December 28, 2012

Washington, D.C.- Nevada Senator Harry Reid issued the following statement on the retirement of his friend, UNR Coach Chris Ault:

“Chris Ault is one of the greatest athletic figures in the history of Nevada. He was a great college athlete, is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and invented the now famous ‘Pistol Offense’. But more than these athletic achievements, the Nevada Wolf Pack embodied what it means to be a team. Year after year there may have been more highly recruited players in the NCAA, but Coach Ault created a team and taught his players to work together. This philosophy brought the program great success. Coach Ault is one of the greatest coaches in college football history. I am honored to call him my friend and I cannot fully express in words what he has meant to the University of Nevada and to our state.”

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