Overview
- Arkansas fired Sam Pittman after a 56-13 loss on September 27 and named Bobby Petrino interim head coach.
- On3 reporting says speculation tying Colorado’s Deion Sanders to the job has cooled.
- Rhett Lashlee, Jon Sumrall, Alex Golesh and Eric Morris are among coaches linked early in the search, with Petrino considered based on his interim results.
- Lashlee has publicly dismissed talk as speculation, and he signed an extension through 2030, with an Athletic report suggesting money would not be the deciding factor if he left.
- Petrino has cast his return as an attempt to make amends, and a trustee said multiple agents have contacted athletic director Hunter Yurachek as the search remains wide open.