The 2012 UNLV Rebels football team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
 The Rebels were led by third year head coach Bobby Hauck and played their home games at Sam Boyd Stadium.
 They were members of the Mountain West Conference.
 They finished the season 2–11, 2–6 in Mountain West play to finish in eighth place.
 This is the third straight year and seventh time in the last nine years that UNLV has finished with only 2 wins.
The 2008 UNLV Rebels football team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
 UNLV competed as a member of the Mountain West Conference (MW) and played their home games at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada.
 The Rebels were led by fourth-year head coach Mike Sanford.
 UNLV finished the season with a 5–7 record (MW: 2–6), narrowly missing bowl eligibility.
The Fremont Cannon (also known as the Nevada–UNLV football rivalry) is the trophy awarded to the winner of the Battle for Nevada, an American college football rivalry game played annually by the Nevada Wolf Pack football team of the University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada) and the UNLV Rebels football team of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).
 The trophy was built in 1970 and is a replica of a 19th-century Howitzer cannon that accompanied American explorer and politician John C. Frémont on an expedition to Nevada in the mid 19th century.
 Originally fired following a touchdown by the team in possession of the cannon, it has been inoperable since 1999.
 The wooden carriage is painted the school color of the team in possession, navy blue for Nevada or scarlet for UNLV.
 The trophy is the heaviest and most expensive in college football .
Robert Lawrence Hauck (born June 14, 1964) is a college football coach, currently the special teams coordinator for the San Diego State football team.
 He most recently was the head coach at UNLV Rebels.
 Hauck was previously the head coach at Montana, where he led the Grizzlies to seven conference titles and postseason berths in as many seasons, including three national championship game appearances.
 In 2013, following three losing seasons at UNLV, Hauck led the Rebels to their first winning season since 2000.
The 2009 UNLV Rebels football team was the 42nd varsity football team to represent the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
 The Rebels play in the Mountain West Conference, and compete each season against the remaining eight members of the conference and one permanent interstate rival: UNR.
 In 2009, UNLV also played non-conference games at home against Sacramento State, Oregon State and Hawai'i.
 Mike Sanford entered his fifth and final season as UNLV's head coach and the Rebels played their home games at Sam Boyd Stadium in East Las Vegas, Nevada
Joe Kristosik (born c. 1974) is a former American football player.
 After graduating from Bishop Gorman High School in Summerlin, Nevada, he entered the working world as a door-to-door salesman and a valet before enrolling at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
 He was a walk-on to the UNLV Rebels football team and, after a redshirt season in 1994, he became the starting punter for the Rebels from 1995 to 1998.
 As a senior, he led the NCAA with an average of 46.2 yards on 76 punts.
 His average of 46.2 yards per punt was, at the time, the second-highest in NCAA history for a punter with at least 75 career attempts.
 Kristosik was a consensus first-team selection for the 1998 College Football All-America Team.
 He was inducted into the UNLV Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008.
The 2010 UNLV Rebels football team was the 43rd varsity football team to represent the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
 The Rebels played in the Mountain West Conference, and compete each season against the remaining eight members of the conference and one permanent interstate rival: UNR.
 The Rebels played a 13-game schedule due to their non-conference road game at Hawaiʻ i.
 The Rebels also had non-conference games against Wisconsin and at Idaho and West Virginia.
 Bobby Hauck was in first season as the head coach of the Rebels football program, having previously coached at the University of Montana.
 The Rebels played their home games at Sam Boyd Stadium in East Las Vegas, Nevada.
Jay Staggs (born September 26, 1984) is a former professional American and Canadian football defensive back.
 He was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2007.
 Staggs attended and played for Dos Pueblos High School from 1999-2002.
 He played college football for the UNLV Rebels.
 He was a member of the UNLV Rebels football staff as a graduate assistant coaching Safeties from 2012-2014.
 After receiving his Masters in Public Administration he was hired by Timm Rosenbach in 2015 as the Defensive Coordinator at Adams State University.
 He is cousins with former MLB outfielder Ryan Church.
The Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 82nd season in the National Football League, their 78th as the Detroit Lions, the 10th playing its home games at Ford Field and the third year under head coach Jim Schwartz.
 With a regular season record of 10–6, the team improved on its 6–10 record from 2010, which is their third consecutive improved season.
 It was the Lions' first winning season since 2000 and first 10 win season since 1995.
 The Lions' 5–0 start was their best since 1956.
 With their win over the San Diego Chargers on December 24, the Lions clinched an NFC Wild Card spot in the postseason.
 After their loss to the Green Bay Packers in Week 17, it was determined the Lions would play the New Orleans Saints in one of the NFC Wild Card Games, which the Lions lost 45–28.
 It was their first playoff berth since 1999.
The 2013 UNLV Rebels football team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
 The Rebels were led by fourth year head coach Bobby Hauck and played their home games at Sam Boyd Stadium.
 They were members of the West Division of the Mountain West Conference.
 This was the first season since 2000 where UNLV went to a bowl game.

Question: Who leaded the 2012 UNLV Rebels football team from their first first winning season since 2000? 
Answer: Bobby Hauck