Arkansas Fires Coach Sam Pittman, Names Bobby Petrino Interim

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September 28, 20255 Comments

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Arkansas fired head coach Sam Pittman on Sunday after the Razorbacks' loss to Notre Dame on Saturday.

Offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino will take over as interim head coach. Per ESPN:

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Arkansas fired Sam Pittman on Sunday, parting ways with the popular and folksy coach who couldn't get the Razorbacks into the upper echelon of the SEC with a middling overall record of 32-34.

Offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino, a former head coach at Arkansas before he left in scandal, was appointed interim head coach for the remainder of the season.

"I want to thank coach Pittman for his service and dedication to the University of Arkansas throughout his time as head coach," athletic director Hunter Yurachek said in a statement. "From Day 1, you could tell how much this opportunity meant to him. At this time, however, I feel a change is necessary to put our student-athletes and program in the best position to be successful. The goal for our football program is to be highly competitive within the Southeastern Conference and compete for a national championship."

Because Pittman's overall record since 2021 was above .500 (29-27), per his contract Arkansas owes him a buyout of nearly $9.8 million.

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alschroed•2 months

They will hire worse. It is too hard to get a quality coach to come to Ark., now it will be harder.

Nix to Twillie•2 months

Can he come coach the o-line?

Chip82•2 months

There are hand full of middle of the pack SEC programs that will never win a natty thinks to the new 9 game SEC format. Arkansas is one of those schools that Sankey sold down the river for pure profit.

ESPN simply doesn't want any 9-3 win teams in the playoff bracket.

RAB•2 months

In fairness, it’s not like Arkansas was winning a natty under the current system either.

Chip82•2 months

Sankey caved to ESPN in spite of the reality that it hurt several schools.

The BiG is laughing at the SEC because it will benefit some of their cupcakes.

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