 | +0.6 | +7.7% |
| Nevada | 2008 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 0.3 | 0.9 | 34.0 | 33.0 | +9.3 | +7.7% |
| Nevada | 2007 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | -9.0 | -4.2 | 31.5 | 35.3 | -13.2 | -15.4% |
| Nevada | 2006 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 4.2 | 0.9 | 25.4 | 23.8 | +11.8 | -13.5% |
| Nevada | 2005 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | -7.6 | -6.5 | 28.4 | 34.9 | +8.5 | +33.3% |
| Nevada | 2004 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -16.1 | -19.0 | 30.5 | 44.0 | -14.6 | -33.3% |
| Nevada | 1995 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | -1.5 | 7.1 | 46.7 | 41.5 | -4.7 | -6.8% |
| Nevada | 1994 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | — | 3.2 | 4.6 | 39.8 | 36.5 | +13.9 | +23.5% |
| Nevada | 1992 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | -10.7 | -11.5 | 26.2 | 35.3 | — | — |
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