by Chris Bahn 6/18/2013 10:15 am
The University of Arkansas athletic department is projecting $80.6 million in revenue for the 2013-14 fiscal year.
by Chris Bahn 4/5/2013 11:00 am
This week's first anniversary of the motorcycle wreck that changed Arkansas sports history provides a case study in crisis communication. John Diamond, the University of Arkansas' associate vice chancellor for university relations, recently spoke to Arkansas Business about the process of crafting the 673-word speech that Athletic Director Jeff Long delivered when he announced that he'd fired the Razorbacks' popular and successful head football coach, Bobby Petrino.
by Chris Bahn 4/4/2013 04:31 pm
Members of the University of Arkansas board of trustees' building and grounds committee voted to recommend naming the football operations center in honor of Fred W. Smith.
by Chris Bahn 2/26/2013 09:03 am
University of Arkansas offensive line coach Sam Pittman has yet to coach a game and already has received a raise and contract extension.
by Arkansas Business Staff 12/24/2012 12:00 am
There was good news and there was bad news in Arkansas in 2012. And in case you've forgotten the details, the Arkansas Business staff is here to remind you.
by Chris Bahn 12/17/2012 12:00 am
The University of Arkansas Athletic Department is carrying out various stages of a $320 million master plan for new building projects and upgrading existing facilities.
by Chris Bahn 12/6/2012 09:45 am
How much money Bret Bielema will have to spend on assistant coaches remains to be seen, but the Razorbacks — one of the more thrifty-spending teams in the Southeastern Conference — can offer far more than what Wisconsin could.
by Chris Bahn 11/29/2012 05:02 pm
The University of Arkansas athletic department is studying the feasibility of expanding Reynolds Razorback Stadium, adding 5,000 seats to the north endzone. UA officials are looking at the potential cost of the expansion and have requested proposals from architects and contractors on the project.
by Lance Turner 11/16/2012 06:15 pm
The University of Arkansas has extended Athletic Director Jeff Long's contract to June 30, 2017, and increased his base pay to $500,000 per year and given him a $50,000 bonus.
by Chris Bahn 11/13/2012 02:04 pm
It seems the writing is on the wall for Arkansas football Coach John L. Smith, who is making $850,000 on a 10-month contract. He took over a team ranked in the Top 10, but has overseen what ranks among the most disappointing years in Razorback history. But Smith says he hasn't given up hope that he can stay in Fayetteville beyond the 2012 season.
by Chris Bahn 10/19/2012 11:59 am
ArkansasSports360.com recently visited with four BCS conference athletic directors who were in charge of football coaching searches last season. Each had his own approach, but all of the administrators — Arizona's Greg Byrne, Illinois' Mike Thomas, North Carolina's Bubba Cunningham and Washington State's Bill Moos — agreed that a football coaching search is as consuming as it gets. There is no overstating the importance of the decision currently facing Arkansas Athletic Director Jeff Long.
by Chris Bahn 10/15/2012 04:02 pm
Arkansas Athletic Director Jeff Long said Monday that allowing Razorbacks football Coach John L. Smith to defer portions of his salary was done with the coach's retirement in mind and not as an attempt protect assets from creditors.
by Gwen Moritz 10/15/2012 12:00 am
The departure of Bobby Petrino as the University of Arkansas' head football coach means that the price tag on the highest-paid state employee has dropped by more than half.
by Chris Bahn 9/11/2012 03:00 pm
Losing to a team like Louisiana-Monroe comes with a cost. Arkansas' hope here is that the losses are limited to dropping out of the AP Top 25 poll and failing to reap the benefits of the marketing value that comes with college football's most popular pregame show.
by Chris Bahn 4/24/2012 04:36 pm
John L. Smith's introductory press conference at Arkansas was all the YouTube clips you might have seen of Smith's 19 years as a head coach playing out in real time. Smith didn't slap himself this time. But he did deliver a death blow to the idea of a head coach that we've come to expect here the last four years.
by Chris Bahn 4/11/2012 07:46 pm
Former Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino and Jessica Dorrell exchanged thousands of phone calls, text and multimedia messages between September and April 5, including on game days during the 2011 football season. Documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request provided more detail of the inappropriate relationship between the two that ultimately led to Petrino's firing. Athletic Director Jeff Long said Petrino and Dorrell, hired into the football office on March 28, were together a “significant” amount of time, something the records confirm.
by Chris Bahn 4/10/2012 04:35 pm
Regardless of how much pain he was in following the wreck — State Police Captain Lance King says Petrino did nothing but groan on the way to the hospital (well, groan and provide detailed directions on how to get to the little known Physician's Specialty Hospital)— it's really hard to muster much sympathy anymore for Petrino. But there are folks that deserve your empathy. None of them are wearing neck braces. All of them have been hurt in ways that aren't as visible as the road rash on Petrino's face.
by Chris Bahn 3/24/2011 07:00 pm
Former UA assistant Mike Anderson, announced Wednesday evening as Arkansas' new head coach, was on staff during the best run in school history. Arkansas won 389 games, the 1994 national title and went to three Final Fours with him on the bench. But if the Anderson hire appeals to you only because he was at the school for 17 years, then it's time to put away the Starter jacket, Ace of Base CD and VHS tapes. You've missed out on a lot that Anderson has accomplished since leaving.
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