| In 2004 Nevada Wolf Pack Football Coach debuted | | | | behind the quarterback. |
| and new offensive strategy, the Pistol Offense is | | | | The purpose of this line up was to keep the |
| what he called it. When Ault created the scheme, he | | | | quarterback close enough to the line of scrimmage |
| designed it as a single back running attack. Taking | | | | so that he could still read the defense and to add to |
| from the I formations and spread formation they | | | | a spread attack something that was missing, a |
| invented what is now the Pistol Offense. | | | | power running game. |
| The Pistol is a hybrid of the Shotgun Spread and an | | | | With the tailback lined up directly behind the |
| under center alingment. This new alingment has the | | | | quarterback it makes it more difficult for the defense |
| quarterback lining up between three and four yards | | | | to take reads on the offense and determine which |
| behind the center and the tailback a couple of yards | | | | way the running back will go. |