The advent of NIL has brought agents and lawyers into the picture, but the gatekeepers to Arkansas’ most talented high school football recruits are still the prep head coaches.
They get an up-close look at college head coaches and top assistants who visit their schools trying to land the Natural State’s best prospects. A high school coach can make life so much easier for college coaches by helping with recruits and intel swapping, while major college coaches usually need to be in the good graces of the most powerful high school coaches in their area to thrive.
So it made sense for Best of Arkansas Sports to poll 13 of the state’s best program bosses for their views on the vacant Razorback head coaching post.