“Silver and Blue dreams: They do come true.”
Those eight words were uttered by new Nevada head coach Ken Wilson at his introductory press conference Friday. Wilson’s hiring was made official earlier Friday morning, officially replacing Jay Norvell, who darted to in-conference foe Colorado State on a five-year, $9 million deal.
Wilson is Nevada’s third straight head coaching hire without any previous head coaching experience. The former Oregon’s co-defensive coordinator also worked at Nevada from 1989-2012 as a defensive assistant (1989-1998, 2004-12) and as an athletic administrative assistant (1999-2003) — mostly alongside legendary Nevada head coach Chris Ault.