Coaching History
Nevada Football Coaches
Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for Nevada.
Mackay Stadium • Reno • NV
Mountain WestMackay Stadium
Coaches
11
Indexed Record
238-226
Best Win %
Jeff Horton 63.6%
All-time coaching ledger
Records use fallback-adjusted coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are not included in the table totals.
| Coach | Years | Record | Win % | Best SRS | Best Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Choate | 2024-2025 • 2 seasons | 6-19 | 24.0% | -9.2 | — |
| Ken Wilson | 2022-2023 • 2 seasons | 4-20 | 16.7% | -17.0 | — |
| Jay Norvell | 2017-2021 • 5 seasons | 33-26 | 55.9% | 6.3 | — |
| Vai Taua | 2021-2021 • 1 seasons | 0-1 | 0.0% | 6.3 | — |
| Brian Polian | 2013-2016 • 4 seasons | 23-27 | 46.0% | -2.1 | — |
| Chris Ault | 1992-2012 • 12 seasons | 95-56 | 62.9% | 13.0 | #11 |
| Chris Tormey | 2000-2003 • 4 seasons | 16-31 | 34.0% | -8.8 | — |
| Jeff Tisdel | 1996-1999 • 4 seasons | 23-22 | 51.1% | 3.1 | — |
| Jeff Horton | 1993-1993 • 1 seasons | 7-4 | 63.6% | -3.4 | — |
| Joseph Sheeketski | 1947-1950 • 4 seasons | 24-18 | 57.1% | 8.6 | — |
| Jim Aiken | 1946-1946 • 1 seasons | 7-2 | 77.8% | -1.4 | — |
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