FAYETTEVILLE — Sam Pittman and Shane Beamer are 15 years apart in age, but there is plenty of respect between the relatively new head coaches whose teams will meet Saturday at 11 a.m. in Reynolds Razorback Stadium.
Pittman, 60, and the 45-year-old Beamer were on the same staff at Georgia for Coach Kirby Smart in 2016 and 2017. The Bulldogs lost to Alabama in the College Football Playoff championship game in 2017, and Beamer went on to join Lincoln Riley’s Oklahoma staff as assistant head coach the following year while Pittman stayed on another couple of seasons before taking the reins at Arkansas.