 Tisdel's brief foray into coaching at the NCAA I-A record is somewhat more mixed, however.After his first year coaching at Nevada, when his team won the Big West Conference Championship and notched Nevada's first victory in an NCAA I-A bowl game, his teams were consistently mediocre until, in 1999, he coached Nevada to its worst record since 1975 at 3–8 and was fired after the end of the season.In his defense, Nevada's schedule became progressively more difficult as his tenure went on.