Arkansas baseball notebook: Pay raises make Razorbacks competitive with other SEC teams

Arkansas head coach Dave Van Horn (center) speaks with assistant coaches Bobby Wernes (from left), Nate Thompson and Matt Hobbs during practice Friday, May 26, 2023, at Hoover High School in Hoover, Ala. (Hank Layton/WholeHogSports)FAYETTEVILLE — The Arkansas baseball team has increased its salary pool for assistant coaches.

The Razorbacks’ assistant coaching staff of Matt Hobbs, Nate Thompson and Bobby Wernes will be paid a cumulative salary of $952,500 for the 2025-26 school year, based on contracts that were discovered through a Freedom of Information Act request.

That is a 36% increase from the $700,000 paid to Arkansas’ assistants last season when the Razorbacks went 50-15 and finished…