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Head coach in waiting ready to take next step

( Andy Shupe)

Lance Harter (right), head coach of Arkansas women's cross country and track and field, smiles Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, as he listens to Chris Johnson, associate head coach, during a press conference to announce Harter's 2023 retirement and that Johnson will succeed him as head coach at the Broyles Athletics Center in Fayetteville.

FAYETTEVILLE — No additional credibility is required to Chris Johnson as Arkansas’ head coach in waiting.

Johnson is the three-time national women's assistant track coach of the year. He has coached and recruited All-American sprinters for five Arkansas national championship teams.