FootballScoop.com – a coach-centric website – is reporting that Arkansas defensive coordinator Robb Smith is leaving for the same job at Wake Forest, but Smith refutes the report.
Talked to Arkansas DC Robb Smith and reports he has been offered a job at Wake Forrest are not true.
— Bo Mattingly (@SportsTalkwBo) January 6, 2017
Smith just finished his third season with the Razorbacks. Before that, he spent one season as the inside linebackers coach with the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers after four seasons (2009-12) as an assistant at Rutgers, including one season as the Scarlet Knights’ defensive coordinator.