RENO, Nev. - Nevada Director of Athletics Stephanie Rempe announced Friday that Ken Wilson has been relieved of his duties as head coach of the Wolf Pack football program.

"After an extensive review of the Nevada football program, I have decided to make a leadership change. I would like to thank Ken for his dedication and service to Nevada Athletics and to our student athletes," Rempe said. "This is not a decision I take lightly, as I know the ripple effect on so many people with a decision like this. For more than two decades Ken and his family have been and will continue to be an integral part of this community and the Wolf Pack."

A national search for a new football head coach will begin immediately. 

Over Wilson's 21 years on the Nevada staff as both head coach (2022-23) and an assistant (1989-98, 2004-12), which included five seasons as associate head coach (2008-12) and four as defensive coordinator (1996-98, 2007), the Wolf Pack compiled an overall record of 162-105 and a 102-51 mark in conference play.

During his coaching tenures, the Wolf Pack reached a bowl game 11 times and captured two Western Athletic Conference titles (2005, 2010), five Big West Conference championships (1992, 1994-97), and two Big Sky Conference titles (1990-91). Nevada also qualified for the NCAA Division I-AA (now FCS) playoffs twice, reaching the national championship game in 1990.

Eleven Nevada alumni coached by Wilson went on to play in the National Football League, including six draft picks.

Between his two stints as an assistant football coach, Wilson spent four years (1999-2003) in the Nevada administration, serving as Assistant Athletics Director, Sports Services, under then-athletic director Chris Ault. He oversaw football, men's basketball, baseball, track and tennis while coordinating grant-in-aid for all student-athletes in Nevada's 19-sport athletic program.