Whether you want to admit it or not, Sam Pittman left Arkansas football better than he found it.
One major reason Hunter Yurachek hired him in the first place was because of how much he wanted the job. That wasn’t necessarily the case with other candidates, who had just seen the Razorbacks put together back-to-back 2-10 seasons.
At the time, the only two coaches widely known to want the job with heart and soul were Pittman and interim head coach Barry Lunney Jr., both of whom were career position coaches.
Willie Fritz was interested and everyone knows about Arkansas’ pursuit of Lane Kiffin and Eliah Drinkwitz.