[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6303]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       CONGRATULATING CHRIS AULT

 Mr. HELLER. Madam President, today I wish to congratulate Hall 
of Fame Nevada football coach Chris Ault on his retirement after 28 
seasons coaching the Nevada Wolf Pack football team. Not only has Coach 
Ault been an unparalleled football coach, but he was also an extremely 
talented student-athlete at the University of Nevada Reno, UNR, as the 
Wolf Pack's star quarterback from 1965 to 1967.
  Coach Ault was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 
2002 after guiding the UNR football program from Division II to 
Division I-AA to Division I-A. Coach Ault restored championship-caliber 
football to the University of Nevada by taking the Wolf Pack to seven 
straight bowl appearances and two WAC Championships. In 2010, he 
coached the team to a nearly perfect 13-1 record and finished the 
season ranked No. 11 in the final top 25 polls. Throughout his career, 
Coach Ault was named by his peers seven times as the conference's Coach 
of the Year, and became the 54th coach in NCAA history to win 200 
games, and the 30th to win 200 games at one school.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating Coach Chris Ault for 
a distinguished coaching career in Nevada. It is my hope that he will 
serve as an example of what great things a person can accomplish when 
they work with commitment, determination, and persistence.

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